Spelling Sort 9

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Spelling Sort 9

• Adding ion with predictable changes in consonants

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Adding ion to words ending in de

• When adding ion to a word that ends in de you
  drop the de and add sion.

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Persuade/Persuasion

• To convince someone to do or to believe
  something.
• My friend tried to persuade me to go cliff
  diving.
• He is not very good at persuasion because I did
  not jump.

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Intrude/Intrusion

• To do something without an invitation.
• Do not let the baby intrude on Fluffys nap.
• Waking up Fluffy too soon would be an unwelcome
  intrusion.

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Collide/Collision

• To run into something.
• If he does not slow down the runner will collide
  with the catcher.
• The collision at home plate left both players
  knocked out.

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Erode/Erosion

• To wear away at something.
• The river will eventually erode the rock.
• The erosion caused by the river took thousands of
  years.

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Decide/Decision

• To make a choice.
• I cant decide if I like UGA or Georgia Tech.
• My friend says I have to make a decision on which
  team to root for before the game starts.

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Invade/Invasion

• To enter forcefully as an enemy.
• How long before the aliens will invade Earth?
• I do believe the alien invasion has begun!

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Divide/Division

• To split into two parts.
• The Great Wall of China was built to divide China
  and the countries of its enemies.
• The division caused by the wall is still there
  today.

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Conclude/Conclusion

• To make a decision about something.
• We can conclude from the evidence that the
  suspect is green and blue.
• Our conclusion was based on skin samples left at
  the crime scene.

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Adding ion to words ending in t

• When adding ion to words ending in t you drop the
  t and add ssion.

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Permit/Permission

• To allow you to do something.
• I will permit you to visit the patient as long as
  you are quiet.
• The teacher will give you permission to talk as
  long as you ask first.

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Emit/Emission

• To give off something.
• The factory can emit dangerous smoke into the
  air.
• The emission of smoke from the factory stacks
  pollute the environment.

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Omit/Omission

• To leave out.
• Since he left our school, we will omit his
  picture from the yearbook.
• The omission of Mrs. Collins picture was a
  mistake.

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Transmit/Transmission

• To send something in order to communicate.
• The radio station will transmit the message at 12
  noon.
• The transmission of emergency procedures lasted
  for 5 minutes.

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Submit/Submission

• To give over to another.
• You need to submit your paperwork by today to
  enter the contest.
• His submission of the entry form was too late,
  and he was not able to be in the contest.