Phonemic awareness Quiz

Phonemic awareness is:

• a strong predictor of future reading success

• A sub skill of phonological awareness

• a foundational reading skill

• all of the above

There are ______ sounds in the English language:

• exactly 26

• more than 60

• more than 40

• exactly 52

Phoneme blending is:

• easier than syllable blending

• harder than onset and rime

• easier than identifying rhyming words

• more difficult than phoneme addition, deletion, and substitution

The onset sound(s) is the:

• last sound in a syllable

• the vowel and any following consonant sounds at the end of a syllable

• the vowel sound in a syllable

• sounds before the vowel in a syllable

The word eight has how many phonemes?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

Phonological awareness is:

• a person’s ability to hear sound structures of speech

• a person’s ability to manipulate sound structures of speech

• a print-free skill set

• all of the above

How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual words?

• by placing the letters between slashes /b/

• by placing the letters between asterisks *b*

• by placing the letters in parentheses (b)

• by placing the letters between percent signs %b%

How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of the following is an example of phoneme segmentation?

• a child telling his teacher that the first sound in run is /r/

• a child sounding out an unknown word ("/b/ /e/ /s/ /t/ ... best")

• a child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/

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

• phonics

• phonological awareness

• phonemes

• phonemic awareness