Verbs ending in y

a. Verbs ending in y

The English letters a, e, i, o and u are generally referred to as vowels. The other English letters are generally referred to as consonants.

When a verb ends in y immediately preceded by a consonant, the y is changed to ie before the ending s is added. In each of the following examples, the consonant immediately preceding the final yis underlined.

Bare Infinitive	Third Person Singular
study	studies
fly	flies
carry	carries