Unit 28 - Spelling tion, cian and sion words

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Say these words aloud and listen to the sound of the final syllable:

action

station

section

caution

direction

education

The letters tion make the sound /shn/. The vowel is a weak schwa sound.

There are many long words ending in -tion and mistakes are often made because a syllable is missed out.

Test yourself in listening for every syllable. Read the -tion word and count how many syllables it has. Type the number in the box:

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