Phonological and Phonemic Awareness: Post-Test

The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the onsets and rimes in words is called___________:

• phonics

• phonological awareness

• phonemes

• phonemic awareness

The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate discrete, individual sounds in words is called _________.

• phonics

• phonological awareness

• phonemes

• phonemic awareness

How many speech sounds are there in the English language?

• between 26 and 28

• between 30 and 32

• between 42 and 44

• none of the above

An example of phonemic awareness is:

• a child writing his own name

• a child categorizing pictures that begin with the same sound

• child retelling a story

• a child re-reading a story to help foster his fluency

Phonemic awareness activities include:

• blending sounds together to make a word

• identifying words that begin with the same sound

• breaking a word into individual sounds

• all of the above

Phonological awareness activities include________________:

• syllable blending

• story writing

• text comprehension

• none of the above

Digraphs such as "sh" make ___________ sound(s).

• 1

• 2

• 3

• none of the above

When teaching phonological awareness, teachers should:

• use multisensory activities

• teach each skill to mastery

• start with the simplest skills and build to harder skills

• all of the above

Phonemic awareness:

• can be assessed by teachers

• is a necessary component of reading

• can be introduced to students as a game

• all of the above

Phonemic awareness is one part of ____________, which also includes activities on phonemes, rhymes, syllables, and more:

• phonological awareness

• text comprehension

• print awareness

• all of the above