Phonological Awareness

Phonological Awareness

2021 - Term 1

Multiple Choice

How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges?   

• a. 1 
• b. 2
• c. 3
• d. 4 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of phoneme segmentation?   

• a. a child telling his teacher that the first sound in run is /r/
• b. a child sounding out an unknown word ("/b/ /e/ /s/ /t/ ... best")
• c. a child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
• d. a child telling his teacher that the last sound in cup is /p/ 

Multiple Choice

How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual words? 

• a. by placing the letters between slashes /b/
•  b. by placing the letters between asterisks *b* 
• c. by placing the letters in parentheses (b)
• d. by placing the letters between percent signs %b% 

Multiple Choice

Phonological awareness is:   

• a. a person’s ability to hear sound structures of speech
• b. a person’s ability to manipulate sound structures of speech
• c. a print-free skill set
• d. all of the above 

Multiple Choice

The word eight has how many phonemes?   

• a. 5
• b. 4
• c. 3
• d. 2 

Multiple Choice

The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _________ language."   

• a. spoken
• b. written
•  c. informal
• d. formal 

Multiple Choice

The onset sound(s) is the: 

• a. last sound in a syllable 
• b. the vowel and any following consonant sounds at the end of a syllable
• c. the vowel sound in a syllable
• d. sounds before the vowel in a syllable 

Multiple Choice

Phoneme blending is: 

• a. easier than syllable blending 
• b. harder than onset and rime
• c. easier than identifying rhyming words
• d. easier than phoneme addition, deletion, and substitution

Multiple Choice

Phonemic awareness is: 

• a. a strong predictor of future reading success
• b. a sub skill of phonological awareness
• c. a foundational reading skill 
•  d. all of the above 

Multiple Choice

There are _______ sounds in the English language: 

• a. exactly 26
• b. more than 60 
• c. more than 40
• d. exactly 52 

Multiple Choice

An ability to rhyme is an example of

• Phonological Awareness
• Phonemic Awareness

Multiple Choice

Phonological Awareness is NOT part of the National Reading Panel's "Big 5"

• False
• True

Multiple Choice

There is not a difference between Phonological Awareness and Phonemic Awareness

• False
• True

Multiple Choice

Phonological Awareness is more complex than Phonemic Awareness

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Students need about 1 hour a week of phonological awareness activities to make progress

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of Phonemic Awareness

• How many words in a sentence
  This is my big black dog.
• How many syllables in <Atlantic>
• Say cupcake without cake
• Do <cat> and <fit> end with the same sound?

Multiple Choice

Phoneme

• individual sound units in a spoken word
• ability to manipulate sounds segments in words
• an instructional approach to teaching reading
• a sound system

Multiple Choice

Phonology

• an umbrella term related to an ability to hear, think about, and manipulate sounds in words
• an instructional approach that emphasizes sound symbol relationships
• individual sound units
• The study of the sound system of a language

Multiple Choice

Phonological Awareness is

• Individual unit of sound
• The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate specific sounds in words
• A sophisticated ability to notice, think about, and manipulate sounds in words
• the study of the sound system of languages

Multiple Choice

Phonics is 

• study of the sound system
• An emphasis of sound to symbol relationship
• An individual unit of sound
• the context processor