Praxis 7812 - Reading and Language Arts Questions and Answers
1. Phonological awareness is... an overarching skill that includes identifying and manipulating
units of oral language, including parts of words, syllables, onsets,
and rimes.
2. Phonological awareness in- phonemic awareness and phonics.
cludes the two subskills of...
3. Phonemic awareness is... understanding the individual sounds (or phonemes) in words.
For example, students who have phonemic awareness can sepa-
rate the sounds in the word cat into three distinct phonemes:/k/,
/æ/, and /t.
4. Phonics is... understanding the relationship between sounds and the
spelling patterns (graphemes) representing those sounds. For
example, when a student sees the letter c is followed by an e, i,
or y, the student knows the c makes an /s/ sound, as in the words
cycle, circle, and receive.
5. Morphology is... the study of word parts and their meanings.
6. Morphemes are... the smallest units of meaning in a word. For example, in the word
unbelievable, there are three morphemes—un (not), believe
(trust), able (capable).
7. Syntax is... the structure of language and words.
8. Another word for syntax is... grammar.
9. Semantics is... both expressive (speaking) and receptive (listening) vocabulary.
10. Another word for semantics vocabulary.
is...
11. Graphophonics is... the letter-sound or sound-symbol relationships of language.
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, 12. Diphthongs are... sounds formed by the combination of two vowels in a single
syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves
toward another. They can appear in the initial, middle, or final
position in a word.
13. Examples of diphthongs aisle
are... coin
loud
14. Vowel teams are... combinations of two, three,
or four letters that stand for a vowel sound.
15. Examples of vowel teams (short vowels) head, hook
are... (long vowels) boat, rain, weigh
(diphthongs) soil, bout
16. Diphthongs are a subset of... vowel teams.
17. A schwa is... a vowel sound in an unstressed syllable, where a vowel does not
make its long or short vowel sound.
18. Examples of a schwa are... a: balloon
e: problem
i: family
o: bottom
u: support
y: analysis
19. A /zh/ sound is... something that cannot
be represented by any one letter and instead can be formed by
s, si, g, and ge.
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1. Phonological awareness is... an overarching skill that includes identifying and manipulating
units of oral language, including parts of words, syllables, onsets,
and rimes.
2. Phonological awareness in- phonemic awareness and phonics.
cludes the two subskills of...
3. Phonemic awareness is... understanding the individual sounds (or phonemes) in words.
For example, students who have phonemic awareness can sepa-
rate the sounds in the word cat into three distinct phonemes:/k/,
/æ/, and /t.
4. Phonics is... understanding the relationship between sounds and the
spelling patterns (graphemes) representing those sounds. For
example, when a student sees the letter c is followed by an e, i,
or y, the student knows the c makes an /s/ sound, as in the words
cycle, circle, and receive.
5. Morphology is... the study of word parts and their meanings.
6. Morphemes are... the smallest units of meaning in a word. For example, in the word
unbelievable, there are three morphemes—un (not), believe
(trust), able (capable).
7. Syntax is... the structure of language and words.
8. Another word for syntax is... grammar.
9. Semantics is... both expressive (speaking) and receptive (listening) vocabulary.
10. Another word for semantics vocabulary.
is...
11. Graphophonics is... the letter-sound or sound-symbol relationships of language.
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, 12. Diphthongs are... sounds formed by the combination of two vowels in a single
syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves
toward another. They can appear in the initial, middle, or final
position in a word.
13. Examples of diphthongs aisle
are... coin
loud
14. Vowel teams are... combinations of two, three,
or four letters that stand for a vowel sound.
15. Examples of vowel teams (short vowels) head, hook
are... (long vowels) boat, rain, weigh
(diphthongs) soil, bout
16. Diphthongs are a subset of... vowel teams.
17. A schwa is... a vowel sound in an unstressed syllable, where a vowel does not
make its long or short vowel sound.
18. Examples of a schwa are... a: balloon
e: problem
i: family
o: bottom
u: support
y: analysis
19. A /zh/ sound is... something that cannot
be represented by any one letter and instead can be formed by
s, si, g, and ge.
20.
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