Phonics Flashcard

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Phoneme

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The smallest single identifiable sound that can be heard in a word.

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Grapheme

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A written down letter or group of letters representing one sound e.g. sh, ch, igh, ough (as in though)

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There are 5 vowels in English - a,e, i, o, u - and 21 consonants.

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True

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How many sounds are there in spoken English?

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44

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The ability to recognise and 'read' words in the printed form is word recognition whereas the ability to understand the meaning behind words is word comprehension.

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True

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To split a word up into its individual phonemes in order to spell it or sound it out is called

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segmenting

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To draw individual sounds together to pronounce a word is called

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blending

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Describe the word 'PHONE' according to the alphabetic code.

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digraph - split digraph - consonant

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Describe the word 'CHART' according to the alphabetic code.

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digraph - R controlled vowel - consonant

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Describe the word "PIER" according to the alphabetic code.

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consonant - R controlled vowel