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Name _______________________________________
Lesson 23
Words ending with cious, cial,
or cian
| suspicious |
financial |
physician |
| delicious |
artificial |
politician |
| vicious |
special |
magician |
| precious |
racial |
musician |
| unconscious |
commercial |
pediatrician |
| gracious |
social |
electrician |
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In the word list above, the last syllable of each word is underlined.
Write the last syllable in each group of words.
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| 2. |
What are the first two letters of each of these syllables? __________
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| 3. |
When the letter c is followed by an i,
it has soft sound. Say each word. Does the last syllable begin with a hard
sound or a soft sound? __________ |
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Lesson Generalization
The letters ci spell the /sh/
sound in the syllables cious, cial, and
cian.
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