This week Year 6 have been learning to spell words that end in -tious and -cious.
We have begun to explore the patterns in these words as well as their meaning.
What does it mean?
The -tious and -cious are part of the -ious suffix. This suffix essentially means ‘full of’ or ‘having’ which can help us undertsand what the word means.
For example :
The word Spacious is made of the root word space and the suffx -ious. So the word spacious means ‘having space’ or ‘full of space’
This is a spacious car.
In in this sentence the word spacious tells us that car ‘has space‘ or is ‘full of space‘
Grammar
Words ending in -tious or -cious are generally adjectives. In fact, adding the suffix -ious to a noun can turn it into an adjective.
Words
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Blue Challenge |
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spacious
vicious
gracious
precious
delicious
conscious
cautious
infectious
precautious
scrumptious |
unconscious
suspicious
ferocious
luscious
atrocious
ungracious
fractious
superstitious
ambitious
fictitious |
subconscious
tenacious
semiconscious
malicious
judicious
vivacious
contentious
conscientious
nutritious
unambitious |