Phonological/Phonemic Awareness

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 

There are _______ sounds in the English language: 

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

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

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 

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

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

The word eight has how many phonemes?   

• a. 5
• b. 4
• c. 3
• d. 2 

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 

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% 

How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges?   

• a. 1 
• b. 2
• c. 3
• d. 4 

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/