The /shun/ suffixes, including -cian | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Match the word to the spelling of the /shun/ suffix it contains.

• magician

• tion

• permission

• sion

• revision

• cian

• station

• ssion

Answer explanation

The /shun/ suffix can be spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion or -cian.

Words spelt with -cian often have a root word ending in which letters?

• c

• mit

• de

• cs

• ss

Answer explanation

Words spelt with -cian often have a root word ending in ‘c’ or ‘cs’, such as musician (music) and politican (politics).

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the sentence: She was a skilful muzishon.

• musician

• musicion

• musision

Answer explanation

The correct spelling is 'musician'. Words spelt with -cian often have a root word ending in ‘c’ or ‘cs’, such as musician (music) and politician (politics). They are also professions.

Write the correct spelling of the word in bold in the sentence: Our lights have broken so I called an electrishun.

(a)  

Answer explanation

The correct spelling is 'electrician'. Words spelt with -cian often have a root word ending in ‘c’ or ‘cs’, such as musician (music) and electrician (electric). They are also professions.

Write the correct spelling of the word in bold in the sentence: As there are 8 of us, we can each have one ayth of this cake.

(a)  

Answer explanation

The word ‘eighth’ has ‘eight’ inside it. The words are connected in meaning and spelling.

Write the correct spelling of the word in bold in the sentence: What is the wait of this bag of apples in kg?

(a)  

Answer explanation

The word ‘weight’ has ‘eigh’ making the ‘ay’ sound, like ‘eight’ and ‘neighbour’.