Complete LETRS ALL UNITS 1– 4-Volume 1
Units 1–4 + Bonus of 100 most tested
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,ALL QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
1. “Written or spoken language that is more stylistically formal than spoken
conversational language; language that is most often used in academic
discourse or text.” This definition best matches which term?
A. Background knowledge
B. Academic language
C. Alphabetic principle
D. Discourse comprehension
Answer: B. Academic language
2. A part of speech that describes a noun or person (for example, “windy,”
“blue”). Which term is this?
A. Adjective
B. Adverb
C. Noun phrase
D. Comparative adjective
Answer: A. Adjective
3. Which term describes a speech sound that has features of both a fricative
and a stop; in English, /ch/ and /j/ are examples of this?
, A. Glide
B. Affricate
C. Fricative
D. Stop
Answer: B. Affricate
4. Slight variations in how phonemes are pronounced depending on their
position in a word (e.g., vowel before a nasal consonant) are known as
what?
A. Allophones
B. Phonemic awareness
C. Phoneme-grapheme mapping D. Allophonic variation
Answer: D. Allophonic variation
5. The idea that letters are used to represent individual phonemes in spoken
words — insight into this principle is critical for learning to read and spell.
Which term is this definition?
A. Phonics
B. Alphabetic principle
C. Orthography
D. Phonology
, Answer: B. Alphabetic principle
6. Which term means “a word that overlaps with another word, but which
has the opposite meaning”?
A. Synonym
B. Gradable antonym
C. Antonym
D. Complementary antonym
Answer: C. Antonym
7. “The ability to read quickly and accurately without conscious effort”
corresponds to which term? A. Automaticity
B. Background knowledge
C. Fluency
D. Orthographic mapping
Answer: A. Automaticity
8. Which term refers to “preexisting knowledge of facts and ideas necessary
to make inferences” when reading or listening?
A. Background knowledge
B. Vocabulary
C. Discourse comprehension