Unit 30: Words with ci and ti e.g. ancient, special, initial, gracious
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This unit looks at words that end with the sound /shƏl/
and /shƏs/
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| torrential rain | a delicious dessert |
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The word ending /shƏl/ can be spelled two ways: |
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| cial as in artificial intelligence | tial as in torrential rain |
Sometimes, something in the root word can help us:
| president > presidential | race > racial |
And -cial is common after a vowel letter; -tial is common after a consonant
| beneficial | official | social |
| confidential | essential | substantial |
But this is not always the case and there are lots of exceptions so the best thing to do is to use Spellzone to learn the words:
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