ALTA EXAM | NEWEST UPDATE|ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |GRADE A+ ASSURED
Three Layers of the English Language correct answers Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek
Percentage of English Language that is Anglo-Saxon correct answers 20-25%
Percentage of the English Language that is Latin correct answers 60%
Percentage of the English Language that is Greek correct answers 10-12%
Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon words correct answers Short, common, every day, down to earth;
many have non-phonetic spellings
Examples of Anglo-Saxon words correct answers Number names, names of farm animals
Anglo-saxon correct answers words that begin with wr, kn, and wr
Latin words correct answers technical and sophisticated words
Latin words correct answers Schwa sounds are often found in these words
Latin words correct answers Examples: audience, contradict, disruptive, retract, survival
Greek words correct answers specialized words for science
Greek words correct answers combining forms
, Greek words correct answers examples: atmosphere, chromosome, thermometer
Number of syllable types correct answers six
4 characteristics of a letter correct answers name, shape, sound, feel
This is the only stable characteristic of a letter correct answers name
Identifiers to determining reading/spelling situations correct answers ASAP: Accent, syllable,
adjacent letters, position
Letters in English correct answers 26
Sounds in English correct answers 44
Three components of language correct answers form, content, and use
Form (language) correct answers Includes the observable features of language: phonology,
morphology, syntax
Syntax correct answers System of rules that directs comprehension and production of sentences
Content (language) correct answers Semantics
Semantics correct answers Meaning of words and the relationship between and among words as
they are used to represent our knowledge of the world
Use (language) correct answers Pragmantics
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |GRADE A+ ASSURED
Three Layers of the English Language correct answers Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek
Percentage of English Language that is Anglo-Saxon correct answers 20-25%
Percentage of the English Language that is Latin correct answers 60%
Percentage of the English Language that is Greek correct answers 10-12%
Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon words correct answers Short, common, every day, down to earth;
many have non-phonetic spellings
Examples of Anglo-Saxon words correct answers Number names, names of farm animals
Anglo-saxon correct answers words that begin with wr, kn, and wr
Latin words correct answers technical and sophisticated words
Latin words correct answers Schwa sounds are often found in these words
Latin words correct answers Examples: audience, contradict, disruptive, retract, survival
Greek words correct answers specialized words for science
Greek words correct answers combining forms
, Greek words correct answers examples: atmosphere, chromosome, thermometer
Number of syllable types correct answers six
4 characteristics of a letter correct answers name, shape, sound, feel
This is the only stable characteristic of a letter correct answers name
Identifiers to determining reading/spelling situations correct answers ASAP: Accent, syllable,
adjacent letters, position
Letters in English correct answers 26
Sounds in English correct answers 44
Three components of language correct answers form, content, and use
Form (language) correct answers Includes the observable features of language: phonology,
morphology, syntax
Syntax correct answers System of rules that directs comprehension and production of sentences
Content (language) correct answers Semantics
Semantics correct answers Meaning of words and the relationship between and among words as
they are used to represent our knowledge of the world
Use (language) correct answers Pragmantics
