Phonics Post test

There are ........ sounds in English.

• 33

• 26

• 36

• 44

Phonemic awareness is......

• a strong predictor of future reading success

• b. a sub skill of phonological awareness

• c. a foundational reading skill

• d. all of the above

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

If you are teaching phonics, you should _____.

• Use materials made for young children, even if your students are older.

• Make your students memorize all the spelling rules of English.

• Plan your teaching to fit the age, proficiency level, and interests of your students.

• Find the one best way to teach phonics and use it with all students

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

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/

In the English spelling system, _____. (Choose more than one answer.)

• The sound that a letter represents can change, depending on other letters in the word.

• Sometimes two letters together represent one sound.

• Some letters can represent more than one sound.

• Each letter represents one sound consistently.

What is diagraph ?

• Two sounds made with two letters

• Two sounds made with one letter

• One sound made with two letters

In the blank there will be "ng". What do we call that "ng" part ?

• phoneme

• dipthong

• diagraph