Spelling Rule -3 : Word ends with "y" Change the "y" to an "i" before adding "es"
Spelling Rule -3 : āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ ā§Š
Rule (āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ)
When an action word ends with a consonant + y, change y → i and add -es to form
the present tense (3rd person singular). āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠verb consonant + yāϤ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ,
āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠y → i āĻā§°āĻŋ -es āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ (present tenseāϤ)āĨ¤
Examples (āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ) : tidy → tidies, copy → copies, fry → fries, empty → empties, try → tries, carry → carries
Try Yourself – Answers
1. hurry → ? Ans: hurries
Explanation: consonant “r” + y → y → i + es . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “r + y” → y → i āĻā§°āĻŋ hurries
2. fly → ? Ans: flies
Explanation: consonant “l” + y → y → i + es . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “l + y” → flies
3. worry → ? Ans: worries
Explanation: consonant “r” + y → y → i + es . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “y → i” āĻā§°āĻŋ worries
4. dry → ? Ans: dries
Explanation: consonant “r” + y → y → i + es . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “dry → dries”
5. dirty → ? Ans: dirties
Note: This is an adjective, not a verb.
But if used as a verb:
Explanation: consonant + y → y → i + es . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: verb āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠dirties
6. apply → ? Ans: applies
Explanation: consonant “l” + y → y → i + es . āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “apply → applies”
Quick Tip (āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻ) : consonant + y → change y to i + es. (consonant + y → y → i āĻā§°āĻŋ + es āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻ)