Multi-Subject CST Birth to 2nd grade
ELA (211) Exam Question & Answers
2026
Phoneme - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a phoneme is the smallest part
of spoken language that makes a difference in the
meaning of words. English has 41 phonemes. A few words, such as a or
oh, have only one
phoneme. Most words, however, have more than one phoneme: The
word if has two phonemes
(/i/ /f/); check has three phonemes (/ch/ /e/ /k/), and stop (/s/ /t/
/o/ /p/) has four
phonemes. Sometimes one phoneme is represented by more than one
letter.
Grapheme - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a grapheme is the smallest part
of written language that represents a phoneme in the
spelling of a word. A grapheme may be just one letter, such as b, d, f, p,
s; or several letters,
such as ch, sh, th, -ck, ea, -igh.
Phonics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The understanding that there is a
predictable relationship between phonemes (sounds
of spoken language) and graphemes (the letters and spellings that
represent those sounds in
written language).
, Multi-Subject CST Birth to 2nd grade
ELA (211) Exam Question & Answers
2026
Phonemic Awareness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The ability to hear,
identify, and manipulate individual sounds -
phonemes - in spoken words. This is purely an auditory skill and does
NOT involve a
connection to the written form of language
Phonological Awareness: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A broad term
that includes phonemic awareness. In addition to
phonemes, phonological awareness activities can involve work with
rhymes, words, syllables, and
onsets and rimes.
Syllable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A word part that contains a vowel,
or, in spoken language, a vowel sound
Onset and Rime: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Parts of spoken language
that are smaller than syllables but larger than
phonemes. An onset is the initial consonant sound of a syllable; a rime
is the part of a syllable
that contains the vowel and all that follows it. STOP (st = onset; op =
rime)
ELA (211) Exam Question & Answers
2026
Phoneme - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a phoneme is the smallest part
of spoken language that makes a difference in the
meaning of words. English has 41 phonemes. A few words, such as a or
oh, have only one
phoneme. Most words, however, have more than one phoneme: The
word if has two phonemes
(/i/ /f/); check has three phonemes (/ch/ /e/ /k/), and stop (/s/ /t/
/o/ /p/) has four
phonemes. Sometimes one phoneme is represented by more than one
letter.
Grapheme - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a grapheme is the smallest part
of written language that represents a phoneme in the
spelling of a word. A grapheme may be just one letter, such as b, d, f, p,
s; or several letters,
such as ch, sh, th, -ck, ea, -igh.
Phonics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The understanding that there is a
predictable relationship between phonemes (sounds
of spoken language) and graphemes (the letters and spellings that
represent those sounds in
written language).
, Multi-Subject CST Birth to 2nd grade
ELA (211) Exam Question & Answers
2026
Phonemic Awareness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The ability to hear,
identify, and manipulate individual sounds -
phonemes - in spoken words. This is purely an auditory skill and does
NOT involve a
connection to the written form of language
Phonological Awareness: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A broad term
that includes phonemic awareness. In addition to
phonemes, phonological awareness activities can involve work with
rhymes, words, syllables, and
onsets and rimes.
Syllable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A word part that contains a vowel,
or, in spoken language, a vowel sound
Onset and Rime: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Parts of spoken language
that are smaller than syllables but larger than
phonemes. An onset is the initial consonant sound of a syllable; a rime
is the part of a syllable
that contains the vowel and all that follows it. STOP (st = onset; op =
rime)
