Spelling Week Ten Suffix focus -ance, -ence: quality, action, state, process distance fragrance insurance dominance tolerance appliance hesitance assurance compliance variance evidence intelligence conference innocence residence indulgence interference preference inference negligence ENDS IN -ANCE IF: ENDS IN -ENCE IF: The word is formed from a verb that ends in -y, The word is formed from a verb ending in -ere or -ear Ex: coherence (cohere), interference (interference) Ex: appliance variance (vary) The word contains syllables -cid, -fid, -vid, The word is related to a verb that ends in -ate immediately before the ending Ex: dominance (dominate), hesitance (hesitate) Ex: evidence (evident), residence (resident)
Spelling Week Ten Suffix focus -ance, -ence: quality, action, state, process distance fragrance insurance dominance tolerance appliance hesitance assurance compliance variance evidence intelligence conference innocence residence indulgence interference preference inference negligence ENDS IN -ANCE IF: The word is formed from a verb that ends in -y, or -ear Ex: appliance variance (vary) The word is related to a verb that ends in -ate Ex: dominance (dominate), hesitance (hesitate) ENDS IN -ENCE IF: The word is formed from a verb ending in -ere Ex: coherence (cohere), interference (interference) The word contains syllables -cid, -fid, -vid, immediately before the ending Ex: evidence (evident), residence (resident)
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