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6.1 Nouns, verbs and adjective can have the following endings:
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-s/-es, -ing, -ed, -er, -est, -ly.
Noun + -s/-es (plural)
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books, ideas, matches
Verb + -s/-es (after he/she/it)
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works, enjoys, washes
Verb + - ing
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working, enjoying, washing
Verd + -ed
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worked, enjoyed, washed
Adjective + -er (comparative)
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cheaper, quicker, brighter
Adjective + -est (superlative)
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cheapest, quickest, brightest
Adjective + -ly (adverb)
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cheaply, quickly, brightly
6.2 The ending is –es
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when the word ends in –s/-ss/-sh/-ch/-x.
Match
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matches
Wash
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washes
Bus
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buses
Miss
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misses
Box
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boxes
Search
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searches
Potato
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potatoes
Tomato
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tomatoes
Do
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does
Go
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goes
6.3 If word ends in a consonant + y (-by/-ry/-sy/-vy etc.)
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y changes to i before the endings –s.
Baby
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babies
Lorry
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lorries
Country
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countries
Secretary
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secretaries
Hurry
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hurries
Study
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studies
Apply
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applies
Try
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tries
If word ends in a consonant + y (-by/-ry/-sy/-vy etc.)
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y changes to i before the ending –ed.
Hurry
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hurried
Study
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studied
Apply
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applied
Try
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tried
If word ends in a consonant + y (-by/-ry/-sy/-vy etc.)
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y changes to i before the endings –er and –est.
Easy
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easier, easiest
Heavy
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heavier, heaviest
If word ends in a consonant + y (-by/-ry/-sy/-vy etc.)
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y changes to i before the ending –ly.
Easy
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easily
Heavy
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heavily
Temporary
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temporarily
Words ending in –y (baby, carry, easy etc.)
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y does not change before –ing.
Hurry
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hurrying
Study
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studying
Apply
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applying
Try
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trying
Words ending in –y (baby, carry, easy etc.)
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Y does not change if the word ends in a vowel +y (-ay/-ey/-oy/-uy).
Play
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plays, played
Enjoy
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enjoys, enjoyed
Buy
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buys
Monkey
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monkeys
6.4 if a verb ending in –ie (die, lie, tie),
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ie changes to y before the ending –ing.
Die
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dying
Lie
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lying
Tie
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tying
6.5 If a verb ends in –e
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we leave out e before the ending –ing.
Hope
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hoping
Smile
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smiling
Dance
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dancing
Confuse
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confusing
Exceptions are: be/being
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and verbs ending in – ee: see/seeing, agree/agreeing.
If a verb ends in –e,
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we add –d for the past (of regular verbs).
Hope
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hoped
Smile
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smiled
Dance
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danced
Confuse
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confused
If an adjective ends in –e,
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we add –r and –st for the comparative and superlative.
Wide
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wider, widest
Late
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later, latest
Large
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larger, largest
If an adjective ends in –e,
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we keep e before the adverb ending –ly.
Polite
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politely
Extreme
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extremely
Absolute
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absolutely
If an adjective ends in –le (simple, terrible etc.)
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the adverb ending is –ply, -bly etc.
Simple
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simply
Terrible
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terribly
Reasonable
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reasonably
6.6 Doubling consonants (stop/stopping/stopped, wet/wetter/wettest etc.). Sometimes a word ends in vowel + consonant.
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For example stop, plan, wet, thin, slip, prefer, regret.
Before the endings –ing/-ed/-er/est, we double the consonant at the end.
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So p -> pp, n ->nn etc.
Stop
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stopping, stopped
Plan
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planning, planned
Rub
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rubbing, rubbed
Big
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bigger, biggest
Wet
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wetter, wettest
Thin
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thinner, thinnest
If the word has more than one syllable (prefer, begin etc.), we double the consonant at the end
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only if the final syllable is stressed.
preFER
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preferring, preferred
regRET
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regretting, regretted
perMIT
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permitting, permitted
beGIN
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beginning
If the word final syllable is not stressed,
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we do not double the final consonant.
VISit
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visiting, visited
HAPpen
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happening, happened
DeVELop
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developing, developed
ReMEMber
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remembering, remembered
In British English, verbs ending in –l have –ll before –ing and –ed
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whether the final syllable is stressed or not.
Travel
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travelling, travelled
Cancel
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cancelling, cancelled
We do not double the final consonant
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if the word ends in two consonants (-rt, -lp, -ng etc.).
Start
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starting, started
Help
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helping, helped
Long
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longer, longest
We do not double the final consonant
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if there are two vowel letters before it (-oil, -eed etc.).
Boil
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boiling, boiled
Need
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needing, needed
Explain
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explaining, explained
Cheap
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cheaper, cheapest
Loud
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louder, loudest
Quiet
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quieter, quietest
We do not double y or w at the end of words.
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At the end of words y and w are not consonants.
Stay
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staying, stayed
Grow
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growing
New
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newer, newest

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