Spellings: the “SHUN” sound

This is a rule that we covered in Spring Term 1 but it is one I like to revisit.  All of these spelling patterns sound like they say “SHUN” at the end of words but they are spelled a variety of ways:

-tion      -sion      -ssion      cian

Can you remember one of the ways we can spot which pattern to use?  That’s right, the root word can give us a clue in the way that it is spelled.  For example:

 

Root word:            Suffix:

magi      Magician

Try to identify the root word for each of these spellings that fit our rule:

invention, injection, action, hesitation, completion
expression, discussion, confession, permission, admission
expansion, extension, comprehension, tension
musician, electrician, magician, politician, mathematician

Are there any it doesn’t work for or that you have to be careful of?  Watch out for that tricky double SS suffix!!!!

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