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'.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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'.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

Unscramble me!

i t s o e s r

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2D

CCSS.L.5.2E

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

Select the word that has an incorrect suffix!

Base word = Carry

• Carries

• Carrying

• Carried

• Carrier

• Carriest

Answer explanation

Carriest is not a real word!

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

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'.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2D

CCSS.L.5.2E

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

Select the incorrect suffix!

Base word = busy

• busyness

• busied

• busiest

• business

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G