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Y-Rule

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete the sentence:

Vowel before y, keep the y

Consonant you ______________________________________

UNLESS the suffix begins with y

a)

double it

b)

drop it

c)

change it to i

2.

play + ful

a)

plaiful

b)

playful

c)

plaful

3.

dry + ing

a)

drying

b)

dring

c)

driing

4.

dry + ed

a)

dryed

b)

dred

c)

dried

5.

stay + ed

a)

stayed

b)

staied

c)

staed

6.

happy + ness

a)

happyness

b)

happiness

c)

happness

7.

easy + er

a)

easyer

b)

easer

c)

easier

8.

joy + ful

a)

joiful

b)

joful

c)

joyful

9.

Complete the sentence:

Vowel before y, ______________________________________

Consonant you change to i

UNLESS the suffix begins with y

a)

keep the y

b)

change to i

c)

drop the y

10.

plenty + ful

a)

plentiful

b)

plentyful

c)

plentful

11.

tray + ful

a)

trayful

b)

traiful

c)

traful

12.

noisy + est

a)

noisyest

b)

noisest

c)

noisiest

13.

employ + er

a)

employer

b)

emploer

c)

emploier

14.

sleepy + ness

a)

sleepyness

b)

sleepness

c)

sleepiness

15.

copy + ing

a)

copying

b)

coping

c)

copiing

16.

apply + ing

a)

appling

b)

applying

c)

appliing

17.

Complete the sentence:

_________________________, keep the y

Consonant you change it

UNLESS the suffix begins with y

a)

consonant before y

b)

when a word ends in y

c)

vowel before y

18.

penny + es

a)

pennyes

b)

pennes

c)

pennies

19.

delay + ed

a)

delaed

b)

delayed

c)

delaied

20.

enemy + es

a)

enemies

b)

enemyes

c)

enemes

21.

Complete the sentence:

Vowel before y, keep the y

Consonant you change to i

UNLESS the suffix _________________________

a)

begins with a vowel

b)

begins with a consonant

c)

is Latin

22.

lonely + ness

a)

loneliness

b)

lonelyness

c)

lonelness

23.

mercy + ful

a)

mercful

b)

merciful

c)

mercyful

24.

enjoy + ing

a)

enjoying

b)

enjoiing

c)

enjoing

25.

rely + ing

a)

relying

b)

relng

c)

reliing