1. Final stable syllable
-tion -sion

2. Final stable syllable -tion /shun/
Vowels a, e, o, u before the final stable syllable are long (station, notion)
Vowel i before the final stable syllable is short (tradition)
-tion can act as a suffix meaning “the act or state of”
Example: relaxation, concentration
Words ending in –tion are usually nouns
The /shun/ sound is usually spelling {tion if it is:
At the end of a base word
After a long vowel
After the short sound of (i)
After a consonant

3. Final stable syllable –sion /zhun/
-sion at the end of a base word is a final stable syllable
-sion can be a Latin suffix meaning “act or state of”
Example: erosion, conclusion
The syllable immediately before it is accented
fiction- fic [tion
fic is short
tion the final stable syllable
attention - has the vccv pattern
atten [tion
at/ten[tion - divide the vccv between the double consonants