EDU 333 Phonics Exam

Question 1

Decode

Answer 1

the process of determining the pronunciation of an unknown word

Question 2

Dipthong

Answer 2

A single vowel sound made up of a blend of two vowel sounds in immediate sequence and pronounced in one syllable
Three stooges- oi, oy, ou, ow

Question 3

Homograph

Answer 3

two words with the same spelling but different pronunciations
ex. bass like fish and bass like music

Question 4

Homophone

Answer 4

same pronunciation but different meanings
ex. flower vs flour

Question 5

Consonant cluster

Answer 5

bat, rat, mat, fat, cat

Question 6

Inflected ending

Answer 6

added suffix that changes the tense

Question 7

Derivational endings

Answer 7

suffix added to change meaning
ex. instruct vs instruction

Question 8

Affixes

Answer 8

added to beginning or end of word

Question 9

Macron

Answer 9

”-“ symbol over a vowel to show the long sound

Question 10

Morpheme

Answer 10

units of language
like syllable

Question 11

Open syllable

Answer 11

ending in vowel

Question 12

Phonemes

Answer 12

Smallest unit of sound

Question 13

Phonology

Answer 13

study of language

Question 14

Prefix

Answer 14

added before a word

Question 15

Schwa

Answer 15

an unstressed vowel. Sounds like a short u.
ex- a in about, o in occur

Question 16

Sight words

Answer 16

common words that should be known with automaticity

Question 17

Suffix

Answer 17

added to end of a word

Question 18

Breve

Answer 18

“u” symbol over a letter to show pronunciation of short sound

Question 19

Closed syllable

Answer 19

any syllable ending in a constant phoneme
ex. come /m/, love /v/, ran /n/

Question 20

Compound word

Answer 20

two or more words combine

Question 21

Consonant

Answer 21

Letters in the alphabet that are not A, E ,I, O, or U

Question 22

Syllables

Answer 22

a unit of pronunciation consisting of a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more consonant

Question 23

Vowels

Answer 23

letters A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y and W

Question 24

Long vowels

Answer 24

sounds like the way you say letter
a in skate or baby
i in bike
e in me hear

Question 25

Base words

Answer 25

a word to which prefixes and/or suffix are added to create a new related word

Question 26

Blending

Answer 26

combining sounds to create a word
sounding out by chunking and then putting together