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67. Latin Connectives (ti, ci, tu)

New Concept Words and Sentences: ti /sh/

List 1
potential confidential
substantial martial
dietitian
  1. The initial examination lasted less than we thought it would.
  2. My Favorite Martian was a popular TV show in the 1960s.
  3. Judges remain impartial until all evidence has been presented, then they decide on guilt or innocence.

New Concept Words and Sentnces: ci /sh/

List 2
artificial commercial
mathematician official
glacial prejudicial
politician electrician
financial optician
  1. We will need to call the photocopy technician to fix the photocopier.
  2. Officially, the man will be charged with murder.

New Concept Words and Sentences: tu /choo/

List 3
habitual mutual
tarantula spiritual
Portugal
  1. Virtual reality gaming is one of the hottest trends and some people will get hysterical if you try to take their gaming equipment from them.
  2. Which virtue do you believe is most important in life?

Review Words

mortician slogan
conference eventually
instance obstetrician
infatuated especially
orphan political
punctuate reversible
partial abandon
deliverance factual

What Says?

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

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2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
11. 12.
13. 14.
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Review

Latin Connectives

  • connects word endings to base words
  • connective ti /sh/
  • connective ci /sh/
  • connective tu /choo/

Spelling Pattern Generalization:

  • Use -cial -cian after a vowel, like after the vowel ‘o’ in social, ‘e’ in special, ‘i’ in beneficial
  • Use -tial -tian after a consonant, especially, after ‘n’ in substantial, essential, and ‘r’ in partial

Practice

  1. Underline the connective ‘ci’, ‘ti’ or ‘tu’ in these words.
    mortician ritualistic
    obstetrician especially
    perpetuate partial
  2. Choose the correct spelling of cial or tial for these words.
    confiden_____ offi_____
    creden_____ so_____
    cru_____ impar_____
    essen_____ poten_____
    fa_____ ra_____
    judi_____ residen_____
  3. Add the correct form of the chameleon prefix to each of these words.
    subcessful
    conrection
    inresponsible
    subficient
    confortable
    imlegal
    sucmission
    cortractor
    inpossible
    sufpision

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