NES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Phonological Awareness Skills. Answer: -rhyming and syllabification
-blending sounds into words - pic-tur-bo-k
-onset/rhime
-segmenting
-recognizing smaller words in the big word
◉ Phonemic Awareness. Answer: The ability to hear, identify, and
manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
◉ Elkonin Boxes. Answer: a strategy for segmenting sounds in a word
that involves drawing a box to represent each sound in a word.
◉ Vocabulary Development. Answer: the key foundation for further
development in all four language skills- listening, speaking, writing, and
reading.
◉ Semantic Maps (word maps, semantic webs). Answer: Target word in
center, supporting information in outside bubbles
, ◉ semantic relationships. Answer: associations that exist between the
meanings of words, phrases, sentences. Examples: synonyms and
antonyms.
◉ homonym. Answer: a word spelled exactly like another word, but
having a different meaning
◉ homograph. Answer: a word written the same way as another word
but having a different meaning
◉ homophone. Answer: a word that has the same sound but a different
meaning as another word
◉ alliteration. Answer: Repetition of initial consonant sounds. Example:
Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.
◉ hyperbole. Answer: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be
taken literally. Example: I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
◉ Personification. Answer: A figure of speech in which an object or
animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Example: The sun
kissed me while I was clicking a picture.
◉ Onomatopoeia. Answer: A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Example: Bang, buzz, clatter
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Phonological Awareness Skills. Answer: -rhyming and syllabification
-blending sounds into words - pic-tur-bo-k
-onset/rhime
-segmenting
-recognizing smaller words in the big word
◉ Phonemic Awareness. Answer: The ability to hear, identify, and
manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
◉ Elkonin Boxes. Answer: a strategy for segmenting sounds in a word
that involves drawing a box to represent each sound in a word.
◉ Vocabulary Development. Answer: the key foundation for further
development in all four language skills- listening, speaking, writing, and
reading.
◉ Semantic Maps (word maps, semantic webs). Answer: Target word in
center, supporting information in outside bubbles
, ◉ semantic relationships. Answer: associations that exist between the
meanings of words, phrases, sentences. Examples: synonyms and
antonyms.
◉ homonym. Answer: a word spelled exactly like another word, but
having a different meaning
◉ homograph. Answer: a word written the same way as another word
but having a different meaning
◉ homophone. Answer: a word that has the same sound but a different
meaning as another word
◉ alliteration. Answer: Repetition of initial consonant sounds. Example:
Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.
◉ hyperbole. Answer: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be
taken literally. Example: I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
◉ Personification. Answer: A figure of speech in which an object or
animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Example: The sun
kissed me while I was clicking a picture.
◉ Onomatopoeia. Answer: A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Example: Bang, buzz, clatter
