NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 2. The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings. | This page intentionally left blank. TLFeBOOK Useful Spelling Rules The following basic spelling rules equip the learner to create and identify the most important derived and inflected forms of regular English nouns and verbs. Words that have important irregular forms that do not follow these rules are identified in the dictionary. Regular Verb Forms Note Many verbs that have irregular past-tense forms or irregular past participles nevertheless form the present tense and the present participle regularly. For the third-person singular the form used with he she it and singular nouns in the present tense Add -s to the bare verb. If the bare verb ends in y preceded by a consonant change y to ie and then add -s. If the bare verb ends in s z x ch or sh add -es. like Bill likes cry the baby cries walk Anne walks buy the man buys carry a truck carries fix she fixes pass it passes notify he notifies catch she catches Copyright 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc Click Here for Terms of Use. TLFeBOOB xi Useful Spelling Rules For the past tense and the past participle Add -ed to the bare verb. If the bare verb ends in y preceded by a consonant change y to i before adding -ed. If the bare verb ends in e just add -d. walk walked like liked judge judged try tried carry carried measure measured For the present participle Add -ing to the bare verb. If the bare verb ends in a single e preceded either by a consonant or by u drop the e before adding -ing. If the bare verb ends in ie change ie to y before adding -ing. judge judging take taking ask asking carry carrying pay paying pursue pursuing hoe hoeing see seeing go going lie lying xii .
