OAE Phonics and Word Recognition 2

Question 1

The word 'strength' contains how many phonemes?

Accepted Answer

7

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5

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6

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8

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a vowel diphthong?

Accepted Answer

The 'oi' in 'coin'

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The 'ea' in 'beat'

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The 'ou' in 'you'

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The 'ee' in 'feet'

Question 3

An r-controlled vowel (as in 'car,' 'bird,' 'horn') is sometimes called a 'bossy r' because:

Accepted Answer

The r changes the expected sound of the preceding vowel

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The r is always silent

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The r adds an extra syllable to the word

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The r makes the vowel long

Question 4

A student successfully reads 'unhappy' by recognizing 'un-' as a prefix. This strategy is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Morphemic analysis

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Context clue use

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Phoneme blending

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Sight word recognition

Question 5

Which syllable type contains a vowel followed by a consonant within the same syllable?

Accepted Answer

Closed syllable

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Open syllable

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Vowel team syllable

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Silent-e syllable

Question 6

When a student decodes 'blend' by recognizing /bl/ followed by /end/, they are using knowledge of:

Accepted Answer

Consonant blends

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Consonant digraphs

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Vowel digraphs

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Syllable division