CALT Exam Study Guide 2 Exam
Questions and Answers Graded A+
closed syllable - Correct answer-A syllable with only one vowel, closed at the end
by a consonant. (A vowel in a closed syllable is short, code it with a breve).
open syllable - Correct answer-A syllable with only one vowel and it is open at the
end. (A vowel in an open accented syllable is long, code it with a macron).
vowel team - Correct answer-A syllable with a vowel digraph. (Underline the
digraphs, arc diphthongs).
Vowel consonant e - Correct answer-A syllable with a vowel, followed by a
consonant with a final e. (Vowel consonant e, the vowel will be long, code it with a
macron, the e will be silent, cross it out).
Final Stable Syllable - Correct answer-A syllable type that comes in the final
position of a word. It has a hint of a vowel sound, and the syllable before it is
accented. (Bracket the Final Stable Syllable, accent the syllable before it).
R Controlled Syllable - Correct answer-A syllable that has a vowel followed by r in
which an unexpected combination is read. (Arc the vowel r combination).
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, digraph - Correct answer-two adjacent letters in a word that make one sound
combination - Correct answer-Two letters that come together in an unexpected
way. (example: qu, wh, or, ar, ir, ur, er)
diphthong - Correct answer-Two adjacent vowels in the same syllable that glide
together. (Code it with an arc) (example: ow, ou, oi, oy)
trigraph - Correct answer-Three adjacent letters in a syllable that represent one
sound. (examples: tch, dge, igh)
quadrugraph - Correct answer-Four adjacent letters in a syllable that represent one
sound. (example: eigh)
phoneme - Correct answer-The smallest unit of sound
morpheme - Correct answer-The smallest unit of meaning. The smallest forms or
units of language (base word, root, prefix, suffix, or combining form) that carry
meaning.
Alphabetic Principle - Correct answer-The relationship between letters in a left to
right orientation, and phonemes ordered in a specific temporal sequence in a
spoken word. The English language operates on this code of approximately 44
speech sounds and 26 letters. Explicit, systematic, sequential instruction. About
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
closed syllable - Correct answer-A syllable with only one vowel, closed at the end
by a consonant. (A vowel in a closed syllable is short, code it with a breve).
open syllable - Correct answer-A syllable with only one vowel and it is open at the
end. (A vowel in an open accented syllable is long, code it with a macron).
vowel team - Correct answer-A syllable with a vowel digraph. (Underline the
digraphs, arc diphthongs).
Vowel consonant e - Correct answer-A syllable with a vowel, followed by a
consonant with a final e. (Vowel consonant e, the vowel will be long, code it with a
macron, the e will be silent, cross it out).
Final Stable Syllable - Correct answer-A syllable type that comes in the final
position of a word. It has a hint of a vowel sound, and the syllable before it is
accented. (Bracket the Final Stable Syllable, accent the syllable before it).
R Controlled Syllable - Correct answer-A syllable that has a vowel followed by r in
which an unexpected combination is read. (Arc the vowel r combination).
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, digraph - Correct answer-two adjacent letters in a word that make one sound
combination - Correct answer-Two letters that come together in an unexpected
way. (example: qu, wh, or, ar, ir, ur, er)
diphthong - Correct answer-Two adjacent vowels in the same syllable that glide
together. (Code it with an arc) (example: ow, ou, oi, oy)
trigraph - Correct answer-Three adjacent letters in a syllable that represent one
sound. (examples: tch, dge, igh)
quadrugraph - Correct answer-Four adjacent letters in a syllable that represent one
sound. (example: eigh)
phoneme - Correct answer-The smallest unit of sound
morpheme - Correct answer-The smallest unit of meaning. The smallest forms or
units of language (base word, root, prefix, suffix, or combining form) that carry
meaning.
Alphabetic Principle - Correct answer-The relationship between letters in a left to
right orientation, and phonemes ordered in a specific temporal sequence in a
spoken word. The English language operates on this code of approximately 44
speech sounds and 26 letters. Explicit, systematic, sequential instruction. About
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