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G While adding suffixes, if there is a vowel before the ‘y’, merely add the letter or
suffix without change.
Read the following examples:

b y + ing = buying u enj y + able = enjoyableo
G If there is a consonant before the ‘y’, change y to i unless the suffix is -ing .

Read the following examples:
fun y + er = funnier n marry + age = marriage

c y + ed = cried r but cry + ing = crying
t y + al = trial r but try + ing = trying

G If a word ends in , change these letters to when adding ie y -ing .
Read the following examples:

die + ing = dying lie + ing = lying
G If a word consists of only one syllable, it has a consonant at the end and has only one
vowel before that consonant, double the final consonant when adding -ing , -ed , -er ,

-en or -est.
Read the following examples:
rob + ery = robbery big + est = biggest

thin + er = thinner run + ing = running

sad + est = saddest beg + ar = beggar
G The final consonant is not doubled when the suffix begins with a consonant.

Read the following examples:
glad + ly = gladly

G Also, when the accent does not fall on the last syllable, the final consonant is not
doubled.
Read the following examples:

happen + ed = happened (accent falls on ‘hap’)
differ + ence = difference (accent falls on ‘dif’)

G If there are two vowels before the final consonant then also the final consonant is not
doubled.
Read the following examples:

cheap + er = cheaper beat + ing = beating

G Words ending in generally double the when some suffix is added to them.el I
Read the following examples:
travel + er = traveller jewel + er = jeweller

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