ocean

sure

shore

USEFUL SYLLABLES CHART

tion tial tious

cian cial cious

sion ssion xious

tient cient

/sh/

Suffix or Not?

• Sometimes tion and sion are part of the base word and sometimes they are suffixes

Suffix Not

Vacation nation

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Suffix ? Base Word? Meaning

Vacation vacate to leave

Nation Na not a word

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Word Base word? Meaning

Mansion

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Word Base word? Meaning

Mansion Man? Person

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Word Base word? Meaning

Mansion Man? Person

Multiplication

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Word Base word? Meaning

Mansion Man? Person

Multiplication Multiply To add repeatedly

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