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1)
-cian, as in musician
in 12 words
Use
-cian
in careers or hobbies. The c
is already at the end of these words--just add ian:
music+ian
= musician
magic+ian
= magician
electric+ian
= electrician
physic+ian
= physician
politics+ian
= politician
optic+ian
= optician
statistic+ian
= statistician
pediatric+ian
= pediatrician
obstetric+ian
= obstetrician
mathematics+ian
= mathematician
technique
(q
becomes c,
drop ue) + cian
= technician
beauty
(y
becomes i)
+ cian
= beautician
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2)
The -sion,
as in expression
in 42 words:
Use -sion
after a verb or the stem of a word that ends in ss
in these 25 words:
Notice
that the first s is silent in these words, as in expression.
express
> expression,
impress >impression
oppress
>oppression,
aggress>aggression
depress>depression,
repress>repression
egress>egression,
congress>congressional
progress
>progression,
regress>regression
confess>confession,
profess>profession
recess>recession,
process>procession
success>succession,
obsess>obsession
possess>possession,
session,
percussion
discuss>discussion,
concussion
pass>passion>passionate
compass>compassion>compassionate
Use
the ending -sion
in these 10 words that have mission
in them:
mission,
intermission, transmission, emission, remission, commission, admission, missionary, permission, submission
Memorize
these two words:
suspicion &
ocean
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3)
The -tion,
as in nation is in the
rest of such words:
cooperation,
corporation,
separation,
immigration,
integration,
registration,
evolution,
pollution,
evaluation,
motion,
emotion,
commotion,
promotion,
notion,
proportion,
congratulations,
intervention,
action,
auction,
fiction,
fraction,
sanction,
induction,
deduction,
instruction,
perfection,
caution,
portion,
ignition,
variation,
partition,
vegetation,
interpretation,
imitation,
audition,
edition,
tradition,
addition,
probation,
exception,
interception,
contradiction,
contraception,
adoption,
adaptation,
superstition,
etc.
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4)
This -sion as in vision
has a different sound in 35 words:
Notice
that either a vowel or an r always precedes this
type of -sion:
- vision,
television,
revision,
supervision,
division,
decision,
incision,
precision,
collision
- occasion,
invasion,
evasion,
abrasion,
explosion,
erosion,
corrosion
- confusion,
diffusion,
infusion,
transfusion,
conclusion,
inclusion,
exclusion,
preclusion,
elusion,
delusion,
intrusion
- version,
inversion,
subversion,
submersion,
conversion,
immersion,
excursion
- lesion,
*Persian,
*Asian
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