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Unit 30: Spelling the endings -cial -tial -cious -tious

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Unit 30: Words with ci and ti e.g. ancient, special, initial, gracious

Unit StartPage 1: Word endings -cial and -tial.Course Test: Spelling test: -cial and -tial.Page 3: Spelling test: -cial and -tial.Page 4: Word endings -cious and -tious.Course Test: Spelling test: -cious and -tious.Page 6: Spelling test: -cious and -tious.Page 7: Rules and rule breakers and homophones.Unit End

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Endings cious or tious

Teaching point The ending /shƏs/ is usually spelled cious or tious:
spelling word endings cial, tial, cious, tious spelling word endings cial, tial, cious, tious
cious as in 'a delicious dessert' tious as in 'an infectious illness'

Sometimes, the ending of the root word can help us:

1. Words ending in tion change to tious:   ambition > ambitious
2. Words ending in ce change to cious:   grace > gracious

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spelling word endings cial, tial, cious, tious spelling word endings cial, tial, cious, tious
cious as in 'a delicious dessert' tious as in 'an infectious illness'
audacious
auspicious
atrocious
avaricious
conscious
efficacious
ferocious
gracious
loquacious
luscious
judicious
malicious
 officious
perspicacious
precious
precocious
pugnacious
salacious
spacious
suspicious
vicious
vivacious
voracious
ambitious
bumptious
cautious
conscientious
contentious
facetious
fictitious
flirtatious
fractious
nutritious
 ostentatious
pretentious
repetitious
scrumptious
seditious
superstitious
surreptitious
vexatious
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