CLA Reading Key Terms

What is a phoneme?

• A sound

• The smallest unit of meaning

• The smallest unit of sound

• Another word for the IPA

What is a morpheme?

• The way you represent a phoneme with letters

• A word with many syllables

• A little word

• The smallest unit of meaning

What is a grapheme?

• The way you represent a sound with the IPA

• The way you represent a phoneme with letters

• The font, layout and visual style of a text

• The smallest unit of sound

Which of these are graphemes?

(Tick as many as you want)

• ph

• un-

• f

• -ing

Which of these are morphemes?

(Tick as many as you want)

• happy

• un-

• ough

• -ing

Which of these are phonemes?

(Tick as many as you want)

• /f/

• /do/

• /sh/

• /b/

What kind of morpheme is 'apple'?

What kind of morpheme is 'un-'?

What does Bruner's 'LASS' acronym stand for?

Which of these can act as a LASS?

(Tick as many as you want)

• Menu

• Logos

• Tree

• Parent