LETRS UNIT 3 ASSESSMENT TEST REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS BRAND NEW 2026/
GRADE A+.
Decoding -CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to translate a word from print to speech,
usually by employing knowledge of sound symbol correspondences; also the act of
deciphering a new word by sounding it out.
Graphemes -CORRECT ANSWER- A letter or letter combination that spells a phoneme;
can be one, two, three, or four letters in English (e.g., e, ei, igh, eigh).
Scarborough's Reading Ropes identify 3 major strands or sub skills that contribute to
printed word recognition. What are they? -CORRECT ANSWER- Phonological
awareness, decoding, and word recognition
Orthography -CORRECT ANSWER- A writing system for representing language.
True -CORRECT ANSWER- To know what the word actually says, the reader must look
closely at all the letter sounds and recode them into sound and sense
What is word study? -CORRECT ANSWER- The point of learning to decode by Phil's
and to recognize orthographic patterns
What is the goal of word study? -CORRECT ANSWER- To develop automatic recognition
of words we've seen before and recall word spellings for writing. Example: word
specific knowledge like bare and bear and your, you're.
irregular words -CORRECT ANSWER- A word whose spelling or pronunciation does
not conform to the system of sound-symbol correspondences or syllable patterns
Explain the 4 part processing model -CORRECT ANSWER- Context to meaning, meant
to phonological and orthographic
,When students' abilities to read real words are tested with lists, using a timer,
the strand of the Reading Rope is being
assessed -CORRECT ANSWER- Sight recognition
True or false: the letter x is the only letter that stands for two phonemes, /k/ and so/
and occasionally /g/ and /z/. -CORRECT ANSWER- True
What is a blend? -CORRECT ANSWER- A blend is not one sound but 2 or 3 adjacent
consonants before before or after a vowel in a syllable. Example: c-l (clean), s-t
(most), th-r(thrush)
Name Ehri's Phases -CORRECT ANSWER- Prealphabetic, early alphabetic, later
alphabetic, and consolidated alphabetic
Pre-alphabetic -CORRECT ANSWER- Knows some, but not all, alphabet letter names
and forms; does not know the sound they represent
Early alphabetic -CORRECT ANSWER- Tries to sound out words by associating a sound
with the first letter and perhaps another letter or two
Later alphabetic -CORRECT ANSWER- Can spell words phonetically, including all the
speech sounds, but is not accurate
Consolidated alphabetic -CORRECT ANSWER- Generalizes phonics skills to unknown
words, then uses context as a backup to recognize words.
What is the purpose of a word chain -CORRECT ANSWER- To give students practice
recognizing subtle differences between and among similar sounding words example:
shin, thin, thimble, shim, sham, mam, mash, math. (Tell students when a "word is a
nonsense word)
What are the types of word sorts? -CORRECT ANSWER- Open and closed
What is the difference in open and closed sorts? -CORRECT ANSWER- In a closed sort,
the teacher tells the students how to sort the words and provides the names of the
categories. Open sorts are open-ended and therefore more difficult then closed sorts.
, What is the purpose of decodable text? -CORRECT ANSWER- Decodable text serves
the specific purpose or providing ample practice using and reading words with the
phonic elements that have been taught
decodable text -CORRECT ANSWER- Beginner-oriented books that contain the same
letters or word patterns currently being studied, or those previously taught.
High frequency words -CORRECT ANSWER- Words that occur most often in English
writing.
Teachers who take a code-emphasis approach to instruction generally do not discuss
the meanings of words being taught. -CORRECT ANSWER- False
The ability to decode a new, previously unknown printed word, in or out of context,
depends on -CORRECT ANSWER- knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences
and the ability to blend phonemes and graphemes quickly.
The term phonics may be used to refer to -CORRECT ANSWER- the system of
phoneme- grapheme correspondences that are the basis for an alphabetic
orthography, an essential component of effective reading instruction and a strategy
for decoding new words and storing them in orthographic memory.
Which of the following are typical of meaning-emphasis approaches to instruction? -
CORRECT ANSWER- emphasis on reading leveled texts individually and use of context
(such as illustrations) to read words in texts
Which of the following is typically done as an extended practice activity in phonics
lessons? -CORRECT ANSWER- timed reading of learned words
Regularly spelled words -CORRECT ANSWER- three, day, bird, goose, mouse, maybe,
go, have
Irregularly spelled words -CORRECT ANSWER- yacht, love, father, you
Why is the letter "x" referred to as an odd letter? -CORRECT ANSWER- Letter "x" can
represent two phonemes.
Which word contains a consonant trigraph? -CORRECT ANSWER- ditch (-tch)
Which is an example of a consonant blend? -CORRECT ANSWER- shr
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS BRAND NEW 2026/
GRADE A+.
Decoding -CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to translate a word from print to speech,
usually by employing knowledge of sound symbol correspondences; also the act of
deciphering a new word by sounding it out.
Graphemes -CORRECT ANSWER- A letter or letter combination that spells a phoneme;
can be one, two, three, or four letters in English (e.g., e, ei, igh, eigh).
Scarborough's Reading Ropes identify 3 major strands or sub skills that contribute to
printed word recognition. What are they? -CORRECT ANSWER- Phonological
awareness, decoding, and word recognition
Orthography -CORRECT ANSWER- A writing system for representing language.
True -CORRECT ANSWER- To know what the word actually says, the reader must look
closely at all the letter sounds and recode them into sound and sense
What is word study? -CORRECT ANSWER- The point of learning to decode by Phil's
and to recognize orthographic patterns
What is the goal of word study? -CORRECT ANSWER- To develop automatic recognition
of words we've seen before and recall word spellings for writing. Example: word
specific knowledge like bare and bear and your, you're.
irregular words -CORRECT ANSWER- A word whose spelling or pronunciation does
not conform to the system of sound-symbol correspondences or syllable patterns
Explain the 4 part processing model -CORRECT ANSWER- Context to meaning, meant
to phonological and orthographic
,When students' abilities to read real words are tested with lists, using a timer,
the strand of the Reading Rope is being
assessed -CORRECT ANSWER- Sight recognition
True or false: the letter x is the only letter that stands for two phonemes, /k/ and so/
and occasionally /g/ and /z/. -CORRECT ANSWER- True
What is a blend? -CORRECT ANSWER- A blend is not one sound but 2 or 3 adjacent
consonants before before or after a vowel in a syllable. Example: c-l (clean), s-t
(most), th-r(thrush)
Name Ehri's Phases -CORRECT ANSWER- Prealphabetic, early alphabetic, later
alphabetic, and consolidated alphabetic
Pre-alphabetic -CORRECT ANSWER- Knows some, but not all, alphabet letter names
and forms; does not know the sound they represent
Early alphabetic -CORRECT ANSWER- Tries to sound out words by associating a sound
with the first letter and perhaps another letter or two
Later alphabetic -CORRECT ANSWER- Can spell words phonetically, including all the
speech sounds, but is not accurate
Consolidated alphabetic -CORRECT ANSWER- Generalizes phonics skills to unknown
words, then uses context as a backup to recognize words.
What is the purpose of a word chain -CORRECT ANSWER- To give students practice
recognizing subtle differences between and among similar sounding words example:
shin, thin, thimble, shim, sham, mam, mash, math. (Tell students when a "word is a
nonsense word)
What are the types of word sorts? -CORRECT ANSWER- Open and closed
What is the difference in open and closed sorts? -CORRECT ANSWER- In a closed sort,
the teacher tells the students how to sort the words and provides the names of the
categories. Open sorts are open-ended and therefore more difficult then closed sorts.
, What is the purpose of decodable text? -CORRECT ANSWER- Decodable text serves
the specific purpose or providing ample practice using and reading words with the
phonic elements that have been taught
decodable text -CORRECT ANSWER- Beginner-oriented books that contain the same
letters or word patterns currently being studied, or those previously taught.
High frequency words -CORRECT ANSWER- Words that occur most often in English
writing.
Teachers who take a code-emphasis approach to instruction generally do not discuss
the meanings of words being taught. -CORRECT ANSWER- False
The ability to decode a new, previously unknown printed word, in or out of context,
depends on -CORRECT ANSWER- knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences
and the ability to blend phonemes and graphemes quickly.
The term phonics may be used to refer to -CORRECT ANSWER- the system of
phoneme- grapheme correspondences that are the basis for an alphabetic
orthography, an essential component of effective reading instruction and a strategy
for decoding new words and storing them in orthographic memory.
Which of the following are typical of meaning-emphasis approaches to instruction? -
CORRECT ANSWER- emphasis on reading leveled texts individually and use of context
(such as illustrations) to read words in texts
Which of the following is typically done as an extended practice activity in phonics
lessons? -CORRECT ANSWER- timed reading of learned words
Regularly spelled words -CORRECT ANSWER- three, day, bird, goose, mouse, maybe,
go, have
Irregularly spelled words -CORRECT ANSWER- yacht, love, father, you
Why is the letter "x" referred to as an odd letter? -CORRECT ANSWER- Letter "x" can
represent two phonemes.
Which word contains a consonant trigraph? -CORRECT ANSWER- ditch (-tch)
Which is an example of a consonant blend? -CORRECT ANSWER- shr
