ICLA Standard 1 Exam Questions with
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1. affix - ANSWER a prefix or suffix that changes the meaning or function of
a root word
2. alphabetic principle - ANSWER the idea that each sound or phoneme of a
language should have its own graphic representation
3. A meaningful linguistic unit that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful
elements, as the word book, or that is a component of a word, as s in books. -
ANSWER Morpheme
4. A development of association of print with meaning that begins early in a
child's life and continues until the child reaches the stage of conventional
reading and writing. Examines changes over time in how the child thinks
about literacy and in the strategies the child uses. - ANSWER Emergent
literacy
5. A conventional writing system in a given language - ANSWER
Orthography
6. In a syllable, a sequence of two or more distinguishable consonant sounds
before or after a vowel sound, as /skr/ and /mz/ in screams. The term refers
only to sounds, not to letters representing sounds. - ANSWER Consonant
blend
7. The study of meaning in language, as the analysis of the meanings of words,
phrases, sentences, discourse, and whole texts. - ANSWER Semantics
,8. fluency - ANSWER the clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas,
little or no effort in decoding
9. grapheme - ANSWER a written representation of a phoneme, may be a
single letter or group of letters
10.Which of the word(s) have exactly four (4) phonemes?
digit
cloth
listen
stock
toenail
sheep - ANSWER Stock & Cloth
11.Which of the word(s) have exactly seven (7) phonemes?
candid
arboretum
magpie
through
eight
stopped - ANSWER arboretum
12.Which of the word(s) have exactly three (3) phonemes?
bomb
industry
, bonnet
climb
coin
cabbage - ANSWER bomb & coin
13.high frequency word - ANSWER a word that appears very often in spoken
or written language, word lists
14.phoneme - ANSWER is the basic unit of spoken language. It is a speech
sound as it exists in the mind of the speaker
15.A voiced speech sound made without stoppage or friction of the air flow as
it passes through the vocal tract. - ANSWER Vowel
16.Instruction that guides the student to formulate generalizations without direct
instruction. - ANSWER Implicit instruction
17.The identification of word-meaning elements, as re and read in reread, to
help understand the meaning of a word as a whole. Commonly involves the
identification of roots, affixes, compounds, hyphenated forms, inflected and
derived endings, contractions, and, in some cases syllabication. Is sometimes
used as an aid in pronunciation or in combination with phonic analysis. -
ANSWER Structural analysis
18.The ability to hear and manipulate the constituent sounds of words. -
ANSWER Phonemic awareness
19.Which of the word(s) have exactly five (5) phonemes?
frost
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1. affix - ANSWER a prefix or suffix that changes the meaning or function of
a root word
2. alphabetic principle - ANSWER the idea that each sound or phoneme of a
language should have its own graphic representation
3. A meaningful linguistic unit that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful
elements, as the word book, or that is a component of a word, as s in books. -
ANSWER Morpheme
4. A development of association of print with meaning that begins early in a
child's life and continues until the child reaches the stage of conventional
reading and writing. Examines changes over time in how the child thinks
about literacy and in the strategies the child uses. - ANSWER Emergent
literacy
5. A conventional writing system in a given language - ANSWER
Orthography
6. In a syllable, a sequence of two or more distinguishable consonant sounds
before or after a vowel sound, as /skr/ and /mz/ in screams. The term refers
only to sounds, not to letters representing sounds. - ANSWER Consonant
blend
7. The study of meaning in language, as the analysis of the meanings of words,
phrases, sentences, discourse, and whole texts. - ANSWER Semantics
,8. fluency - ANSWER the clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas,
little or no effort in decoding
9. grapheme - ANSWER a written representation of a phoneme, may be a
single letter or group of letters
10.Which of the word(s) have exactly four (4) phonemes?
digit
cloth
listen
stock
toenail
sheep - ANSWER Stock & Cloth
11.Which of the word(s) have exactly seven (7) phonemes?
candid
arboretum
magpie
through
eight
stopped - ANSWER arboretum
12.Which of the word(s) have exactly three (3) phonemes?
bomb
industry
, bonnet
climb
coin
cabbage - ANSWER bomb & coin
13.high frequency word - ANSWER a word that appears very often in spoken
or written language, word lists
14.phoneme - ANSWER is the basic unit of spoken language. It is a speech
sound as it exists in the mind of the speaker
15.A voiced speech sound made without stoppage or friction of the air flow as
it passes through the vocal tract. - ANSWER Vowel
16.Instruction that guides the student to formulate generalizations without direct
instruction. - ANSWER Implicit instruction
17.The identification of word-meaning elements, as re and read in reread, to
help understand the meaning of a word as a whole. Commonly involves the
identification of roots, affixes, compounds, hyphenated forms, inflected and
derived endings, contractions, and, in some cases syllabication. Is sometimes
used as an aid in pronunciation or in combination with phonic analysis. -
ANSWER Structural analysis
18.The ability to hear and manipulate the constituent sounds of words. -
ANSWER Phonemic awareness
19.Which of the word(s) have exactly five (5) phonemes?
frost
