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Name _______________________________________
Lesson 30
The suffixes ence
and ent
| audience |
interference |
| obedience |
circumference |
| violence |
difference |
| silence |
coincidence |
| absence |
science |
| presence |
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| patience
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president |
| intelligence
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frequent |
| influence |
delinquent |
| evidence |
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What are the last four letters of the first fifteen words? _____
What are the last three letters of the remaining three words? _____
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| 2. |
Are these suffixes joined most often to complete words or to roots? ___________________________________________________
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| 3. |
In how many words do the letters fer
come before the suffix ence? _
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In how many words does qu
come before the suffix ent?
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Lesson Generalization
The suffixes ence
and ent
are commonly added to roots. They are often used after the letters fer
and qu.
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- Mnemonic device: Associate word pairs: absence interference
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- presence circumference
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