SpellingYear 3

Add suffixes -tion, -sion, -ation, -ssion

Learn Add suffixes -tion, -sion, -ation, -ssion for Year 3 pupils (ages 7–8). Free practice questions, lessons and worked examples — aligned to the UK National Curriculum.

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have the word 'act' 🎭. Now you want to add 'tion' to the end — it becomes 'action'!

  2. 2

    What sound does 'tion' make at the end of a word?

  3. 3

    Let's build 'educate' + 'tion' = 'education' 📚

  4. 4

    Now try making 'invent' into a 'shun' word. Add 'ion' to the end!

  5. 5

    Which word ends with the 'shun' sound?

  6. 6

    Let's try 'discuss' — but be careful! 'Discuss' becomes 'discussion' with 'ssion' 🔍

  7. 7

    If a word ends with 'ss', what do we add to make a 'shun' word?

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