Next, we will be looking at words ending in ‘-cial’ and ‘-tial’
-cial and -tial endings usually sound the same “shul”
There’s a rule about which one to use but like all rules there are exceptions. Can you see what the rule is?
What’s the letter before these -cial words: social, special, beneficial?
What’s the letter before these -tial words: essential, substantial, partial?
Rule:
Use -cial after a vowel, like after the vowel ‘o’ in social, ‘e’ in special, ‘i’ in beneficial.
Use -tial after a consonant, especially, after ‘n’ in substantial, essential, and ‘r’ in partial
Here are your spelling to learn for the next spelling test:
- social
- artificial
- potential
- essential
- special
- residential
- antisocial
- partial
- impartial
- martial