MAP MAP Early Literacy (K-2) 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is phonemic awareness?
- The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words (Correct answer)
- The ability to recognize letters of the alphabet
- The ability to read printed words on a page
- The ability to understand the meaning of words
Correct answer: The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words
Phonemic awareness is an oral skill involving the ability to identify and work with individual phonemes (sounds) in spoken words.
Question 2: What sound does the letter 'B' make at the beginning of the word 'ball'?
- /b/ as in 'bat' (Correct answer)
- /p/ as in 'pat'
- /d/ as in 'dog'
- /v/ as in 'van'
Correct answer: /b/ as in 'bat'
The letter 'B' makes the /b/ sound, a voiced bilabial stop produced by pressing both lips together.
Question 3: Which of the following letters is a vowel?
- A (Correct answer)
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer: A
The five basic vowels in English are A, E, I, O, U; all other letters are consonants.
Question 4: What does it mean when two words rhyme?
- They have the same ending sound (Correct answer)
- They start with the same letter
- They have the same number of syllables
- They mean the same thing
Correct answer: They have the same ending sound
Rhyming words share the same ending sound, such as 'cat' and 'bat' or 'moon' and 'spoon.'
Question 5: What is a sight word?
- A frequently used word that readers recognize instantly without sounding out (Correct answer)
- A word that describes something you can see
- A word made up of only vowels
- A word that rhymes with another word
Correct answer: A frequently used word that readers recognize instantly without sounding out
Sight words are high-frequency words like 'the,' 'said,' and 'was' that children learn to recognize immediately by sight.
Question 6: What is the beginning sound (onset) of the word 'cat'?
- /k/ (Correct answer)
- /a/
- /t/
- /ka/
Correct answer: /k/
The beginning sound (onset) of 'cat' is /k/, the sound made by the letter C.
MAP MAP Early Literacy (K-2) 1
What is phonemic awareness?