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Q: A silent letter is sounded by adding a suffix or changing or deleting a letter.


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Grades for suffix entries:
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 A. All of the following defects absent.
 B. Words are not semantically related (e.g., balk - balkan).
 C. Silent letter has an effect on the pronunciation (e.g., thresh -  threshold).
 D. Not strictly a suffix.
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1.  Words should be
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  Add Suffix			Change Letter		Delete Letter
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 a real - reality (A)		beat - brat		beat - bat
 b bomb - bombard (A)		bomb - boob		bomb - bob
 c muscle - muscular (A)	muscle - mascle		czar - car
 d edge - edgar (B)		budget - budlet		bridge - bride
 e line - linear (A)		ides - idea		eye - ye
 f
 g resign - resignation (A)	sign - sigs		sign - sig
 h vehicle - vehicular (A)
 i fruit - fruition (A)
 j
 k				knob - klob		knob - kob
 l balk - balkan (B)		could - coule		could - cold
 m
 n condemn - condemnation (A)
 o theory - theoretical (A)
 p receipt - reception (D)	psi - poi		psi - pi
 q
 r
 s bourgeois - bourgeoisie (A)
 t ballet - balletic (A)	tsar - tear		tsar - tar
 u circuit - circuitous (A)
 v
 w cow - coward (A)		writ - wait		writ - wit
 x beaux - beauxite (B)		faux - flux		faux - fax
 y portray - portrayal (A)	spay - spry		spay - spy
 z oyez - oyezes (A)					oyez - yez
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