AH Music Phonics

When you look at a letter and make the sound, you are practicing _________________.

• phonology

• phonics

• dysphonia

• cacophony

Answer explanation

the sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to represent sounds

What is the study of the sounds of a language called?

• Phonetics

• Syntax

• Morphology

• Semantics

Which of the following is a vowel sound?

• B

• T

• A

• G

Identify the correct phonetic transcription for the word 'cat'.

• /kat/

• /kæt/

• /ket/

• /kot/

Which word contains a diphthong?

• Cat

• Boy

• Dog

• Sun

What is the term for a pair of letters representing a single sound?

• Digraph

• Monograph

• Trigraph

• Polygraph

Which of the following words has a silent letter?

• Knee

• Cat

• Dog

• Sun

What is the main focus of phonics in language learning?

• Grammar rules

• Sound-letter correspondence

• Vocabulary building

• Literary analysis

Which of the following is an example of an alliteration?

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• The sun sets in the west

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a language?

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

• Syllable

• Lexeme