This document discusses common word endings in English and provides guidance on spelling them correctly. It examines endings that represent sounds such as "-tion", "-sion", "-cian", "-cher", "-zhu", "-shu", "-shul", and "-uble". For each ending, it identifies the different spelling options and when to use each based on characteristics of the root word such as its final sound or letter. Memorizing these rules can help spell words with these endings correctly.
This document discusses common word endings in English and provides guidance on spelling them correctly. It examines endings that represent sounds such as "-tion", "-sion", "-cian", "-cher", "-zhu", "-shu", "-shul", and "-uble". For each ending, it identifies the different spelling options and when to use each based on characteristics of the root word such as its final sound or letter. Memorizing these rules can help spell words with these endings correctly.
This document discusses common word endings in English and provides guidance on spelling them correctly. It examines endings that represent sounds such as "-tion", "-sion", "-cian", "-cher", "-zhu", "-shu", "-shul", and "-uble". For each ending, it identifies the different spelling options and when to use each based on characteristics of the root word such as its final sound or letter. Memorizing these rules can help spell words with these endings correctly.
This document discusses common word endings in English and provides guidance on spelling them correctly. It examines endings that represent sounds such as "-tion", "-sion", "-cian", "-cher", "-zhu", "-shu", "-shul", and "-uble". For each ending, it identifies the different spelling options and when to use each based on characteristics of the root word such as its final sound or letter. Memorizing these rules can help spell words with these endings correctly.
Some multisyllable words have endings that should be
remembered as a unit.
Using the Reading Reflex programme to spell special word endings
The ‘shun’ sound The sound ‘shun’ can be spelt in 4 ways plus one very unusual way, but remember it is never spelt ‘shun’ – confusing isn’t it? Let’s take a look… sion tion extension question dimension pronunciation Generally, if the root word ends in a ‘t’ sound then use this ending
ssion cian possession magician profession politician Generally, if the root If the root words ends word ends in ‘ss’ or in ‘c’ then just add ‘ian. ‘mit’ then use this shion Most jobs end in ‘cian’- ending. fashion ask yourself the question ‘can you be cushion it?’ Can you think of This is an unusual some more? spelling and these are the only 2 common words spelt this way. The ‘shus’ sound Today we will look at the shus’ sound which can be spelt in 3 different ways. Can you think of them? Let’s take a look…
cious scious tious
precious conscious nutritious malicious luscious fictitious Remember if the root Remember if the root word ends in a ‘s’ sound word ends in ‘t’, or has a then use this ending. tion’ ending, then use this malice/malicious ending when turning it into an adjective.
Sometimes we make the sound ’kshus’ at the end It is spelt ‘xious’ as in obnoxious of a word. Can you think of a word that has this and anxious. sound in it? How do you think we spell this? The ‘cher’ sound Today we will look at the ‘cher’ sound. This is a common word ending which, when added to a word, turns it into a noun. Can you remember what a noun is? There is only 1 way to spell this sound. Do you know what it is? There are a couple of exceptions to this ture spelling pattern. Firstly, signature the word ‘amateur’- temperature depending on how you pronounce this word, it can sound like it has the ‘cher’ sound at the end, but it is spelt ‘teur’ Secondly, if a word ends in ‘ch’ like teach, catch and scorch then we just add ‘er’ to form the noun. Once you have memorised this spelling pattern you can spell lots of words correctly…furniture, nature, adventure…well done! The ‘zhu’ sound Today we will look at the zhu’ sound. It is another very common word ending and there are 2 ways to spell it, but 1 is quite unusual. Do you know what they are? Let’s take a look…
sure sia treasure Asia leisure amnesia The ‘shu’ sound This is an unusual sound and there aren’t many words spelt this way. There are two codes that make this sound and one exception… can you think of them?
tia cia dementia fascia inertia alopecia
ssure pressure Nearly all words ending in ‘sure’ make the sound ’zhure’ The ‘shul’ sound The ‘shul’ sound is another common word ending and there are two ways to spell this. Can you think of them? Let’s take a look…
tial cial partial facial potential special
The rule for this ending is similar to previous word endings.
Think carefully about the root word, or words in the same family. If they end with a ‘t’ sound, use the ending, ‘tial’. If they end with a ‘s’ sound use ‘cial’. Words which use the ‘cial’ ending will usually have a vowel before this is added. Words which use ‘tial’ will usually have a consonant before this is added. The ‘uble’ sound The final word ending which we will examine is the sound ‘uble’. This is a very common word ending and is spelt in 2 different ways. Can you think of them? Let’s have a look…
able ible available possible vegetable legible
There are a couple of tips to help you know which ending
to use. Firstly there are far more words spelt with ‘able’ than ‘ible’ and when new words with this sound are added to our language, they will only have the ‘able’ ending. Secondly, if we take away the ending ‘able’ there will often be a root word, whereas if we remove ‘ible’ there is often not a root word, for example, profitable/profit and horrible/horr. However, there are quite a few exceptions to this as in vegetable!
