WGU D669 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Print Awareness - ANS The understanding that printed text carries meaning, including the
recognition of words, letters, and the functions of various elements in a book or written
material.
Letter Awareness - ANS The understanding that letters are representations of sounds.
Book Awareness - ANS The understanding of how books work, including concepts such as
reading from left to right, turning pages, and recognizing the front and back covers.
Word Awareness - ANS The recognition and understanding of individual words as distinct
units of language, including their sounds, meanings, and spellings.
Concepts About Print - ANS The understanding of how printed materials, such as books and
other written texts, function and are structured.
Phonological Awareness - ANS The ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds of spoken
language, including words, syllables, and phonemes (individual speech sounds), without
necessarily understanding the meaning of the words.
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, Phonemic Awareness - ANS A subset of phonological awareness and specifically refers to the
ability to recognize and manipulate individual phonemes (speech sounds) in spoken words.
Syllables - ANS Units of sound within words that contain a single vowel sound and may or
may not be preceded or followed by consonant sounds.
Onset - ANS The initial consonant or consonant cluster of a syllable that comes before the
vowel sound.
Rime - ANS The part of a syllable that consists of the vowel sound and any consonant sounds
that follow it.
Consonant - ANS A speech sound produced by obstructing the flow of air through the vocal
tract.
Vowel - ANS A speech sound produced without significant constriction or closure of the vocal
tract.
Stops - ANS Consonant sounds produced by one push of breath and then stopping the air,
including /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/.
Nasals - ANS Consonant sounds produced with the nasal passage open, allowing air to escape
through the nose, including /n/, /m/, and /ng/.
Fricatives - ANS Consonant sounds produced by forcing air through a narrow opening or
passage in the vocal tract, creating friction, this includes /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /sh/, /zh/, and /th/.
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Print Awareness - ANS The understanding that printed text carries meaning, including the
recognition of words, letters, and the functions of various elements in a book or written
material.
Letter Awareness - ANS The understanding that letters are representations of sounds.
Book Awareness - ANS The understanding of how books work, including concepts such as
reading from left to right, turning pages, and recognizing the front and back covers.
Word Awareness - ANS The recognition and understanding of individual words as distinct
units of language, including their sounds, meanings, and spellings.
Concepts About Print - ANS The understanding of how printed materials, such as books and
other written texts, function and are structured.
Phonological Awareness - ANS The ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds of spoken
language, including words, syllables, and phonemes (individual speech sounds), without
necessarily understanding the meaning of the words.
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, Phonemic Awareness - ANS A subset of phonological awareness and specifically refers to the
ability to recognize and manipulate individual phonemes (speech sounds) in spoken words.
Syllables - ANS Units of sound within words that contain a single vowel sound and may or
may not be preceded or followed by consonant sounds.
Onset - ANS The initial consonant or consonant cluster of a syllable that comes before the
vowel sound.
Rime - ANS The part of a syllable that consists of the vowel sound and any consonant sounds
that follow it.
Consonant - ANS A speech sound produced by obstructing the flow of air through the vocal
tract.
Vowel - ANS A speech sound produced without significant constriction or closure of the vocal
tract.
Stops - ANS Consonant sounds produced by one push of breath and then stopping the air,
including /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/.
Nasals - ANS Consonant sounds produced with the nasal passage open, allowing air to escape
through the nose, including /n/, /m/, and /ng/.
Fricatives - ANS Consonant sounds produced by forcing air through a narrow opening or
passage in the vocal tract, creating friction, this includes /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /sh/, /zh/, and /th/.
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