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6.1 Nouns, verbs and adjective can have the following endings: Lernen beginnen
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-s/-es, -ing, -ed, -er, -est, -ly.
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Verb + -s/-es (after he/she/it) Lernen beginnen
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working, enjoying, washing
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Adjective + -er (comparative) Lernen beginnen
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cheaper, quicker, brighter
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Adjective + -est (superlative) Lernen beginnen
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cheapest, quickest, brightest
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cheaply, quickly, brightly
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when the word ends in –s/-ss/-sh/-ch/-x.
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6.3 If word ends in a consonant + y (-by/-ry/-sy/-vy etc.) Lernen beginnen
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y changes to i before the endings –s.
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If word ends in a consonant + y (-by/-ry/-sy/-vy etc.) Lernen beginnen
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y changes to i before the ending –ed.
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If word ends in a consonant + y (-by/-ry/-sy/-vy etc.) Lernen beginnen
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y changes to i before the endings –er and –est.
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If word ends in a consonant + y (-by/-ry/-sy/-vy etc.) Lernen beginnen
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y changes to i before the ending –ly.
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Words ending in –y (baby, carry, easy etc.) Lernen beginnen
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y does not change before –ing.
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Words ending in –y (baby, carry, easy etc.) Lernen beginnen
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Y does not change if the word ends in a vowel +y (-ay/-ey/-oy/-uy).
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6.4 if a verb ending in –ie (die, lie, tie), Lernen beginnen
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ie changes to y before the ending –ing.
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we leave out e before the ending –ing.
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and verbs ending in – ee: see/seeing, agree/agreeing.
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we add –d for the past (of regular verbs).
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If an adjective ends in –e, Lernen beginnen
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we add –r and –st for the comparative and superlative.
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If an adjective ends in –e, Lernen beginnen
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we keep e before the adverb ending –ly.
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If an adjective ends in –le (simple, terrible etc.) Lernen beginnen
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the adverb ending is –ply, -bly etc.
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6.6 Doubling consonants (stop/stopping/stopped, wet/wetter/wettest etc.). Sometimes a word ends in vowel + consonant. Lernen beginnen
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For example stop, plan, wet, thin, slip, prefer, regret.
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Before the endings –ing/-ed/-er/est, we double the consonant at the end. Lernen beginnen
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If the word has more than one syllable (prefer, begin etc.), we double the consonant at the end Lernen beginnen
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only if the final syllable is stressed.
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If the word final syllable is not stressed, Lernen beginnen
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we do not double the final consonant.
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In British English, verbs ending in –l have –ll before –ing and –ed Lernen beginnen
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whether the final syllable is stressed or not.
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We do not double the final consonant Lernen beginnen
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if the word ends in two consonants (-rt, -lp, -ng etc.).
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We do not double the final consonant Lernen beginnen
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if there are two vowel letters before it (-oil, -eed etc.).
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We do not double y or w at the end of words. Lernen beginnen
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At the end of words y and w are not consonants.
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