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

Before the vowels e, i and y, the sound /s/ can be spelled with the letter c:


ce as in celebrate	ci as in city	cy as in cycle
cell* cease ceiling celery central cent* celebrity cellar* cement cemetery century centipede census ceramic cereal ceremony certain certificate ************ cancel concern decent recent innocent grocer process parcel princess concentrate December magnificent Learn the Words:** 2	cinema cinnamon cipher circle circular circulate circus citizen citrus civil civilian ************ decide decimal electricity exercise incident medicine pencil precise precinct rancid recipe recite specific specimen society participate atrocity velocity association Learn the Words:** 2	cyanide cyclone cygnet* cylinder cynic Cyprus* cypress* ************ emergency fancy mercy policy agent > agency decent > decency private > privacy pregnant > pregnancy urgent > urgency accurate > accuracy efficient > efficiency Learn the Words:** 2
Notes: 1. Words marked * are homophones. Please see page 12 2. Words beginning with ac, suc, exc and sc are on page 7