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Words Ending in -sion and -tion
Spelling words with the suffixes -sion and -tion can be difficult. Learning to
find the base word will help you choose between an -sion or -tion spelling.
Example:
Example:
separation
expression
Base Word:
Base Word:
separate
express
A base word ending in t will usually take a -tion ending. A base word ending
in s will usually take an -sion ending.
Add the suffix -sion or -tion to the following base words to make new
words. If the base word ends in e, be sure to drop the e before adding the
ending.
1. decorate _______________
5. act
________________
2. affect
_______________
6. complicate
________________
3. educate
_______________
7. profess
________________
4. inspect
_______________
8. discuss
_______________
Some words with these suffixes do not have base words that end in s or
t(e). Add the suffix -sion or -tion to the words below.
9.
pronounce
______________
11. describe
______________
10.
decide
______________
12. conclude
______________
Some words with suffixes -sion and -tion have no stand-alone base word.
Fill in the following blanks with s or t to make a word you know.
13. N A ___ I O N
17. M O ___ I O N
14. Q U E S ___ I O N
18. F R A C ___ I O N
15. M A N ___ I O N
19. C A P ___ I O N
16. A T T E N ___ I O N
20. O C C A ___ I O N
Practise -tion words
The ending of these words sounds like ‘shun’. Underline the
-tion letters, and say the sound at the same time.
station
nation
action
situation
invitation
fraction
section
mention
direction
invention
Now, can you put the correct words from the list into these
sentences?
1. Mum drove me to the ........................................ .
2. I received an .......................................... to the party.
3. A quarter is a ......................................... of a whole.
4. The calculator is a very important................................... .
5. We found ourselves in a dangerous................................. .
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Suffixes List
A suffix is a letter or group of letters that is added to the end of a word. Below is a
list of common suffixes in the English language.
Suffix
Meaning
Example
-acy
state or quality
privacy
-al
act or process of
fatal
-ance, -ence
state or quality of
repentance
-dom
place or state of being
wisdom
-er, -or
one who
collector
-ism
belief or doctrine
communism
-ist
one who
guitarist
-ity, -ty
quality of
humanity
-ment
condition of
commitment
-ness
state of being
heaviness
-ship
position held
leadership
-sion, -tion
state of being
transition