11 May 2012

Saturday 12 May 2012

This week we’re revisiting one of the most important spelling rules: drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. All the words in the list are adjectives that end in a ‘y’. When they are changed into adverbs you need to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ before adding ‘ly’.

Children will be tested on eight out of the 10 words on Friday 18 May.

1.

happy

happily

2.

speedy

speedily

3.

gloomy

gloomily

4.

lucky

luckily

5.

messy

messily

6.

spooky

spookily

7.

pretty

prettily

8.

shabby

shabbily

9.

greasy

greasily

10.

hasty

hastily