Спелингийн дүрэм
Spelling
-s, -ing, -ed, -er, -est залгах үеийн бичиглэлийн дүрэм.
-s / -es залгах
Adding -s / -es
- Ихэнх үг → -s: work → works, book → books
- -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o → -es: pass → passes, watch → watches, go → goes
- гийгүүлэгч + y → -ies: study → studies, city → cities
- эгшиг + y → -s: play → plays, boy → boys
- -f / -fe → -ves: leaf → leaves, knife → knives
-ing залгах
Adding -ing
- Ихэнх үг → -ing: work → working
- -e → хасна: make → making, write → writing
- -ee → хэвээр: see → seeing, agree → agreeing
- Нэг эгшиг + нэг гийгүүлэгч (өргөлттэй) → давхарлана: stop → stopping, begin → beginning
- -ie → -ying: lie → lying, die → dying
- -l төгсгөл (BrE) → давхарлана: travel → travelling
-ed залгах
Adding -ed
- Ихэнх үг → -ed: work → worked
- -e → -d: live → lived, dance → danced
- Нэг эгшиг + нэг гийгүүлэгч → давхарлана: stop → stopped, plan → planned
- гийгүүлэгч + y → -ied: study → studied, try → tried
- эгшиг + y → -ed: play → played, enjoy → enjoyed
-er / -est залгах
Adding -er / -est
- cheap → cheaper → cheapest
- big → bigger → biggest (давхарлана)
- easy → easier → easiest (y → i)
- large → larger → largest (-e хасагдана)
-ly залгах
Adding -ly
- quick → quickly, careful → carefully
- y → -ily: happy → happily, easy → easily
- -le → -ly: terrible → terribly, probable → probably
- -ic → -ically: automatic → automatically
- Онцгой: true → truly, full → fully