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DOMAIN 1 READING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 96 QUESTIONS
PHONEMIC AWARENESS QUESTIONS 1 TO 12
QUESTION 1
A teacher says the word "stop" and asks a student to say it without
the /s/ sound. What skill is being assessed?
A Blending
B Segmentation
C Deletion
D Substitution
CORRECT ANSWER C Deletion
Explanation Deletion requires removing a phoneme from a word.
Removing /s/ from "stop" leaves "top".
QUESTION 2
Which activity best assesses a student's ability to blend phonemes?
A Tapping each sound in "cat"
B Hearing /k/ /a/ /t/ and saying "cat"
C Changing the /k/ in "cat" to /b/
D Clapping syllables in "butterfly"
CORRECT ANSWER B Hearing /k/ /a/ /t/ and saying "cat"
,Explanation Blending is the ability to combine individual sounds to form
a word. Hearing separate phonemes and saying the whole word is
blending.
QUESTION 3
A student can identify that "bat," "cat," and "hat" rhyme. This
demonstrates
A Rhyme awareness
B Syllable awareness
C Onset rime blending
D Phoneme isolation
CORRECT ANSWER A Rhyme awareness
Explanation Recognizing that words share the same ending sound is
rhyme awareness, the earliest phonemic awareness skill to develop.
QUESTION 4
Which student is demonstrating phoneme segmentation?
A Says "mmm" for the first sound in "mom"
B Says /d/ /o/ /g/ for the word "dog"
C Says "dog" when hearing /d/ /o/ /g/
D Says "dog" when seeing the letters d o g
CORRECT ANSWER B Says /d/ /o/ /g/ for the word "dog"
Explanation Segmentation means breaking a spoken word into its
individual sounds. Saying each sound separately is segmentation.
QUESTION 5
A student hears the word "cat" and can identify that the first sound is
/k/. This skill is called
A Phoneme blending
B Phoneme isolation
,C Phoneme deletion
D Phoneme substitution
CORRECT ANSWER B Phoneme isolation
Explanation Phoneme isolation is the ability to recognize and identify
individual sounds within a word, such as the first, middle, or last sound.
QUESTION 6
A teacher says "What word do you get when you put /s/ and /un/
together?" The student says "sun." This skill is
A Syllable segmentation
B Onset rime blending
C Phoneme deletion
D Final sound isolation
CORRECT ANSWER B Onset rime blending
Explanation The onset is the initial consonant or consonant cluster (/s/).
The rime is the vowel and everything after (/un/). Blending them forms
a word.
QUESTION 7
Which student is struggling with phonemic awareness?
A A student who can clap syllables in "butterfly"
B A student who can generate a rhyming word for "cake"
C A student who cannot tell that "map" and "lap" rhyme
D A student who can substitute /b/ for /c/ in "cat" to make "bat"
CORRECT ANSWER C A student who cannot tell that "map" and "lap"
rhyme
Explanation Rhyme recognition is a basic phonemic awareness skill.
Difficulty with rhyme indicates a weakness in phonemic awareness.
, QUESTION 8
A teacher asks a student to say "smile" without the /s/ sound. The
student says "mile." This is an example of
A Phoneme addition
B Phoneme deletion
C Phoneme substitution
D Phoneme reversal
CORRECT ANSWER B Phoneme deletion
Explanation The student removed the initial phoneme /s/ from the
consonant cluster /sm/ to produce "mile."
QUESTION 9
A first grader can say the word "chip" as /ch/ /i/ /p/ but then says
each sound separately without pausing. This student has mastered
A Phoneme blending only
B Phoneme segmentation only
C Both blending and segmentation
D Neither blending nor segmentation
CORRECT ANSWER B Phoneme segmentation only
Explanation The student can break the word into individual sounds
(segmentation). The question does not describe the student blending
separate sounds into a word.
QUESTION 10
Which activity best develops phoneme substitution?
A Saying "cat" then changing the /k/ to /b/ to make "bat"
B Tapping one time for each syllable in "elephant"
C Counting the number of sounds in "fish"
D Sorting pictures by their first sound
CORRECT ANSWER A Saying "cat" then changing the /k/ to /b/ to make
PRACTICE TEST 300 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
DOMAIN 1 READING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 96 QUESTIONS
PHONEMIC AWARENESS QUESTIONS 1 TO 12
QUESTION 1
A teacher says the word "stop" and asks a student to say it without
the /s/ sound. What skill is being assessed?
A Blending
B Segmentation
C Deletion
D Substitution
CORRECT ANSWER C Deletion
Explanation Deletion requires removing a phoneme from a word.
Removing /s/ from "stop" leaves "top".
QUESTION 2
Which activity best assesses a student's ability to blend phonemes?
A Tapping each sound in "cat"
B Hearing /k/ /a/ /t/ and saying "cat"
C Changing the /k/ in "cat" to /b/
D Clapping syllables in "butterfly"
CORRECT ANSWER B Hearing /k/ /a/ /t/ and saying "cat"
,Explanation Blending is the ability to combine individual sounds to form
a word. Hearing separate phonemes and saying the whole word is
blending.
QUESTION 3
A student can identify that "bat," "cat," and "hat" rhyme. This
demonstrates
A Rhyme awareness
B Syllable awareness
C Onset rime blending
D Phoneme isolation
CORRECT ANSWER A Rhyme awareness
Explanation Recognizing that words share the same ending sound is
rhyme awareness, the earliest phonemic awareness skill to develop.
QUESTION 4
Which student is demonstrating phoneme segmentation?
A Says "mmm" for the first sound in "mom"
B Says /d/ /o/ /g/ for the word "dog"
C Says "dog" when hearing /d/ /o/ /g/
D Says "dog" when seeing the letters d o g
CORRECT ANSWER B Says /d/ /o/ /g/ for the word "dog"
Explanation Segmentation means breaking a spoken word into its
individual sounds. Saying each sound separately is segmentation.
QUESTION 5
A student hears the word "cat" and can identify that the first sound is
/k/. This skill is called
A Phoneme blending
B Phoneme isolation
,C Phoneme deletion
D Phoneme substitution
CORRECT ANSWER B Phoneme isolation
Explanation Phoneme isolation is the ability to recognize and identify
individual sounds within a word, such as the first, middle, or last sound.
QUESTION 6
A teacher says "What word do you get when you put /s/ and /un/
together?" The student says "sun." This skill is
A Syllable segmentation
B Onset rime blending
C Phoneme deletion
D Final sound isolation
CORRECT ANSWER B Onset rime blending
Explanation The onset is the initial consonant or consonant cluster (/s/).
The rime is the vowel and everything after (/un/). Blending them forms
a word.
QUESTION 7
Which student is struggling with phonemic awareness?
A A student who can clap syllables in "butterfly"
B A student who can generate a rhyming word for "cake"
C A student who cannot tell that "map" and "lap" rhyme
D A student who can substitute /b/ for /c/ in "cat" to make "bat"
CORRECT ANSWER C A student who cannot tell that "map" and "lap"
rhyme
Explanation Rhyme recognition is a basic phonemic awareness skill.
Difficulty with rhyme indicates a weakness in phonemic awareness.
, QUESTION 8
A teacher asks a student to say "smile" without the /s/ sound. The
student says "mile." This is an example of
A Phoneme addition
B Phoneme deletion
C Phoneme substitution
D Phoneme reversal
CORRECT ANSWER B Phoneme deletion
Explanation The student removed the initial phoneme /s/ from the
consonant cluster /sm/ to produce "mile."
QUESTION 9
A first grader can say the word "chip" as /ch/ /i/ /p/ but then says
each sound separately without pausing. This student has mastered
A Phoneme blending only
B Phoneme segmentation only
C Both blending and segmentation
D Neither blending nor segmentation
CORRECT ANSWER B Phoneme segmentation only
Explanation The student can break the word into individual sounds
(segmentation). The question does not describe the student blending
separate sounds into a word.
QUESTION 10
Which activity best develops phoneme substitution?
A Saying "cat" then changing the /k/ to /b/ to make "bat"
B Tapping one time for each syllable in "elephant"
C Counting the number of sounds in "fish"
D Sorting pictures by their first sound
CORRECT ANSWER A Saying "cat" then changing the /k/ to /b/ to make
