KPEERI EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Print Awareness is: - answer- Understanding the function of print and how it is
organized on a page.
An example of print awareness is: - answer- A child points to a McDonald's billboard
and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy Meal!"
Which is not an example of print awareness? - answer- A child indicates that he can
sing the alphabet song.
Print awareness tasks: - answer- Can be given by the classroom teacher, can help
students to develop print awareness, and are related to children's later success in
reading.
Print awareness typically, but not always, begins to develop: - answer- Before
children begin school.
A child who writes from top to bottom and from left to right possess: - answer- Print
awareness
Print awareness is an understanding that print: - answer- is different from pictures on
a page, carries meaning, and has practical uses.
What is the relationship between spoken and written language? - answer- Print is
used to represent the words we speak.
Which is an example of print awareness? - answer- Print is read from left to right.
Phonemic awareness is: - answer- A strong predictor of future reading success, a
sub skill of phonological awareness, and a foundational reading skill.
There are __________________ sounds in the English language: - answer- More
than 40.
Phoneme blending is: - answer- Harder than onset and rime.
The onset sound(s) is the: - answer- Sounds before the vowel in a syllable.
The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _____________ language." -
answer- Spoken
The word eight has how many phonemes? - answer- 2
, Phonological awareness is: - answer- A person's ability to hear sound structures of
speech, a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech, and a print-free
skill set.
How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual words? -
answer- By placing the letters between slashes /b/.
How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges? - answer- 3
Which is an example of phoneme segmentation? - answer- A child telling his teacher
there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the onset and rimes in words is called
______________: - answer- Phonological awareness
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate discrete, individual sounds in words is
called: - answer- Phonemic awareness
How many speech sounds are there in the English language? - answer- Between 42-
44
An example of phonemic awareness is: - answer- A child categorizing pictures that
begin with the same sound.
Phonemic awareness activities include: - answer- Blending sounds together to make
a word, identifying words that begin with the same letter, and breaking a word into
individual sounds.
Phonological awareness activities include ________________: - answer- Syllable
blending
Digraphs such as "sh" make ________________ sound(s). - answer- 1
When teaching phonological awareness, teachers should: - answer- Use
multisensory activities, teach each skill to mastery, and start with the simplest skills
and build to harder skills.
Phonemic awareness is one part of _________________, which also includes
activities on phonemes, rhymes, syllables, and more: - answer- Phonological
awareness
Phonics instruction: - answer- Should be taught because it teaches a system for
remembering how to read words.
The alphabetic principle is understanding: - answer- The relationship between letters
and spoken words.
The written letter A is a: - answer- Grapheme
ANSWERS
Print Awareness is: - answer- Understanding the function of print and how it is
organized on a page.
An example of print awareness is: - answer- A child points to a McDonald's billboard
and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy Meal!"
Which is not an example of print awareness? - answer- A child indicates that he can
sing the alphabet song.
Print awareness tasks: - answer- Can be given by the classroom teacher, can help
students to develop print awareness, and are related to children's later success in
reading.
Print awareness typically, but not always, begins to develop: - answer- Before
children begin school.
A child who writes from top to bottom and from left to right possess: - answer- Print
awareness
Print awareness is an understanding that print: - answer- is different from pictures on
a page, carries meaning, and has practical uses.
What is the relationship between spoken and written language? - answer- Print is
used to represent the words we speak.
Which is an example of print awareness? - answer- Print is read from left to right.
Phonemic awareness is: - answer- A strong predictor of future reading success, a
sub skill of phonological awareness, and a foundational reading skill.
There are __________________ sounds in the English language: - answer- More
than 40.
Phoneme blending is: - answer- Harder than onset and rime.
The onset sound(s) is the: - answer- Sounds before the vowel in a syllable.
The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _____________ language." -
answer- Spoken
The word eight has how many phonemes? - answer- 2
, Phonological awareness is: - answer- A person's ability to hear sound structures of
speech, a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech, and a print-free
skill set.
How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual words? -
answer- By placing the letters between slashes /b/.
How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges? - answer- 3
Which is an example of phoneme segmentation? - answer- A child telling his teacher
there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the onset and rimes in words is called
______________: - answer- Phonological awareness
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate discrete, individual sounds in words is
called: - answer- Phonemic awareness
How many speech sounds are there in the English language? - answer- Between 42-
44
An example of phonemic awareness is: - answer- A child categorizing pictures that
begin with the same sound.
Phonemic awareness activities include: - answer- Blending sounds together to make
a word, identifying words that begin with the same letter, and breaking a word into
individual sounds.
Phonological awareness activities include ________________: - answer- Syllable
blending
Digraphs such as "sh" make ________________ sound(s). - answer- 1
When teaching phonological awareness, teachers should: - answer- Use
multisensory activities, teach each skill to mastery, and start with the simplest skills
and build to harder skills.
Phonemic awareness is one part of _________________, which also includes
activities on phonemes, rhymes, syllables, and more: - answer- Phonological
awareness
Phonics instruction: - answer- Should be taught because it teaches a system for
remembering how to read words.
The alphabetic principle is understanding: - answer- The relationship between letters
and spoken words.
The written letter A is a: - answer- Grapheme
