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Not-So-Special
Category: -y
This is a bunch of words (and there are many, many more
-- add them to the list and practice them when you run across
them in your reading) that end in y with a long e sound.
Introduce this category early, especially for those students
who need to *unlearn* the idea that you should spell the "e"
sound at the end of a word with the letter "e."
You can also teach the students that -y is often added to make
a word that describes a noun (adjective), turning fun to funny
and milk to milky; ly is added to words that describe verbs
or adjectives or other adverbs.
silly |
smelly |
fancy* |
snappy |
funky |
happy |
lucky |
quickly |
penny |
candy |
plenty |
empty |
sloppy |
floppy |
fifty |
gypsy** |
baggy |
sticky |
fully |
spotty |
shoddy |
skinny |
inky |
pinky |
crunchy |
waxy |
misty |
messy |
fussy |
splashy |
oddly |
frankly |
gladly |
quickly |
flatly |
briskly |
strictly |
justly |
lastly |
glumly |
darkly |
portly |
sorry |
worry |
hurry |
flurry |
swiftly |
lady |
crazy |
slimy |
puny |
lazy |
phony |
holy |
zany |
tendency |
handily |
thankfully |
truly |
silently |
perfectly |
property |
properly |
shortly |
delivery |
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*review of when c represents the /s/ sound may be in order.
**review of when g stands for the /j/ sound may be in order.
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