PhonicsYear 2Phase 6 – Spelling Conventions & Fluency

Changing y to i before -es, -ed

Apply the y-to-i rule when adding suffixes: fly/flies, try/tried, copy/copies, happy/happier, carry/carried, baby/babies

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a baby bunny 🐇. When you have two bunnies, you change the 'y' to 'i' and add 'es' — bunnies!

  2. 2

    What happens to the 'y' in 'baby' when we make it 'babies'?

  3. 3

    Let's change 'cry' to 'cried' together.

  4. 4

    Change 'fly' to 'flies' by dragging the letters.

  5. 5

    What is the new word when we change 'try' to 'tried'?

  6. 6

    Now change 'happy' to 'happier' — remember the 'y' rule!

  7. 7

    Which word is wrong? 🤔

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