Classzone: The Language of Literature, Grade 6

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Lesson 9 Final y words and suffixes

betray betrays betrayed betraying

employ employs employed employing

portray portrays portrayed portraying

attorney attorneys

survey surveys

qualify qualifies qualified qualifying

deny denies denied denying

occupy occupies occupied occupying

ceremony ceremonies

remedy remedies

1.	What is the last letter of each word in the first column? __________ How many of the words have a vowel before the last letter? __________

2.	When the letter before the final y is a vowel, what happens to the y when a suffix is added? __________

3.	When the letter before the final y is a consonant, what happens to the y when the suffix es or ed is added? __________

4.	When the suffix ing is added to any final y word, what happens to the letter y? __________

Lesson Generalization

When the letter before a final y is a vowel, the y does not change when a suffix is added.

When the letter before a final y is a consonant, change the y to i before adding es or ed.

Never change a final y to i when adding the suffix ing.