ALTA EXAM | NEWEST UPDATE|
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ 2025/2026
Three Layers of the English Language - correct answer ✔Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek
Percentage of English Language that is Anglo-Saxon - correct answer ✔20-25%
Percentage of the English Language that is Latin - correct answer ✔60%
Percentage of the English Language that is Greek - correct answer ✔10-12%
Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon words - correct answer ✔Short, common, every day, down to earth;
many have non-phonetic spellings
Examples of Anglo-Saxon words - correct answer ✔Number names, names of farm animals
Anglo-saxon - correct answer ✔words that begin with wr, kn, and wr
Latin words - correct answer ✔technical and sophisticated words
Latin words - correct answer ✔Schwa sounds are often found in these words
Latin words - correct answer ✔Examples: audience, contradict, disruptive, retract, survival
Greek words - correct answer ✔specialized words for science
, Greek words - correct answer ✔combining forms
Greek words - correct answer ✔examples: atmosphere, chromosome, thermometer
Number of syllable types - correct answer ✔six
4 characteristics of a letter - correct answer ✔name, shape, sound, feel
This is the only stable characteristic of a letter - correct answer ✔name
Identifiers to determining reading/spelling situations - correct answer ✔ASAP: Accent, syllable,
adjacent letters, position
Letters in English - correct answer ✔26
Sounds in English - correct answer ✔44
Three components of language - correct answer ✔form, content, and use
Form (language) - correct answer ✔Includes the observable features of language: phonology,
morphology, syntax
Syntax - correct answer ✔System of rules that directs comprehension and production of sentences
Content (language) - correct answer ✔Semantics
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ 2025/2026
Three Layers of the English Language - correct answer ✔Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek
Percentage of English Language that is Anglo-Saxon - correct answer ✔20-25%
Percentage of the English Language that is Latin - correct answer ✔60%
Percentage of the English Language that is Greek - correct answer ✔10-12%
Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon words - correct answer ✔Short, common, every day, down to earth;
many have non-phonetic spellings
Examples of Anglo-Saxon words - correct answer ✔Number names, names of farm animals
Anglo-saxon - correct answer ✔words that begin with wr, kn, and wr
Latin words - correct answer ✔technical and sophisticated words
Latin words - correct answer ✔Schwa sounds are often found in these words
Latin words - correct answer ✔Examples: audience, contradict, disruptive, retract, survival
Greek words - correct answer ✔specialized words for science
, Greek words - correct answer ✔combining forms
Greek words - correct answer ✔examples: atmosphere, chromosome, thermometer
Number of syllable types - correct answer ✔six
4 characteristics of a letter - correct answer ✔name, shape, sound, feel
This is the only stable characteristic of a letter - correct answer ✔name
Identifiers to determining reading/spelling situations - correct answer ✔ASAP: Accent, syllable,
adjacent letters, position
Letters in English - correct answer ✔26
Sounds in English - correct answer ✔44
Three components of language - correct answer ✔form, content, and use
Form (language) - correct answer ✔Includes the observable features of language: phonology,
morphology, syntax
Syntax - correct answer ✔System of rules that directs comprehension and production of sentences
Content (language) - correct answer ✔Semantics
