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Phonological Awareness

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

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Class
Date
1.

Phonological Awareness is

a)

Individual unit of sound

b)

The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in words

c)

An understanding that oral language can be divided into smaller units and manipulated

d)

The study of the pronunciation of sounds

2.

Phonics is

a)

A study of the sound system

b)

An emphasis of sound to symbol relationship

c)

An individual unit of sound

d)

The context processor

3.

Phoneme

a)

Individual sound units in a spoken word

b)

Ability to manipulate sounds segments in words

c)

An instructional approach to teaching reading

d)

A sound system

4.
There is not a difference between Phonological Awareness and Phonemic Awareness
a)
False
b)
True
5.

Which of the following would be considered the first step in building phonological awareness?

a)

Segmenting <boat> into its onset and rime.

b)

Identifying the first sound in <rain>

c)

Clapping the syllables in <table>

d)

Blending the small words sun - shine

6.

Which of the following students has attained the highest level of phonological awareness?

a)

A student who can change the /sl/ in slip to /fl/

b)

A student who can orally segment the word wonderful into won-der-ful.

c)

A student who can identify the number of words in the sentence, "I like to eat pizza."

d)

A student who can orally segment the word train into its onset and rime.

7.

Which of the following are examples of phonemic awareness activities?

a)

Blending /s/ /u/ /n/ to make sun

b)

Saying playing without /ing/

c)

Identifying the first sound in chair as /ch/

d)

Blending /fl/ - /ipped/ to make flipped

e)

Changing the /s/ in sat to /k/ to make cat

8.

Which of the following is phoneme segmentation?

a)

"Say meat. Say it again without the /m/."

b)

"/b/ /a/ /th/. What's the word?"

c)

"Which word rhymes with 'ball?"

d)

"Say meat. What are the sounds in meat?"

9.

Which of the following is phoneme isolation?

a)

"Say meat. What is the first sound you hear in meat?"

b)

"Say meat. What are the sounds in meat?"

c)

"/m/ /ee/ /t/. What is the word?'

d)

"Say meat. Now say the word again, but don't say /t/."

10.

Which of the following is phoneme blending?

a)

"Say meat. What is the first sound you hear in meat?"

b)

"Say meat. What are the sounds in meat?"

c)

"/m/ /ee/ /t/. What is the word?'

d)

"Say meat. Now say the word again, but don't say /t/."

11.

A kindergarten teacher could best determine if a child has begun to develop phonemic awareness by asking the child to

a)

count the number of words that the child hears in a sentence as the teacher says the sentence.

b)

say the word cat, then say the first sound the child hears in the word.

c)

point to the correct letter on an alphabet chart as the teacher names specific letters.

d)

listen to the teacher say boat and coat, then identify whether the two words rhyme.

12.

Why is phonological awareness so important for readers?

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