Word Study - Analysis & Identification Quizzes

Which of the following activities would best support a student's ability to decode multisyllabic words?

Provide practice matching prefixes, roots, and suffixes to create new words.

Which sentence is written correctly?

Sarah needed to take a break because her knees were feeling weak after running the obstacle course.

Which of the following best describes decoding?

Students sound out the phonemes of the word and associate the sound of the word to the correct definition.

A teacher is providing instruction on root words. Which of the following is not a good example of root words to use with the class?

boyhood, childhood, neighborhood

In an upcoming text, a student will encounter the following words: spell feet fan cart Which of the following is the most reliable way for the student to determine the meanings of these words in the text?

contextual analysis

Which instructional strategy would be most appropriate when teaching students to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words when reading a short story?

contextual analysis

Conducting a structural analysis would be the best strategy for students to use to decipher the meaning of which of the following words?

mislead

While reading a short story, fifth grade student Ori comes across a new word "semiaquatic." He pauses for a moment, and thinks to himself, "This has 'semi', like 'semi-circle,' and 'aqua,' which I know means water. I wonder if 'semiaquatic' means 'half-water.'" Which strategy is Ori using to define this new word?

morphology

Which of the following words contain a closed syllable?

pan, request

In the word unreliableness, the underlined part is the:

prefix

Which of the following best describes the segment "pre" in "prescribe."

prefix

Which of the following best describes the segment "un" in "unbelievable."

prefix

Which of the following are acceptable resources to verify the meaning of unfamiliar words?

print dictionary, glossary, online dictionary

Which of the following best describes "auto" in the word "autograph"?

root

Which word recognition skill is a first-grade classroom most likely practicing if the teacher is using the following word list? you the from come give

sight words

During a decoding exercise, a first-grade teacher noticed a student could not decode new words when particular suffixes were added to the word. This student would most benefit from which of the following instruction?

structural analysis

Which method would be most effective for determining the meaning of the following words? Aquatic, Carnivorous, Assistant, Premeditated

structural analysis

A student is attempting to determine the pronunciation and meaning of a word while reading a sentence. Which of the following could help with this unfamiliar word?

structural analysis; contextual analysis

Which of the following best describes the segment "able" in "unforgettable."

suffix

Which word best fills in the blank below? A two syllable word with a VCV pattern is divided after the first vowel, as in __________.

taper

A fourth-grade teacher writes the word "do" on the board and models for the class how adding "re" and "un" to the beginning of "do" impacts the word's meaning. She then provides her class with the following list: re un mis de She asks the students to consider the list with a partner to see which examples from the list could be added to the beginning of the word "use" to create a new word. What concept is the focus of this teacher's lesson?

affixes

The morphemes -ed, -er, -est, -ing, and -s are examples of:

affixes, inflectional morphemes.

In the word "forecast," the segment "fore-" is best described as:

an affix.

Which type of context clue is used to define the word "herbivore" in the following sentence? Unlike meat eating lions and tigers, gazelles are herbivores.

antonym

The following sentence uses which type of context clue to define the underlined word? Under the tree's shade was cool and pleasant even though the sun was scorching the air all around

antonyms

In order to support his student's development of word recognition skills, the teacher should strive to develop their abilities in which of the following areas?

application of phonics generalizations

A first-grade student is reading aloud and mispronounces the following words: after, old, ask, and what. The student could benefit from additional instruction in which of the following areas?

automatic recognition of high-frequency words

Strategies that can be used to best build growth in word analysis and identification include all of the following except:

"popcorn" reading in which one student starts reading a passage in front of the class and another says "popcorn" and continues the reading.

The following sentence is missing several words. It can be ___(1)___ to find a moment to ___(2)___ your thoughts into the ___(3)___ when there are many people participating in a ___(4)___. A word with the prefix inter- would best fit in which of the following blanks?

(2)

The word "retractable" contains all of the following syllable types except:

Vowel-Consonant-e

Which of the following syllable types is the first syllable of the word "excellent"?

a closed syllable

When revising their writing assignment, a student refers to the following entry: Demote [dih-moht] 1. Verb. to decrease in rank or position. Synonym: RELEGATE Where is this entry from?

a dictionary

Which of the following syllable types is the first syllable in "eating"?

a vowel team syllable

Which of the following syllable types is the last syllable in the word "rename"?

a vowel-consonant-e syllable

For their morning work, a teacher has students dissect the word "disconnected." The students are required to break the word into a prefix, root word, and suffix. Which of the following skills will this help develop?

decoding

Teaching students to identify affixes and morphemes would help them in which type of decoding?

decoding multisyllabic words

While reading, a student comes across the unknown word "sanitize." He notices in the sentence the words "dirty, " "but," and "now clean." He determines that sanitize must be the opposite of dirty. Which strategy did he use to define the unknown word?

defining meaning from context clues

A student comes across the unknown word "resurface" while reading a story taking place on a lake. She thinks about how "surface" means top of the lake and determines that "resurface" must mean coming up to the top again. Which strategy did she use to define the unknown word?

defining meaning from structural clues and morphology

While reading, a student comes across the unknown word "extracellular." He notices the prefix "extra-" and determines that the word means something like "having more cells." While he did not correctly define the word, which strategy did he use in his attempt to define the unknown word?

defining meaning from structural clues and morphology

A teacher provides students with a set of word cards. The teacher models how she can put two cards together to make one new word. She holds up the card blue and berry to create blueberry. The class is instructed to use their cards to individually come up with 10 new, real words. Once everyone has 10 words, they can choose a partner to use four of their new words in a sentence. The teacher then asks for volunteers to share one of their sentences with the class. This word-generating activity will benefit students in which area?

easily decoding compound words while reading

Which word list below could be used to help students understand the concept prefixes?

encase, disappear, co-exist, nonessential

Cindy continues to write the word "hole" when she means "whole." Cindy needs further instruction in:

homophones.

A third-grade class is working on an Earth Science unit. The teacher has students read a series of articles on topics that will be covered throughout the unit. Within the articles are bolded vocabulary words the students will be tested over at the end of the semester. In order to help students familiarize themselves with these words, the teacher tells them to make a Frayer model in their notebooks for each word they are expected to know. The teacher creates the following model with the students while introducing the activity: The teacher would like to encourage students to use their Frayer Models to incorporate more vocabulary words into their daily writing journals. The teacher could accomplish this goal by:

teaching students how to use a thesaurus to look up additional synonyms to add to their organizers, and subsequently, their writing.

Which of the following syllables types is the last syllable in "star"?

the r-controlled syllable

Which of the following is the best definition of a compound word?

two complete words that have joined together as one word with a new meaning

Which of the following words should a teacher use to demonstrate structural analysis for word identification?

unknown

While reading a fiction text, a student stops at the unfamiliar word "hemorrhaged" in the following sentence. Chase jumped the fence, not realizing his bag of loot snagged on a sharp corner; the fabric hemorrhaged jewels and coins all throughout the field as he ran. Which of the following strategies would best help the student determine the true meaning of the word as used in this sentence?

use a dictionary to define the word

A first-grade teacher is reading aloud from an instructional text on the life cycle of a butterfly. During the reading, she stops to think-aloud with the goal of teaching the class a specific reading skill. Here is an excerpt of the think-aloud with the teacher's dialogue in italics. There are four parts to the life cycle of a butterfly. First, a butterfly lays an ovum, or egg, on a leaf. I wonder what an "ovum" is. I'm going to reread the sentence before and look at the phrases around the word to see if I can figure it out. The word "egg" is right after, and that makes sense. The butterfly chooses a plant that can provide the larvae with food. Once born, the tiny caterpillar starts eating and molts its skin often. I wonder what the word "larvae" means. After reading before and after the word, it seems like the next sentence calls the "larvae" a "tiny caterpillar." You might see pieces of skin coming off the larvae as it grows. Then, the larvae forms a pupa, or chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, the pupa is growing into a butterfly. Finally, the chrysalis opens and a beautiful butterfly emerges to dry its wings and fly away. I wonder if a pupa and a chrysalis are the same thing? It seems like the words are used close together and that they both mean the home where the butterfly grows. While conducting this think-aloud, the teacher is modeling which aspect of textual analysis?

using context clues

While evaluating a student's reading performance, Mr. Daniels identifies two problem areas. The student struggles to correctly read unfamiliar three-syllable words. The miscues from these words are causing comprehension issues after the fact. In order to help the student improve his comprehension, which activities should Mr. Daniels provide?

using context clues to decode for meaning

Beyond word memorization, students must learn to read new words using which of the following skills?

using context clues, using decoding skills, using structural cues such as prefixes, suffixes, and roots

Which of the following strategies should be incorporated into the classroom to help students determine the meaning of unknown words while reading?

using root words and morphology; using context clues

Which of the following word sets would best support a lesson on structural analysis?

visit, revisit, visitor, visiting

All of the following syllable types are present in the word "argument" except?

vowel team

A first-grade teacher creates a fun, engaging story and writes the story on flashcards. The teacher writes unfamiliar words larger than the familiar words so they are easy for students to identify. As the teacher reads to the class, the teacher points to each word as he reads it. After reading through the story one time, the teacher reads the flashcards a second time and tells the students when he points to a word written in big letters to say the word along with him. Which of the following reading skills is this activity most promoting?

word recognition