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Lesson 14
Hard and soft c/g
| cancel |
gadget |
| conceal |
garage |
| conceited |
gorgeous |
| cynical |
gigantic |
| circular |
argument |
| capacity |
tragedy |
| concentrate |
gymnastics |
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| physician |
religion |
| delicious |
contagious |
| innocence |
intelligence |
In the words in this spelling list, the letters c and g have both a hard sound (cake, game) and a soft sound (face, artificial, genius).
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When the c or g has a
hard sound, it is followed by one of three vowels.
Write the vowels. _____ _____ _____ |
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| 2. |
When the c or g has a
soft sound, it is followed by one of three letters.
Write the letters. _____ _____ _____ |
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| 3. |
Look at the last three words in each column.
What suffixes follow soft c ? _____ _____ _____
What suffixes follow soft g ? _____ _____ _____ |
Lesson Generalization
When the letters c
and g
have a hard sound, they will be followed by a, o,
or u.
When they have a soft sound, they will be followed by the letters i, e,
or y.
Suffixes that follow the soft c
or g
will always begin with an i
or an e: ian, ion, ious, ence.
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