Adding a suffix to words ending in Y

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Adding a suffix to words ending in Y
Story
Lorry
Century
Baby
Enemy

• Word level work

Family
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Make these words plural!
Enemy
Enemies
3
Make these words plural!
Lorry
Lorries
4
Make these words plural!
Family
Families
5
Make these words plural!
Responsibility
Responsibilities
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Now look at different suffixes with the word try!

Try s
tries

tried
Try past tense

trying
Try ing
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Therefore we have an exception to the rule, the
suffix ing!
What about adding the suffix ly ?

Shyly
Shy ly
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Therefore the spelling rule for adding a suffix
to words that end in y is.
Replace the y with ie for most suffixes.
For suffixes ly and ing, keep the y in!