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Step 98: ‑ture

Another common ending is ‑ture, which we would expect to rhyme with "endure", but it says "cher", like a short sneeze.

capture sounds like "captsha" or "capcher". Complete the following words with ‑ture:

adven ____ mix ____ fix ____ pic ____

punc ____ furni ____ lec ____ scrip ____

crea ____

When the first syllable ends in a vowel, its vowel is long: fU ____ na ____

ã Copyright 2000 by Elliot Right Way Books where copied or adapted from “c-a-t=CAT”. Other material ã copyright 2001 by Mona McNee