Gemma and Harriet (the y rule)

The girl fell off her bike and grazed her knee and now she is ______.

Answer explanation

Cry + ing = Crying; due to the suffix starting with an 'i'.

What is shy + ness ?

Answer explanation

Shyness is an exception to the 'y' rule. Normally you would change the '' to an 'i' due to the consonant before the 'y'.

Lay + ed = Layed

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Normally due to the vowel before the y you would keep the 'y' before adding the suffix, but 'laid' is an exception to the rule.

Unscramble me!

i t s o e s r

Select the word that has an incorrect suffix!

Base word = Carry

• Carries

• Carrying

• Carried

• Carrier

• Carriest

Answer explanation

Carriest is not a real word!

When we went to the pet store, there were lots of _______ to adopt!

Answer explanation

Puppy + es = Puppies. You change the 'y' to an 'i' due to the consonant before the 'y'.

True or False?

Pretty + est = Prettiest

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Pretty has a consonant before the 'y', so when adding a suffix it changes to an 'i'.

Unscramble me!

L F P Y A L U

Select the incorrect suffix!

Base word = busy

• busyness

• busied

• busiest

• business

Its almost the ________ time of the year.... Halloween!