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SPELLING PROGRAMME - PART 3

Target 9: Soft ‘c’ (‘c’ saying ‘s’)

Rule: ‘c’ followed by ‘a’, ‘o’ or ‘u’ has a hard ‘k’ sound, but when

followed by ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ it always has a soft ‘s’ sound.

a e.g. cat
c o e.g. cot
hard ‘k’ sound

u e.g. cut

e e.g. cent

c i e.g. city always has a
soft ‘s’ sound

y e.g. cycle

Spell these words:-

-ce -ci -cy

cent centre city cycle
central cell circle fancy
except century pencil bicycle

parcel concert cigar cyclone
certain recent circus

concern sincere excite
December magnificent decide
Soft ‘c’ at the end of words

face place price trace
chance police pence office

France sentence distance notice

Adding suffixes beginning with ‘a’ or ‘o’ to words that have soft ’c’ and soft ’g’ endings

Rule: To keep the soft ‘c’ or ‘g’ you have to keep the ‘e’.

Look at these examples:

notice + able = noticeable manage + able = manageable
outrage + ous = outrageous courage + ous = courageous

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