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LETRS UNIT 4 POST-TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPL ETE
SOLUTIONS.
Question : Based on the grapheme representing /sh/,
which word is probably from French?machinesugarwashmission
CORRECT ANSWER : machine
Question : Which of the following words is most probably
from the Anglo-Saxon layer of English?chorusplaygroundsectionunique
CORRECT ANSWER : playground
Question : Because of arbitrary and historical conventions
governing English orthography, some letters can never be used to end a word. Which word can be explained by that principle?longsillhaveyuck
CORRECT ANSWER : have
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Question : In phoneme-grapheme mapping, students first
segment and mark boxes for the phonemes. Then, they map the graphemes. If students were mapping the graphemes in the word flight, how many boxes (phonemes) would they need?1234
CORRECT ANSWER : 4
Question : In phoneme-grapheme mapping, students first
segment and mark boxes for the phonemes. Then, they map the graphemes. If students were mapping the graphemes in the word badge, how many boxes (phonemes) would they need?2345
CORRECT ANSWER : 3
Question : In phoneme-grapheme mapping, students first
segment and mark boxes for the phonemes. Then, they map the graphemes. If students were mapping the graphemes in the word timing, how many boxes (phonemes) would they need?2345
CORRECT ANSWER : 5
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Question : If you were teaching the soft c for reading and
spelling, which words could be used as examples?circus, cycle, centerclock, coat, campcheek, cherry, chickenpicnic, panic, backpack
CORRECT ANSWER : circus, cycle, center
Question : Which of the following two-syllable words
contains an open syllable followed by a closed syllable?cometsecrethappycowboy
CORRECT ANSWER : secret
Question : Which of the following two-syllable words
contains a vowel team syllable followed by a syllable with a vowel-r pattern?cheerygirlfriendpowercondor
CORRECT ANSWER : ....(not cheery or condor)
Question : If a third-grade student writes, "My new puppy
is very plafull," what does his misspelling of the word playful most likely indicate?He has not identified the phonemes in the word.He needs a good review of basic letter-sound correspondences.He needs to learn to think
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about the morphemes, or meaningful parts, in longer words.He needs more review of open and closed syllable combinations.
CORRECT ANSWER : He needs to learn to think about
the morphemes, or meaningful parts, in longer words.
Question : Which word might be found in a lesson on
adverb (adverbial) suffixes?happyhappinesshappierhappily
CORRECT ANSWER : happily
Question : What is the best explanation for the spelling of
smiled during a lesson on rules for adding suffixes to base words?Words ending in silent e drop the e when a vowel suffix is added.When adding -ed to a word ending in silent e, just add d.Since two e,/i>'s can't go together, drop one when adding -ed.There is no principle or rule to explain this; every word must be learned separately.
CORRECT ANSWER : Words ending in silent e drop
the e when a vowel suffix is added.