Phonics Inflectional Endings Y to I and Suffixes

Which word below is an example of changing the "y" to an "i" before adding the ending "-ed"?

• fry-fried
• play-played
• make-made
• pray-prayed

Which word below is an example of keeping the "y" and adding the ending
"-ed"?

• cry-cried
• talk-talked
• play-played
• dry-dried

When do you keep the "y" at the end of a word and then add the ending?

• When the word ends with a vowel and "y"
• When the word ends with a consonant and "y"
• When the word ends with two consonants and "y"
• Never

What do you do to a word that ends in "y" when you add the ending "ing"?

• Always change the "y" to an "i"
• When the word ends with a vowel and "y" change the "y" to an "i"
• Nothing
• When the word ends with a consonant and "y" keep the "y"

Which word is spelled right?

• dropped
• droped
• droping
• dropes

Which word is spelled right?

• cryed
• crying
• crys
• criing

Which word is spelled right?

• humes
• humed
• hummed
• humies

Which word is spelled right?

• watcht
• watchies
• watchs
• watched

Which word is spelled right?

• fixxing
• swimming
• grabed
• sweeped

Which one shows the correct way to add -ed to grab?

• grabd

• grabbed

• grabed

• grabe