1. La s 1.

1 es detrs de s/-sh/-ch/-x, para plural y para 3 persona bus buses

dish dishes watch watches box boxes y tambin: potato potatoes tomato tomatoes do does go goes 1.2 Si la palabra termina en f/-fe, el plural se hace habitualmente en -ves shelf shelves myself ourselves knife knives pero: roof roofs
2. La -y pasa a -i- siempre que la palabra no termine en ay/-ey/-oy/-uy

study studies/studied family families story stories baby babies city cities fly flies/flying marry marries/married try tried/trying copy copied easy easier/easiest/ easily lucky luckier/luckiest/ luckily happy happier/happiest/ happily funny funnier/funniest/funnily heavy heavier/heaviest/ heavily holiday holidays play plays/played enjoy enjoys/enjoyed stays stays/stayed buy buys key keys excepciones por ser verbos irregulares: lay lays/laid say says/said pay pays/paid 3. El gerundio

La y permanece al sumarle ing studying, marrying, copying, playing, enjoying, staying, buying, laying, saying, paying 3.1 La e final muda se elimina al aadir ing make making write writing come coming dance dancing 3.2 En los verbos que terminan en ie, la -i- se transforma en y al aadir -ing die dying lie lying tie tying 4. Doblamiento de la consonante final. Slo se dobla la consonante en palabras monoslabas terminadas en C+V+C y en polislabas agudas. stop stopped/stopping run running get getting hot hotter/hottest help helped/helping work worked/working need needed/needing wait waited/waiting/waiter cheap cheaper/cheapest happen happened/happening visit visited/visiting prefer preferred/preferring begin beginning