Sc spelling and pronunciation activities

Sc spelling and pronunciation activities
Words with sc and not simplest responses game
Listen to your teacher or a classmate and race to hold up your hand if you think there is
SC together in the word. Don’t raise your hand if there is just S, SK, S and C with other
letters in between, etc. You get five points if you are the first to raise your hand when the
word contains WH together, but everyone who raises their hands when there isn’t WH
together in the word loses one point. If you aren’t sure, ask for an example sentence or
just wait for the next example.
Level 1
 skateboard
 skating
 scared
 scary
 school
 ski
 skill
 scissors
 skis
 score
 sky

Level 2
 biscuit
 scales
 skills
 scan
 skate
 scooter
 scout
 Scottish
 science
 sight
 skinny
 screen

Level 3
 descend
 fascinating
 miscellaneous
 misc.
 musk
 scrap
 scream
 scandal
 Scandinavian
 escape

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 landscape
 scenery
 scenic
 skin
 scan
 skirt
 scratch
 skydive

Level 4
 descent
 decent
 discipline
 fluorescent
 obscene
 absent
 scaffold
 scam
 skim
 skeleton
 scenario
 skewer
 sewer
 scholar
 skid
 skinned
 scone
 skin-tight
 scoop
 screw
 script
 scrapped
 scrub
 scruffy
 scrum
 sculpture
 skunk
 skull

Level 5
 abscess
 abscond
 ascend
 askew
 disciple
 helter-skelter

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 incandescent
 scab
 scald
 scree
 scamper
 skanky
 scant
 skint
 scarper
 escarpment
 sceptre
 septic
 sciatica
 skiff
 scoff
 scimitar
 skimpy
 scrimp
 scintilla
 scintillating
 scion
 skipper
 scupper
 skirmish
 skit
 skittle
 scatter
 skive
 scorn
 scour
 scram
 scrawl
 screech
 scuffle
 skulk
 skullcap
 sculpt
 skulduggery
 scum
 succumb
 viscount

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Do the same, but listening to your teacher or classmate say a word in a sentence to give
context. Listen to the context carefully, because with these there is always another word
with exactly the same pronunciation in the opposite category.
 scene/ seen
 scent/ sent
 muscle/ mussel
 ska/ scar
 cents/ scents
 assent/ ascent

S and SC spelling practice
Put a C into one of the two words on each line below that needs it to be spelt correctly.

Levels 1 and 2
 sissors/ sitters
 sience/ sight

Level 3
 decent/ desend
 fasinated/ fastener
 messy/ misellaneous
 senery/ sunny
 senate/ senic

Level 4
 disease/ disipline
 fluoresent/ frosted
 absent/ obsene
 sabbatical/ senario

Level 5
 absent/ absess
 asend/ asset
 disappear/ disiple
 incandesent/ incantation
 septic/ septre
 sintilla/ sister
 sintillating/ sizeism

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Silent letters in SC words
Put brackets around any silent letters in the words below. Some have no silent letters.
Levels 1 and 2
 scared
 school
 scissors
 score
 biscuit
 scales
 scooter
 Scottish
 science
 screen

Level 3
 descend
 fascinated
 miscellaneous
 misc.
 scrap
 scream
 scandal
 landscape
 scenery
 scenic
 scout

Level 4
 descent
 discipline
 fluorescent
 obscene
 scaffold
 scam
 scenario
 scholar
 scone
 screw
 script
 scrapped
 scruffy
 scrum
 sculpture

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Level 5
 abscess
 abscond
 ascend
 disciple
 incandescent
 scree
 scamper
 scant
 scarper
 sceptre
 sciatica
 scoff
 scimitar
 scrimp
 scintilla
 scintillating
 scion
 scupper
 scorn
 scour
 scram
 scrawl
 screech
 scrimp
 scuffle
 sculpt
 scum
 viscount

Hint: The silent letters are C, S, U and H.

What are the rules/ patterns for when C is pronounced and not pronounced in “sc-“ words?

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