Language and Phonetics Quiz

What is the smallest unit of spoken language that makes a difference in a word’s meaning?

• Grapheme

• Phoneme

• Syllable

• Morpheme

What is a letter or combination of letters that represent a phoneme called?

• Digraph

• Blend

• Grapheme

• Onset

What term describes two consonant letters or a vowel pair that together stand for a single sound?

• Blend

• Digraph

• Onset

• Morpheme

What is the term for the meaningful parts of words that can stand alone or be bound to other morphemes?

• Phoneme

• Grapheme

• Morpheme

• Syllable

What is the short vowel mark called?

• Macron

• Breve

• Digraph

• Onset

What is the ability to detect, identify, and manipulate phonemes in spoken words known as?

• Phonological Awareness

• Print Awareness

• Phonemic Awareness

• Concept of Word

What is the study of the neurological processes involved in learning to read called?

• Science of Reading

• Alphabetic Principle

• Phonological Awareness

• Orthographic Processing

What does the Alphabetic Principle help us understand?

• The meaning of words

• The structure of sentences

• That letter and letter combinations represent sounds

• The role of punctuation

What is the role of the phonological processor?

• Processing the print that we see

• Processing the sounds that we hear

• Understanding sentence structure

• Identifying word meanings

What is the onset in onset-rime division?

• Everything after the vowel

• The entire word

• Everything before the vowel

• The middle of the word