This document provides a spelling game that tests students on words ending in "-tion" or "-sion" sounds. It gives sentences with missing words for students to identify the correct spelling of the sound. The rules are that "-tion" is the most common ending, "-cian" is used for occupations, and "-sion" is used for words ending in "d", "de", "s", or "se". Students compete to spell the words correctly in a spelling game.

2. Spelling and
Grammar
Revision of writing the
sion/tion sound

4. Can you think of
other ways we can
spell the tion
sound?

5. Who can be our word detective?
Can you separate these spellings?
lotion, infection, mention, extension
direction, division, revision, vision
infection, mention, fraction, tension

6. sion
Spellings:
tion
Look at the
position of
the sounds
in the spelling.

7. The rules:

8. Did you work out some rules?
‘tion’ is the most common ending
‘cian’ is used for occupations like, magician or
technician
‘sion’ is for words ending in d, de, s or se
Can you think of any other words ending in the
‘shun’ sound and say which spelling of the ending
you think they have?

10. Who Wants to be a Spellionaire?
Get your white boards ready to
vote….

11. Listen please, I need your
full………………
A attention B attension
C attencian D attenshon

12. How good were you?
A attention B attension
C attencian D attenshon

13. Some people tease others to get a
……………..
A reactsion B reactshun
C reaction D reactcian

14. Too easy!
A reactsion B reactshun
C reaction D reactcian

15. Practising things over and over is
called ……………
A revishun B revistion
C revision D reviscian

16. How are you doing so far?
A revishun B revistion
C revision D reviscian

17. Running into someone in the playground can
cause a …………..
A collision B colliscian
C collistion D collishun

18. Getting good at this aren’t you
A collision B colliscian
C collistion D collishun

19. Uh, oh, don’t be bad at school and
receive a………….
A detenshun B detencian
C detension D detention

20. Very Clever
A detenshun B detencian
C detension D detention

21. On firework night there were
loud………...
A explostions B explosions
C exploshuns D explocians

22. Good stuff
A explostions B explosions
C exploshuns D explocians

23. If you don’t know what this means ask
someone for an….
A explanation B explanasion
C explanacian D explanashun

24. Are you catching the rules?
A explanation B explanasion
C explanacian D explanashun

25. On the phone you can have a
………………
A conversashun B conversacian
C conversation D conversasion

26. Not in class time of course!
A conversashun B conversacian
C conversation D conversasion

27. The number of people in a country is
called the…………
A populatshun B populacian
C Populasion D Population

28. How much money have you got now?
A populatshun B populacian
C Populasion D Population

29. He pulls rabbits from hats…..
A magician B magision
C magition D magichun

30. That’s magic!
A magician B magision
C magition D magichun

31. Totalling two numbers is
called…………..
A additshun B addition
C addision D addician

32. And the money’s adding up too
A additshun B addition
C addision D addician

33. The bad thing about spelling is there’s
always a few………….
A excepshuns B excepcians
C excepsions D exceptions

34. But this isn’t one of them!
A excepshuns B excepcians
C excepsions D exceptions

35. Which……….do you play in the
football team?
A posishun B position
C posician D posision

36. And which position are you in the
league…
A posishun B position
C posician D posision

37. If you win you will need………. from people wanting
your autograph.
A proteshun B protecsion
C protection D protecian

38. Hoorah, what will you spend it on?
A proteshun B protecsion
C protection D protecian

39. Write down as many words you can and
make similar sentences: