1. The addition of a single letter to each of the words below will change them into new words. The additional letter is different for each word. Each new word will be related to its original partner in a similar way.

FAST

FIEND

2. Can you think of two words, one of five letters and one of six, both beginning with R, and differing by only one letter? The two words are very close in meaning.

3. Can you think of two words. one of five letters and one of six, that differ by only one letter - one means to grammatically analyze a sentence, and the other is an astronomical term meaning a distance of approximately 19 trillion miles?

HINT:

2. The additional letter in the six-letter word is T.

3. The extra letter comes at the end of the word.

Answers:

1)

FAST - FEAST

FIEND - FRIEND

(The words in each pair are near opposites.)

2. ROUND/ROTUND

3. PARSE/PARSEC