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Dyslexia Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word dyslexia mean?

a)

Wrong Writing

b)

Bad Word

c)

No Reading

d)

Backwards Letters

2.

What is an accepted definition of dyslexia?

a)

a difficulty in reading long words

b)

a difficulty which causes people to write letters backwards

c)

a learning difference affecting accurate, fluent word reading and spelling

d)

a difficulty where the words move appear to move around on the page

3.

What is one possible cause of dyslexia?

a)

A neurological difference

b)

Laziness

c)

Poor teaching

d)

Not reading enough as a child

4.

Who is more likely to have dyslexia? Males or Females?

a)

Males

b)

Females

c)

It's equal

d)

It's not been proven

5.

What percentage of the UK population is thought to have dyslexia?

a)

10%

b)

1%

c)

25%

d)

16%

6.

Which of these could have dyslexia?

a)

Someone who has a disadvantaged socio-economic background

b)

Someone who belongs to an ethnic minority group

c)

Someone who has a low level of general intelligence

d)

Any of these

7.

Which of these can co-occur with dyslexia?

a)

Autism Spectrum Disorder

b)

Visual Stress

c)

Dyspraxia

d)

All of these

8.

If you have dyslexia, print always moves around or blurs

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of these can be indicators of dyslexia?

a)

Having to re-read text over and over

b)

All of these

c)

Reading words in the wrong order

d)

Missing words out when reading

10.

Which of these famous people have dyslexia?

a)

Jennifer Aniston

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

All of these

d)

Richard Branson