Words that change y to i and add es
How do you change y to I and add es?
Why do you change y to an i?
When do we change y to i and when do we keep it? If there is a vowel letter before the y in the base word, we keep the y. So we keep the y in combinations like oy, ey, ay, where the two letters together represent a vowel sound. Otherwise, we change y to i.
What are 10 examples of plural nouns?
Plural Noun Examples
- Plural noun of child – children.
- Plural noun of fox – foxes.
- Plural noun of loaf – loaves.
- Plural noun of ship – ships.
- Plural noun of school – schools.
- Plural noun of door – doors.
- Plural noun of sister-in-law – sisters-in-law.
- Plural form of baby – babies.
What words do you drop the y and add ies?
The spelling rule is: when the word has a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) before the letter ‘y’, you add the letter ‘s’ and when the word has a consonant (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z) before the letter ‘y’, you remove the ‘y’ and replace it with ‘ies’.
What is the rule for I and E?
“I before E, except after C” is a mnemonic rule of thumb for English spelling. If one is unsure whether a word is spelled with the digraph ei or ie, the rhyme suggests that the correct order is ie unless the preceding letter is c, in which case it may be ei.