What is addition in phonemic manipulation?

• A. Removing a sound from a word to form a new word.
• B. Adding a sound to a word to create a new word, e.g., 'pay' becomes 'play' with an added /l/ sound.
• C. Swapping two sounds in a word.
• D. Segmenting a word into syllables.

Answer: (B)

Addition is when you take a base word and put one extra sound into it to form a new word. The added sound can appear in the middle, at the beginning, or at the end. For example, starting with “pay” and inserting the /l/ sound gives “play,” showing how adding a phoneme creates a new word with a different meaning. The other choices describe taking away a sound, swapping sounds, or dividing a word into syllables, which are different kinds of phonemic changes.