THE PRESENT SIMPLE SPELLING CHANGES

Some verbs have present simple spelling changes with the pronouns such as: he, she, and it. Please study the following rules:

1. We add “s” to most verbs as the following:

        -come becomes comes

        -speak becomes speaks

        -run becomes runs

        -walk becomes walks

        -talk becomes talk

        -chat becomes chats

        -begin becomes begins

        -laugh becomes laughs

        -smile becomes smiles

        -travel becomes travels

        -lead becomes leads

2. Verbs that end in a “consonant +y”:

        When the verbs that end in a “consonant + y”, we often change the “y” to “ie” and then we add “s”.

Example:

        -study becomes studies

        -try becomes tries

        -marry becomes marries

        -fly becomes flies

        -cry becomes cries

        -carry becomes carries

        -marry becomes marries

        -hurry becomes hurries

        -bury becomes buries

Be careful! “y” doesn't change to 'ie' if the ending in a “vowel + y/w” is  (ay, ey, oy, uy, ow).

For example:

        -play becomes plays

        -convey becomes conveys

        -destroy becomes destroys

        -buy becomes buys

        -follow becomes follows

3. Verbs that end in (ss, sh, ch, or x):

Verbs that end in ss, sh, ch, or x, we often add e before s:

        -pass becomes passes

        -wish becomes wishes

        -wash becomes washes

        -brush becomes brushes

        -teach becomes teaches

        -box becomes boxes

        -fix becomes fixes