1. Which of the following is the rime for the word, duck? a) Uck.
a) Uck. The onset of a word is the
b) U. first phonological unit of
c) D. that word. The rime con-
d) Ck. sists of the letters that fol-
low the onset. In the case
of the word, duck, the on-
set is "d" and rime, "uck".
2. Choose the correct term to fill in the blank. a) Sweater.
Plate is to dishes as is to clothing. A plate is a type of dish,
therefore, the correct an-
a) Sweater. swer must be a type of
b) Mug. clothing. "Sweater" is the
c) Closet. only answer choice that
d) Girl. would fit in this situation.
3. Read the words below. Which of these completes this b) Ettect.
word pair?
Understanding word pairs
Cause and help early readers build
vocabulary. Other exam-
a) Forth. ples of word pairs are high
b) Effect. and low, and sooner or lat-
c) Last. er.
d) Take.
4. Jim was listing the graphemes linked to /ch/. Of the a) cc.
following, which of these is not?
The graphemes linked to
a) cc. /ch/ are ch, tch, tu, ti,
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b) tch. te. Some words that use
c) tu. these graphemes are chip,
d) te. watch, future and action.
5. Of the following, which of these words consist of three a) Glue.
phonemes? c) Foot.
check all answers that apply d) Kiss.
a) Glue. Phonemes are sounds
b) Chew. that make words ditter-
c) Foot. ent. "Chew" has two
d) Kiss. phonemes.
6. Which of the following suffixes is used to say the "state d) -tion.
of being"?
A suflx is added to the end
a) -ment. of a word to alter its mean-
b) -ity. ing. Abbreviation is an ex-
c) -ship. ample of this.
d) -tion.
7. Which phoneme pattern is used for the word, I? c) V.
a) C. The word, I only consists of
b) CCCV. one letter, and that letter is
c) V. a vowel, so the phoneme
d) VCCC. pattern is V. The word, "a"
is another word that fol-
lows this pattern.
8. Ashley was reviewing the Language Arts lesson with c) x.
her classmate, Evan. Evan stated that he sometimes
gets confused on what graphemes go with what X is a grapheme of sounds
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sounds. Ashley started talking about the sound, /v/ like /k/. Examples of words
and said that which of the following does not go with that use the graphemes
this sound? in the sound /v/ are of,
Stephen, and five.
a) f.
b) ph.
c) x.
d) ve.
9. Mr. Chambers is teaching his class about prefixes. Of a) Hyper-.
these prefixes, which means above?
Hyper- is a prefix com-
a) Hyper-. monly used in the Eng-
b) Il-. lish language. Examples of
c) Inter-. words that use this prefix
d) Neo-. are hyperbole and hyper-
active.
10. Of the following prefixes, which one of these is defined b) Il-.
as not or opposite?
Examples of words that
a) Hyper-. use this prefix are illogic
b) Il-. and illegal. Il- is used as a
c) Inter-. prefix in many words.
d) Neo-.
11. Which of these is a high frequency word for Grade level c) Because.
2?
There are many high fre-
a) All. quency words used at the
b) After. 2nd grade level. Other ex-
c) Because. amples include ott, right,
d) Eight. and which.
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12. The word alphabetize has syllables. a) 4.
a) 4. The first syllable receives
b) 3. the primary accent. The
c) 2. fourth syllable receives the
d) 1 secondary accent.
13. You have asked your students to write down the prop- d) Teach - er.
er way to break down the word, teacher, into syllables.
How should they write this? Teacher is a word made
up of two syllables. Oth-
a) Tea - ch - er. er words with two syllables
b) Teache - r. are tiger, magnet, napkin,
c) Tea - cher. and zipper.
d) Teach - er.
14. Of the following prefixes, which one of these is defined b) Ab-
as from or away?
Examples of words that
a) A-. use this prefix are abnor-
b) Ab-. mal and abscond. Ab- is
c) Contr-. used as a prefix in many
d) De-. words.
15. is a word that would be found on the Dolch Word c) Always.
List for second graders.
There are over 40 words
a) Did. on the Dolch List for chil-
b) Live. dren in the second grade.
c) Always. Some other words on this
d) Drink. list are sleep and these.
16.