Sunday, February 12, 2012

♦The simple present tense: spelling rules ♦

When a verb ends in s,sh,o,x,z. Add es to the 3rd person singular (he,she,it).
Examples:
does
kisses
wiches
watches
boxes
buzzes
goes
fishes
misses
catches

When a verb ends in y and the previously letter is a consonant change they to i and add es.

 
 Example: study/studies


When a verb ends in y and the previously  letter is a vowel add s to the third person singular.

Example:
play-plays
                                                                                •
                                                                                •
                                                                                vowel
listens 
writes 
plays 
dances
sings
talks

More examples:


fly - flies
buy - buys
cry - cries
reply - replies
pay - pays
say - says
lay - lays
  

                                                                       
          

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