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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
   
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).

1. When the c or g has a hard sound, it is followed by one of three vowels.

Write the vowels. _____ _____ _____
   
2. When the c or g has a soft sound, it is followed by one of three letters.

Write the letters. _____ _____ _____
   
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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