Lesson 14   Hard and soft c/g

citizen	courage
concerned	urgency
license	magician
calendar	category
custom	guarantee
cereal	guard
certain	digestion
circumstances	fragile
recycle	gymnasium
reluctant	gargle

In this spelling word list, the letters c and g have both a hard sound (cake, game) and a soft sound (face, page).

1.	Find nine words that contain a soft c. Write the letter that follows the soft c in each word. ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Find eight words that contain a hard c. Write the letter that follows the hard c in each word. ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
2.	Every word in the second column contains at least one g. Write the letter that comes after every g that has a soft sound. ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Write the letter that follows each hard g. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
3.	Do the letters c and g have a hard or a soft sound when they are followed by a consonant? _____ by the letters e, i, or y ? _____ by the letters a, o , or u ? _____

Lesson Generalization When the letters c and g have a soft sound, they are usually followed by an e, an i, or a y. When the letters c and g have a hard sound, they are usually followed by the vowels a, o, or u, or by any consonant except y. Many words end with the letters cle (recycle, miracle, vehicle) or gle (angle, jungle, untangle). Remember that the endings cannot be spelled cel or gel without changing the sound of c and g.

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