Start a free trial

Your current location:

Unit 20: The soft c sound: ce ci cy words

Page 13 of 13

Unit 20: Soft c: ce, ci and cy words

Unit StartPage 1: Introduction. Word endings: -ce -nce -rce -iceCourse Test: Introduction. Word endings: -ce -nce -rce -icePage 3: Introduction. Word endings: -ce -nce -rce -icePage 4: ce ci and cy wordsCourse Test: Spelling test: anagrams for ce ci cy wordsPage 6: Spelling test: anagrams for ce ci cy wordsPage 7: Tricky words: cc exc scCourse Test: Spelling test: cc exc scPage 9: Spelling test: cc exc scCourse Test: Adding suffixes to -ce endings. Spelling testPage 11: Adding suffixes to -ce endings. Spelling testPage 12: HomophonesPage 13: Differences in British and American spellingUnit End

Page 13 of 13

Spelling ce, ci and cy words - the soft c sound

Words ending in -ce are often spelled differently in Britain and the USA. For more information and guidance see Unit 36.

Different rules also apply to words that contain cian, cial and cious but these are dealt with in:

Unit 28 (cian)
Unit 30 (cial and cious)

X
X ⬊ ⬉
Please turn your screen to landscape to play this game.
X

The Spellzone interactive course is intended to be used online and may not be printed.

Start a free trial

One of the students has put in a huge amount of effort in completing Spellzone at least 3 times a week since his arrival with us in January. Looking at his scores after the latest GL testing, his standardised score has risen from 99 to 131. This is a truly phenomenal result. I just wanted to share the best result I have ever seen.

Terrie Penrose-Toms, Casterton College

read more...