My daughter has to find words with a soft c? What is this?

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My daughter has to find words with a soft c? What is this?
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cellar cemetery cement center celebrate


census except conceal certain face


dance decent difference chance convince


notice distance finance grace innocence


embrace grocery ice instance intercept


introduce juice justice precept license


pace mice peace once ocean


princess procedure price quince since


prudence silence slice recent recess


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Reply:Where "c" sounds like "s".





As in Cecelia.





Try "incident" or "incest" or "cent" or "acid" or "celibate" or ... well, you get the idea.





"ch" is not really a soft "c", since the phonem is "ch" (a double-letter phonem), but words like "ascent" aren't really double letter combinations - in that case, I think the "c" is actually considered silent.
Reply:A soft "c" sound is similar to an "s" sound, like in the words "ceiling" or "cellar."





A hard "c" sound is similar to a "k" sound, like in the words "cat" or "carton."





I know that's a tiny bit confusing, because a lot of the words in English which start with a "k" actually have a silent "k", like "knot" or "knit", but you can see it more easily if you look at German (and yes, English is a Germanic language). In German, the word "Africa" is spelled "Afrika". It's easier to see if you pick a word where the "k" is not at the beginning of the word, as in "tinker" or "stalk."





A few soft "c" words which come readily to mind include: ceiling, cellar, celebrity, cellular, celestial, celery and cemetary.





I hope that helps!
Reply:"Soft" C -- when c represents the "s" sound.





CE:


excel accept concept ace advance


adjacent cancel balance biceps brace


cellar cemetery cement center celebrate


census except conceal certain face


dance decent difference chance convince


notice distance finance grace innocence


embrace grocery ice instance intercept


introduce juice justice precept license


pace mice peace once ocean


princess procedure price quince since


prudence silence slice recent recess


sentence reference science residence service


rhinoceros romance solstice resistance presence


space twice splice spruce trace


succeed success surface tolerance vice


trance trice triceps truce voice


CI:


accident acid calcium Pacific cinch


cinder cinnamon city circuit circulate


circumference circus council civil concise


rancid science decision excite exercise


icicle pencil stencil lucid merciful


scissors recite precise racing racism


San Francisco Cindy specific vaccinate Cincinnati


CY:


absorbency advocacy agency bicycle cycle


cyclic cyclist cyclone decency democracy


fancy icy juicy lacy mercy


policy privacy recycle spicy tricycle


vacancy Nancy Tracy Lucy
Reply:A soft "c" is when a "c" sounds like an "s" rather than its phonetic sound. For example, in the word "circus", the first "c" is a soft one, and the second "c" is phonetic, or hard.
Reply:Yes it is the sound of the C ....a soft C sounds like an S... not like a K which is a hard C....





Soft, cease, cenotaph, celery





Hard...crease, caught, castle








Just a few examples, OK now ?
Reply:Words like "ceiling" and "cent" as opposed to "cup" and "cattle".
Reply:i can think of an example of both i think





a hard "c" is like Car





a soft "c" would be like i dunno maybe just one example... go on wikipedia
Reply:Soft C = ceiling, center, citrus (sounds like an 's')





Hard C = color, call, cantelope (sounds like a 'k')
Reply:Case has a hard C. An example of soft C would be Cesar, certain, cerebellum.
Reply:Elana is right. Words like "cell", "city", "cement", "circle", etc.
Reply:Soft C words like : chase, cheese, curse, cease





Hard C words: clap, carry, cottage, cap, cat





Hope this Helps
Reply:I assume they mean soft c as in an s sound, like "ice", as opposed to a hard c like "carrot" which sounds like a k.
Reply:Soft c= Sounds like "S" (Ace)





Hard c= Sounds like "K" (Cat, Carrot)
Reply:look for words with a french etymology.
Reply:CIRCUS


cellphone


cinnamon


ok
Reply:Cinderella, cincinatti
Reply:http://www.teachingandlearningresources.... try this, and read the little bit of writing at the bottom
Reply:the above definition is correct. examples are:





receive


deceive


succeed
Reply:cinnamon


cilantro
Reply:city


cemetary


etc
Reply:cynical cyclone cyst etc.
Reply:chariot


chocolate


chip


soft c's are like a sheee sound instead of a ka sound
Reply:yeah, like ceramic.
Reply:certain


champagne


cell
Reply:wirds like centipede when the c sounds like s just to confuse everyone!
Reply:Circle is an example.
Reply:nice


rice


spice
Reply:cent and well i can't think of another right now
Reply:soft.... ummmm....coft (Suh-ft) im not even thinking so .... there u go with my answerrrr