Phonics Test: Early Lit 1
consonant "le" syllable
2 syllable words, e is silent (ramble, uncle, table)
vowel team syllable
2 vowel friends have different sounds and are stuck together (sea, feet, paint, boat, zoo, book)
how many phonemes are represented by the word.. boat?
3
how many phonemes are represented by the word.. night?
3
vowel
SOUND represented by a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y and w in the English alphabet. Made without closing or restricting the breath channel.
Grapheme
a letter or combination of letters that represents a phoneme
phonogram
a letter sequence compromised of a vowel grapheme and an ending consonant graphemes
phonograms
a letter sequence compromised of a vowel grapheme and ending consonant grapheme such as -ig in wig, dig, bug or -ack in back, tack and sack
phonics
a method in which basic phonetics, the study of human speech sounds, is used to teach beginning reading
diphthong
a single vowel sound made up of a blend of two vowel sounds in immediate sequence and pronounced in one syllable (oi, oy, ou, ow)
syllable
a unit of pronunciation that consists of a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more consonants. can contain only one vowel
bound morpheme
affixes must be attached to word, can't stand alone (pre- dis- -able -ly)
schwa
an unstressed sound commonly occurring in unstressed syllables. (upside-down e) Makes the "uh" sound
Closed syllable
any syllable that ends with a consonant phoneme (hat, got, hop, mend)
closed syllable
any syllable that ends with a consonant phoneme sound
open syllable
any syllable that ends with a vowel sound (he, go, hi, me)
which of the following words contains letters that represent a diphthong?
boy
Which letter pair represents a consonant blend?
br
which of the following words contains a digraph?
bring (ng)
which letters do not represent phonemes that are identified by their own name?
c and q
which consonant letters are most phonemically inconsistent in representing more than one sound?
c and s
free morpheme
can stand alone (the, run, on ,well)
which of the following nonsense words would most likely represent the "soft c" sound?
cint
which of the words contains a closed syllable
doubt
the e in clem has the same sound as that found in: be err end
end
vowel consonant e
ends in "e", first vowel mades the name (cake, theme, five, rope, cube)
bilingual children in English-speaking classrooms typically progress at the same level as their peers
false
by the time the average child enters school, his or her auditory discrimination skills are fully developed
false
each syllable must contain only one vowel letter
false
phonics is the most important skill required for effective reading
false
the history of phonics shows that a phonics approach to teaching reading has been looked on favorably by most reading authorities over the past 50 years
false
the schwa sound is generally spelled in a consistent manner
false
there are about 100 ways to spell 44 phonemes
false
the i in sirp has the same sound as that found in: in girl high
girl
the o in kote has the same sound as that found in: not or go boy
go
which does not belong? gym gum game goat
gym is the only one containing a short "g" sound - j sound
which does not belong? owl out low pound
low is the only one not representing a diphthong sound
The a in laic has the same sound as the that found in: art may map
may
the a in spa has the same sound as that found in: art may map
may
the a in woah has the same sound as that found in: art may map
none of these
which of the following consonant letters affects the vowel theta precedes it?
r
r controlled syllable
r makes the vowel a strange sound (met, red, her)
which does not belong? a y i s w
s
which nonsense words would most likely represent the "hard g" sound?
seg
morpheme
smallest meaningful linguistic unit; whole word ( child)
consonant
sound repeated by any letter of the English alphabet except a, e, i, o, u, w, y
consonant blend
sounds in a syllable represented by two or more letters that are blended together without losing their own identities
the E at the end of words words with another letter to make a sound. (hope- e helps make the long o sound)
split digraph
which one does not belong? sh wh st ng ch
st is a consonant blend
umlaut
symbol placed over a vowel grapheme to indicate pronunciation
circumflex
symbol placed over a vowel graphemes to show it is LONG (^)
breve
symbol placed over a vowel letter to show it is SHORT
which one does not belong? sl tr bl th cl
th is a consonant digraph, the others represent consonant blends
phonemic awareness
the ability to recognize spoken words as a sequence of individual sounds.
onset
the consonant sounds of a syllable that comes before the vowel sound
rime
the part of a syllable that includes the vowel sound and any consonant sounds that comes after it
phoneme
the smallest sound unit of a language that distinguishes one word from another
phonetics
the study of human speech sounds (teachers do not use this)
macron
the symbol placed over a vowel letter to show it is pronounced as a LONG sound
which of the following words contains an open syllable
through (gh)
which pairs contains the same vowel phonemes? (same vowel sound)
too-shoe
a grapheme may be composed of one or more letters
true
bilingual children learning English benefit from highly explicit phonics instruction
true
changes in technology are significantly changing instruction in phonics
true
changing demographics in the US makes it highly likely that more than one language will be spoken in your classrooms
true
dialogue versus monologue is an effective teaching strategy when working with children learning phonics
true
in decoding multisyllabic words, syllabication should precede the application of vowel generalizations
true
synthetic phonics teaches student explicitly to convert letters into sounds and then blend the sounds to form recognizable words
true
the irregularity of vowel sounds is a basic problem of phonics
true
Digraph
two letters that stand for a single phoneme; (ch, th, ph, sh, wh, kn, gn, wr)
the u in kupp has the same sound as that found in: hurt up rude
up
the u in hue has the same sound as that in: hurt up use
use
Which of the following is a sound?
vowel
r controlled vowel
when a vowel letter if followed by the letter r, it affects the vowel sound so that it is neither short or long
which words do not contain a consonant blend?
why