Spelling list: Words where y does not change

If you add ing or ish the y does not change. If there is a vowel before the y , the y does not change.

frying
They cooked breakfast in a frying pan.
turkeys
Lots of turkeys are eaten at Christmas. *
valleys
Many river valleys were flooded in the storm.
boyish
He was still boyish despite his age.
greyish British English spelling
His skin had a greyish tinge which worried the doctor.
enjoys
He enjoys running.