ICLA STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Phonics - Answer The correlation between spelling patterns and the voice
sounds they represent
Consonants - ANSWER Speech sounds created by impeding the stream of
breath.
Vowels - ANSWER Speech sounds produced by a reasonably clear stream of
air.
R-controlled vowels - ANSWER r influences how the previous vowel is
pronounced. (Bar vs Bad) When recognizing phonemes, the controlled vowel
and r equals one sound.
ANSWER: Schwa pronounces an unstressed vowel phoneme in multiple
unaccented syllables (uh sound ex America).
ANSWER: Digraphs, blends, and silent consonant clusters. occur inside the
same syllable (hunt er, secret).
Consonant Digraph - Answer A single consonant phoneme represented by two
or three letters (chip, thing, shoe, whip, pledge, catch, duck)
Consonant Blend - Answer Two or three consonants in the same word, each
with its own sound (skip, fear, lend, split, scream, tree).
Silent Consonant Cluster - Answer Consonant clusters in which only one
consonant is spoken (ghost-h)
Voiced Consonants: ANSWER Bat and them.
Unvoiced Consonants: ANSWER pat and thin
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Phonics - Answer The correlation between spelling patterns and the voice
sounds they represent
Consonants - ANSWER Speech sounds created by impeding the stream of
breath.
Vowels - ANSWER Speech sounds produced by a reasonably clear stream of
air.
R-controlled vowels - ANSWER r influences how the previous vowel is
pronounced. (Bar vs Bad) When recognizing phonemes, the controlled vowel
and r equals one sound.
ANSWER: Schwa pronounces an unstressed vowel phoneme in multiple
unaccented syllables (uh sound ex America).
ANSWER: Digraphs, blends, and silent consonant clusters. occur inside the
same syllable (hunt er, secret).
Consonant Digraph - Answer A single consonant phoneme represented by two
or three letters (chip, thing, shoe, whip, pledge, catch, duck)
Consonant Blend - Answer Two or three consonants in the same word, each
with its own sound (skip, fear, lend, split, scream, tree).
Silent Consonant Cluster - Answer Consonant clusters in which only one
consonant is spoken (ghost-h)
Voiced Consonants: ANSWER Bat and them.
Unvoiced Consonants: ANSWER pat and thin
