Unit 20: Soft c: ce, ci and cy words
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Before the vowels e, i and y, the sound /s/ can be spelled with the letter c:
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| ce as in celebrate | ci as in city | cy as in cycle |
| cell* cease ceiling celery central cent* celebrity cellar* cement cemetery century centipede census ceramic cereal ceremony certain certificate ************** cancel concern decent recent innocent grocer process parcel princess concentrate December magnificent |
cinema cinnamon cipher circle circular circulate circus citizen citrus civil civilian ************** decide decimal electricity exercise incident medicine pencil precise precinct rancid recipe recite specific specimen society participate atrocity velocity association |
cyanide cyclone cygnet* cylinder cynic Cyprus* cypress* ************** |
| Notes: 1. Words marked * are homophones. Please see page 12 2. Words beginning with ac, suc, exc and sc are on page 7 |
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