The y-to-i rule worksheets
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When a word ends in a consonant plus y, the y changes to i before most endings: cry becomes cried, happy becomes happier. The one ending that never takes the swap is -ing: crying keeps its y.
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2nd grade Core grade
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Words ending in a consonant plus y trade the y for an i before most endings: cry, cried; happy, happier. Second graders apply the swap and meet the contrast case: a vowel before the y (play, enjoy) means no change.
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3rd grade
Third graders run the rule automatically across -ed, -er, -est, and -es, and can say why played keeps its y while carried loses one. The -ing exception (crying, not criing) rounds out the system: a word that ends in y keeps it before -ing.
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