Phonics Exam Basic Five

The combination of two letters as one sound is called a ___

• diphthong

• digraph

• monopthong

• trigraph

In the pronunciation of 'communicate', the stress is on _________

• com

• mu

• ni

• cate

Stress may be indicated in _______ ways.

• three

• four

• five

• two

One of the following words does not have the /3:/ sound.

• girl

• journey

• Kind

• sir

The digraph 'ph' sounds ________.

• /f/

• /p/

• /s/

• /h/

A _________ is a combination of two vowel sounds.

• diphthong

• triphthong

• monopthong

• either A or B

The vowel sound in 'bread' and 'bury' is _________.

• /I/

• /e/

• /a:/

• /u:/

Which of the following words is represented by this transcription /ji:st/?

• Just

• Gist

• Yeast

• Jeans

Words with one syllable are called ______ words.

• monosyllabic

• tetrasyllabic

• trisyllabic

• Pentasyllabic

There are ________ long vowels in English.

• five

• six

• seven

• eight