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  1. Which word has three phonemes?

    Answer: ship

    'Ship' has three phonemes: /ʃ/ /ɪ/ /p/ — the 'sh' digraph counts as one sound.

  2. The FastBridge aReading Foundational Skills subtest is primarily designed to assess:

    Answer: Early literacy skills like phonemic awareness and decoding

    The Foundational Skills domain targets early literacy building blocks such as phonemic awareness, phonics, and decoding.

  3. A student reads 'chip' correctly. Which phonics skill did the student apply?

    Answer: Consonant digraph decoding

    'Ch' is a consonant digraph making one sound /tʃ/, so reading 'chip' correctly shows digraph knowledge.

  4. What does 'phonological awareness' include that 'phonemic awareness' does NOT?

    Answer: Awareness of larger units like words and syllables

    Phonological awareness is broader and includes awareness of syllables, words, and rhymes, while phonemic awareness focuses only on individual phonemes.

  5. Which word follows the VCC (vowel-consonant-consonant) pattern that typically signals a short vowel?

    Answer: belt

    'Belt' has the pattern vowel (e) + two consonants (lt), which signals the vowel is short /ɛ/.

  6. A student who can segment 'frog' into /f/ /r/ /ɒ/ /g/ is demonstrating:

    Answer: Phoneme segmentation

    Phoneme segmentation is the ability to break a spoken word into its individual sounds.

  7. Which syllable type is represented by the word 'me'?

    Answer: Open syllable

    An open syllable ends with a vowel, as in 'me,' which causes the vowel to be long.