Curriculum › Spelling ›Grade 3

Grade 3 Spelling · Level 3, Your child adds endings that change the base word: doubling (sitting), dropping the e (smiled) and changing y to i (cries, happier).

Change Y to I: -er, -est, -ly, -ness

Practises changing y to i before -er, -est, -ly and -ness, as in happier, tiniest, easily and silliness.