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: -es and -ed

Practises changing y to i before adding -es or -ed, as in cries, babies and dried.

The words

cry + es = cries, try + ed = tried

  • cries
  • tries
  • flies
  • babies
  • ponies
  • lilies
  • bunnies
  • cried
  • dried
  • tried
  • fried