Final stable syllable

-tion -sion

Final stable syllable -tion /shun/

Vowels a, e, o, u before the final stable syllable are long (station, notion)

Vowel i before the final stable syllable is short (tradition)

-tion can act as a suffix meaning “the act or state of” Example: relaxation, concentration

Words ending in –tion are usually nouns

The /shun/ sound is usually spelling {tion if it is: At the end of a base word

After a long vowel

After the short sound of (i)

After a consonant

Final stable syllable –sion /zhun/ -sion at the end of a base word is a final stable syllable

-sion can be a Latin suffix meaning “act or state of” Example: erosion, conclusion

The syllable immediately before it is accented

fiction- fic [tion

fic is short

tion the final stable syllable

attention - has the vccv pattern

atten [tion

at/ten[tion - divide the vccv between the

double consonants