EDU 309 PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Phonemic awareness is:
a. a strong predictor of future reading success
b. a sub-skill of phonological awareness
c. a foundational reading skill
d. all of the above - ANSWER d. all of the above

There are _______ sounds in the English language:

a. exactly 26
b. more than 60
c. more than 40
d. exactly 52 - ANSWER c. more than 40

Phoneme blending is:

a. easier than syllable blending
b. harder than onset and rime
c. easier than identifying rhyming words
d. easier than phoneme addition, deletion, and substitution - ANSWER
b. harder than onset and rime

The onset sound(s) is the:

a. last sound in a syllable
b. the vowel and any following consonant sounds at the end of a syllable
c. the vowel sound in a syllable

, d. sounds before the vowel in a syllable - ANSWER d. sounds before
the vowel in a syllable

The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _________
language."

a. spoken
b. written
c. informal
d. formal - ANSWER a. spoken

The word eight has how many phonemes?

a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2 - ANSWER d. 2

Phonological awareness is:

a. a person's ability to hear sound structures of speech
b. a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech
c. a print-free skill set
d. all of the above - ANSWER d. all of the above

How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from
actual words?

a. by placing the letters between slashes /b/
b. by placing the letters between asterisks *b*
c. by placing the letters in parentheses (b)
d. by placing the letters between percent signs %b% - ANSWER a. by
placing the letters between slashes /b/

How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges?

a. 1
b. 2