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Consonant plus y verbs

we fly and they fly this ends in y so we eliminate that y and then we add i e and this is why we have he she it flies written like this we are going to review one more verb this...

Course: Everyday English from the startSection: Present simple rulesSubtitles: en

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flies

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we fly and they fly this

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ends in y so we eliminate

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that y and then we add i e

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and this is why we have he she it

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flies written like this

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we are going to review one more verb

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this also

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ends in y play i play

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you play he plays she plays

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it plays we play and they play

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this ends in y but we haven't

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followed the same rule a study and fly

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here we only add s

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what is happening so we have these two

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verbs

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play and study and the final letter

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in both words is why but the present

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simple form

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is different let's analyze the

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penultimate letter in play

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this is a and in study

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this is d a in play

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is a vowel and d in study

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is a consonant and this is why it's

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different if it is vowel plus y

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we add

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