The root word phon means "sound." what suffix can you add to create a word meaning "having characteristics of sound"?

al

en

ic

ly

The correct answer is -ic.

When you add the suffix -ic to the root phon, you get the word phonic, which means 'something that has the characteristics of sound.' If you add the suffix -al to phon to create phonal, it means something related to sound, which is not the exact same meaning (so that is a wrong option).

Words phonen and phonly don't exist, so -en and -ly are wrong options as well.

The answer is -IC

Explanation:

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).