MTEL Foundations of Reading Multiple Choice Questions
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When a child is able to hear the sounds that make up a word, such as identifying
the initial consonant sound in the word put, the child has:
a. Syllabification
b. Phonics
c. Phonemic awareness
d. Emergent reading
c. Phonemic awareness
A unit of pronunciation having only one vowel phoneme is considered a:
a. syllable
b. morpheme
c. grapheme
d. vowel digraph
a. syllable
Two or more consonant letters that combine to make one sound such as those
found in the words church and what are called:
a. consonant blends
b. consonant digraphs
c. consonant syllables
d. consonant dipthongs
b. consonant digraphs
The written representation of sounds is called:
a. phonics
b. roots
c. phonemes
d. graphemes
d. graphemes
A child's ability to indicate how many words are found within a sentence that is
dictated to them involves
a. phonological awareness
b. word awareness
c. phonemic awareness
d. sight word knowledge
a. phonological awareness
Using the knowledge of the relationship between letters and sounds to blend
them together when decoding is using:
a. sight words
, b. emergent reading
c. graphemes
d. phonics
d. phonics
When a child can break up the letters in words into particular sounds, the child is
demonstrating the ability to:
a. blend
b. segment
c. rhyme
d. syllabication
b. segment
In the early stages of developing word identification knowledge, words such as
the, of, when, because, and and are considered:
a. vocabulary words
b. phonological words
c. concept words
d. sight words
d. sight words
During an instructional activity, the teacher asks the onset of the word shop. The
child would be correct if they responded:
a. s
b. p
c. sh
d. op
c. sh
Two or more consonants together that keep their particular sounds such as
found in the beginning of the words climb and straight are called:
a. consonant relationships
b. consonant blends
c. initial consonants
d. consonant digraphs
b. consonant blends
An example of a dipthong can be found in the word:
a. kill
b. soil
c. chop
d. single
b. soil
The smallest unit of meaning that may be a word, prefix, or suffix is:
a. phoneme
and Answers with complete solution
When a child is able to hear the sounds that make up a word, such as identifying
the initial consonant sound in the word put, the child has:
a. Syllabification
b. Phonics
c. Phonemic awareness
d. Emergent reading
c. Phonemic awareness
A unit of pronunciation having only one vowel phoneme is considered a:
a. syllable
b. morpheme
c. grapheme
d. vowel digraph
a. syllable
Two or more consonant letters that combine to make one sound such as those
found in the words church and what are called:
a. consonant blends
b. consonant digraphs
c. consonant syllables
d. consonant dipthongs
b. consonant digraphs
The written representation of sounds is called:
a. phonics
b. roots
c. phonemes
d. graphemes
d. graphemes
A child's ability to indicate how many words are found within a sentence that is
dictated to them involves
a. phonological awareness
b. word awareness
c. phonemic awareness
d. sight word knowledge
a. phonological awareness
Using the knowledge of the relationship between letters and sounds to blend
them together when decoding is using:
a. sight words
, b. emergent reading
c. graphemes
d. phonics
d. phonics
When a child can break up the letters in words into particular sounds, the child is
demonstrating the ability to:
a. blend
b. segment
c. rhyme
d. syllabication
b. segment
In the early stages of developing word identification knowledge, words such as
the, of, when, because, and and are considered:
a. vocabulary words
b. phonological words
c. concept words
d. sight words
d. sight words
During an instructional activity, the teacher asks the onset of the word shop. The
child would be correct if they responded:
a. s
b. p
c. sh
d. op
c. sh
Two or more consonants together that keep their particular sounds such as
found in the beginning of the words climb and straight are called:
a. consonant relationships
b. consonant blends
c. initial consonants
d. consonant digraphs
b. consonant blends
An example of a dipthong can be found in the word:
a. kill
b. soil
c. chop
d. single
b. soil
The smallest unit of meaning that may be a word, prefix, or suffix is:
a. phoneme
