phonics quiz

Question 1

grapheme

Answer 1

a letter or group of letters representing a sound (ph for f sound)

Question 2

phoneme

Answer 2

sound, smallest unit, one letter

Question 3

phonics

Answer 3

word identification

Question 4

blends

Answer 4

fl pl sl, tr dr br cr, st, sl ect, 2 letters coming together and you hear both sounds

Question 5

consonant digraph

Answer 5

(2 letters, 1 sound) will see at the beginning and end, they make a whole new sound, SH CH TH WH PH GH

Question 6

vowel digraph

Answer 6

2 vowels that represent one of their sounds CROW, BOAT< SHEET, PAID, IS, AY, WE, AY, OW, AI AY EE OA OW

Question 7

Most important skill for beginner readers to master?

Answer 7

consonants, when decoding words consonants are the most reliable

Question 8

Short vowel sounds

Answer 8

apple, elephant, insect, ostrich, umbrella

Question 9

long vowel sounds

Answer 9

ate, eat, ice, over, use

Question 10

SCHWA

Answer 10

the name of the short “u” vowel sound represented by the symbol “ upside down e” About, takEn, pencIl, Oven

Question 11

other vowels

Answer 11

Y-cry, happy, my, myth

W-grow, cwm, saw, sew

Question 12

diphthong

Answer 12

two vowel sounds together that represent one sound OY OW toy coin, found cow

Question 13

open syllabe generalization

Answer 13

when the syllable ends with a vowel letter, the long sound is usually heard, BE SO ME HI SEE, O ver, MU sic, I die, tA ble

Question 14

Closed syllable generalization

Answer 14

when a syllable ends with a consonant letter, the short sound is ussually heard end, cat, fast, un der, in sect

Question 15

r controlled vowel sound

Answer 15

when a single vowel is followed by the letter “r” the vowel sound is influenced far, fern, fir, for, fur

Question 16

special sounds G and C

Answer 16

G; when followed by e or I, makes soft sound, gem, gym, giant
C: center, city, cycle

Question 17

special sounds QU and S and OO

Answer 17

queen, opaque
sure, as, sun, conclusion
book, moon

Question 18

special sounds Y

Answer 18

at the end of a word usually makes long e sound, family, happy, only
at the end of a cv word, usually makes long vowel sound, by, try, pry
int he middle of a word it makes a short I sound, crypt, hymn, cyst
at the beginning of the word it makes the y sound

Question 19

phonics:

Answer 19

must be acquired but not required to teach and not all who are taught learn it

Question 20

Goal of phonics

Answer 20

acquaint children with letter sound associations(crakc the code)
provide children with abilities to decode visually unfamiliar words if they follow generalizations

Question 21

phonics must be learned as a functional skill

Answer 21

ability to apply in real life reading ability to state generalization or pass tests

Question 22

limitations of phonics

Answer 22

only helps proninciation not with meaning (hermeneutics)
visually unfamiliar words must already be known (volcano)
phonics is of little value when words that are not regularly spelled (shoe not shoo)