Phonemes and Graphemes

The study of the relationship between speech sounds and the letters that represent those sounds is called?

• phonemes

• graphemes

• phonics

Phonemes are?

• letters

• speech sounds

Graphemes are

• speech sounds

• a letter or letters that represent speech sounds

The root word "phon" means?

• sound

• write

• read

The root word "graph" means?

• sound

• write

• read

Knowing phonics helps us read words we don't recognize. True or False?

• true

• false

Every speech sound has a letter or letters that represent that sound. True or False?

• true

• false

There are the same number of phonemes (speech sounds) in a word as there are graphemes. true or false

• true

• false

How are speech sounds written so that we know we are to make the sound instead of saying the letter name?

• in capital letters

• in lowercase letters

• in a speech box such as /sh/

There are always the same number of phonemes (speech sounds) in a word as there are letters in the word. True or False?

• true

• false