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Check these Websites for more rules.................................................................................................1


http://www.spellmasters.com.au/spelling_basics.asp...................................................................1
Lesson 1# TION or SION or CIAN or SSION......................................................................................1
Rule # 1: -CIAN ENDING....................................................................................................................................3
Rule # 2: -SION ENDING....................................................................................................................................6
Rule # 3: Memorize words ending with SSION.................................................................................................9
Rule # 4: EXCEPTION Words using –CION, -XION, -SHION and –CEAN............................................................11
Rule # 5: REST OF THE WORDS use –TION......................................................................................................12
Rule # 6: -Mit to –SSION.................................................................................................................................17
Rule # 7: --Cede/-CEED to -ssion.....................................................................................................................18
Rule # 8: --TIAN ending...................................................................................................................................19

Check these Websites for more rules


http://www.spellmasters.com.au/spelling_basics.asp
http://www.theschoolhouse.us/lessons/
lesson50.html
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/words-
ending-in-sion-tion-and-cion

Lesson 1# TION or SION or CIAN or SSION


Rule # 1: -CIAN ENDING

cian – where words end in c;


common in occupations.
Example…Music  Musician…
cian: As in “musician,” we use “cian” in
approximately 17 words that describe a
person’s profession or hobby.

cian occurs in 17 words


musicmusician magicmagician
electricelectrician physicphysician
politicpolitician statisticstatistician
mathematicmathematician logiclogician
arithmeticarithmetician opticoptician
pediatricpediatrician
obstetricobstetrician
clinicclinician practicepatrician
techniquetechnician beautybeautician
dietdietician
-cian endings
There are a few nouns with -cian endings
and they usually mean occupations or
jobs: optician, politician, musician,
beautician, dietician, electrician,
technician, statistician, physician,
magician...
Rule # 2: -SION ENDING

sion – where the base word


ends in d/de or s/se (e.g.
explode, confuse).

Spell with “tion” as is


“nation” 99% of the time,
spell with “sion” as in
“expression”
in 47 words, and spell with
“cian” as in “musician” in
16 words.
sion:We use “sion” in
approximately 27 words that already
end
with an “ss” as in
expressexpression and in 10 other
words that contain the word
“mission”
as in “admission.”
Not that many nouns have -sion endings. They are
often formed from verbs which end with -d, -de, -
se, -t.
to collide - collision, to comprehend - comprehension,
infuse - infusion.
persuade- persuasion, explode - explosion, televise -
television...
Also pension, persuasion, occasion, suspension,
decision...

sion occurs in 47 words


expressexpression impressimpression
oppressoppression depressdepression
repressrepression progressprogression
suppresssuppression regressregression
aggressaggression egressegression
congresscongressional recessrecession
processprocession successsuccession
accessaccession excessexcision
obsessobsession confessconfession
professprofession professprofessional
possesspossession discussdiscussion
concussconcussion passpassion
compasscompassion percussion
session concession

Eight of these words are preceded by “en”


and two are preceded by “an”:
ten·sion in·ten·sion ex·ten·sion
pre·ten·sion pen·sion ap·pre·hen·sion
com·pre·hen·sion di·men·sion man·sion
ex·pan·sion
Rule # 3: Memorize words ending with SSION

MEMORIZE WORDS ENDING WITH SSION


-ssion endings.
When words end in -ss just add –
ion.
discuss - discussion, confess - confession, obsess -
obsession, possession, expression, recession,
profession, procession.
Also mission, passion, session

Memorize nine words that contain


the word “mission”:
mission admission intermission
transmission emission remission
commission commissioner permission
Rule # 4: EXCEPTION Words using –CION, -XION, -SHION and –
CEAN

EXCEPTION WORDS

Exceptions
sus·pi·cion com·plex·ion fa·shion
o·cean
There are, of course, usually
exceptions to the
Rule like ‘ocean’, ‘Russian’ and
‘Asian’.
Rule # 5: REST OF THE WORDS use –TION

tion – the most common


ending.
Spell with “tion” as is
Details

“nation” 99% of the time,


spell with “sion” as in
“expression”
in 47 words, and spell with
“cian” as in “musician” in
16 words.
-tion ending is the most common and are
all nouns.
action, condition, completion, relation, accommodation, addition, attention,
communication, competition, condition, invitation, nation, position, protection,
promotion, moderation, population, mention, solution, vocation, suggestion, station,
occupation, revolution, rejection, location...
-sion endings

Spelling Rules taken from the book 100 Spelling Rules by ©Camilia Sadik - SpellingRules.com™
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tion for the rest of such words
na·tion i·mag·i·na·tion
op·er·a·tion
co·op·er·a·tion cor·po·ra·tion
sep·a·ra·tion
im·mi·gra·tion in·te·gra·tion
reg·is·tra·tion
con·sid·er·a·tion
con·grat·u·la·tions re·la·tion
var·i·a·tion e·val·u·a·tion
mo·ti·va·tion
veg·e·ta·tion in·ter·pre·ta·tion
ad·ap·ta·tion
con·ver·sa·tion im·mu·ni·za·tion
ed·u·ca·tion
ap·pli·ca·tion com·mu·ni·ca·tion
dis·trib·u·tion
ev·o·lu·tion pol·lu·tion cau·tion
mo·tion e·mo·tion pro·mo·tion
au·di·tion ad·di·tion co·a·li·tion
su·per·sti·tion in·ten·tion
in·ven·tion
con·ven·tion in·ter·ven·tion
ac·tion
auc·tion di·rec·tion at·trac·tion
fic·tion frac·tion sanc·tion
in·duc·tion de·duc·tion
sub·trac·tion
in·struc·tion per·fec·tion
ex·cep·tion
a·dop·tion por·tion di·ges·tion
 Read all the above words
aloud as many times as
needed until you memorize
their spelling.
Rule # 6: -Mit to –SSION

ssion – clear soft ‘sh’ sound.

-mit to –ssion
admit – admission, permit – permission,
commit – commission, remit – remission
transmit – transmission, submit - submission
-cede / -ceed to -ssion
succeed – succession, proceed – procession,
concede – concession
Rule # 7: --Cede/-CEED to -ssion

-cede / -ceed to -ssion


succeed – succession, proceed –
procession,
concede – concession
Rule # 8: --TIAN ending

-tian
There are only a few -tian endings and they usually mean place of origin or a belief: Martian,
Dalmatian, Christian, Faustian.

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