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## Changing the form of a verb 

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When a verb ends in ‘y’ and it is necessary to change the tense by adding other letters, the ‘y’ is changed into an ‘i’ and ‘es’ or ‘ed’ is added. 

## Using ‘long’ vowels and ‘short’ vowels 

He will marry her tomorrow. 

He was married yesterday. 

A dog likes to bury his bone. 

A dog always buries his bone. 

There is often a silent ‘e’ at the end of the word if the vowel is ‘long’: 

bite, date, dupe, hope, late. 

Each of these words consists of one syllable (one unit of sound). If another syllable is added, the ‘e’ is removed: 

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