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Word Final -ED
Word Final -S
Wonder Words

Consonant Sound Pair
Voiceless /ʃ/ & Voiced /ʒ/

Unstressed Endings
nouns/adjectives

Stress falls on the syllable immediately preceding the suffix.

  /ʃ/   /ʒ/
-c-
-cial
-cian
-ciate
-cious
social
special
physician
appreciate
delicious
unstressed -su- leisure
measure
pleasure
treasure
-ss-
-ssian
-ssion
-ssu-
-ssure
Russian
profession
tissue
pressure
sia(n)
sion
Asia
Indonesia
television
supervision
-t-
-tia
-tion
-tious
initial
negotiate
education
graduation
situation
cautious
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