Hard & Soft C

A soft 'c' is pronounced like an 's' and occurs when the letter 'c' is followed by the letters 'e', 'i', or 'y'.

A hard 'c' is pronounced like a 'k' and occurs when the letter 'c' is followed by the letters 'a', 'o', 'u', or any consonant.

The letters 'e', 'i', and 'y' indicate a soft 'c'.

The letters 'a', 'o', 'u', or any consonant indicate a hard 'c'.

An example of a word with a soft 'c' is 'city'.

An example of a word with a hard 'c' is 'cat'.

An example of a word that contains both soft and hard 'c' is 'circle'.

In the word 'pencil', the 'c' is pronounced as a soft 'c'.

In the word 'difficult', the 'c' is pronounced as a hard 'c'.

You can identify a soft 'c' in a word by checking if it is followed by 'e', 'i', or 'y'.