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Unit 31: Spelling the endings -ture -ain -ine

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Unit 31: Word endings:-ture, -tain, -ine

Unit StartPage 1: Introduction and Unit Contents.Course Test: Words ending in -ture. Spelling test.Page 3: Words ending in -ture. Spelling test.Course Test: 2 sounds for the -ain ending. Spelling test.Page 5: 2 sounds for the -ain ending. Spelling test.Course Test: 3 sounds for the -ine ending. Spelling test.Page 7: 3 sounds for the -ine ending. Spelling test.Unit End

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Words ending in ture

The second syllable of the word picture is unstressed. Its vowel is the schwa sound (Unit 24).

Press on the icons to learn these two, three and four-syllable words that all end with this sound.

The sound /chƏ/ at the end of a word is spelled ture

 picture Spelling English word endings ture, ain, ine

Some more examples:

2-syllable words 3-syllable words 4-syllable words
capture
creature
culture
feature
fracture
fixture
future
lecture
mixture
moisture
 nature
pasture
posture
puncture
sculpture
structure
texture
torture
vulture
adventure
departure
furniture
miniature
signature
 agriculture
horticulture
literature
manufacture
temperature
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