ICLA STANDARD 1 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMS SET TESTED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● affix
Answer: a suffix or prefix attached to a base word, stem or root
●● aliteracy
Answer: the idea that a student is able but chooses not to
●● alliteration
Answer: a phrase or line of speech in which the same beginning sound
us repeated in two or more words. Ex: big burly bears bashes berry
baskets
●● alphabetic principle
Answer: the concept that letters of the alphabet represent the sounds of
spoken language
●● analogy principle
Answer: a phonics approach that uses a known rime to learn/practice a
new word. Ex: sat, mat, rat
,●● analytic phonics
Answer: a phonics approach that uses word parts (phonemic,
orthographic and morphologic) to learn a new word.
Ex:
phonemic-mat, run
orthographic- flsz rule or the cat/kite rule
morphologic-sign, signal
●● automaticity
Answer: ability to read words quickly and accurately
●● base word
Answer: a word in which prefixes and or suffixes are added
example: the base word "unwholesome" is "whole"
●● blends
Answer: two or three consonants that can appear at the beginning or end
of words EVERY SOUND REPRESENTED IN A BLEND IS
PRONOUNCED
example: bl,fl,sl,gr,tr,pr,scr,sp,sn
●● choral reading
, Answer: oral reading in union with another person or persons to improve
fluency
●● closed syllable
Answer: a syllable that contains a short vowel sound and ends with or is
closed by a consonant sound
example: hit,match,rab-bit,hot-dog,fan-tas-tic, in-vest-ment
●● cognates
Answer: words in different languages derived from the same root
example: accident (english) and accidente (spanish)
●● compound words
Answer: words made up of two or more base words (free morphemes)
examples: backpack, sunflower, drumstick, gingerbread
●● concepts of print
Answer: understanding how books are organized (front to back, page
turning, titles, illistrations), how pring is oriented on the page (top to
bottom, left to right), and features of print such as puncuations and
capitilizations
●● consonant
EXAMS SET TESTED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● affix
Answer: a suffix or prefix attached to a base word, stem or root
●● aliteracy
Answer: the idea that a student is able but chooses not to
●● alliteration
Answer: a phrase or line of speech in which the same beginning sound
us repeated in two or more words. Ex: big burly bears bashes berry
baskets
●● alphabetic principle
Answer: the concept that letters of the alphabet represent the sounds of
spoken language
●● analogy principle
Answer: a phonics approach that uses a known rime to learn/practice a
new word. Ex: sat, mat, rat
,●● analytic phonics
Answer: a phonics approach that uses word parts (phonemic,
orthographic and morphologic) to learn a new word.
Ex:
phonemic-mat, run
orthographic- flsz rule or the cat/kite rule
morphologic-sign, signal
●● automaticity
Answer: ability to read words quickly and accurately
●● base word
Answer: a word in which prefixes and or suffixes are added
example: the base word "unwholesome" is "whole"
●● blends
Answer: two or three consonants that can appear at the beginning or end
of words EVERY SOUND REPRESENTED IN A BLEND IS
PRONOUNCED
example: bl,fl,sl,gr,tr,pr,scr,sp,sn
●● choral reading
, Answer: oral reading in union with another person or persons to improve
fluency
●● closed syllable
Answer: a syllable that contains a short vowel sound and ends with or is
closed by a consonant sound
example: hit,match,rab-bit,hot-dog,fan-tas-tic, in-vest-ment
●● cognates
Answer: words in different languages derived from the same root
example: accident (english) and accidente (spanish)
●● compound words
Answer: words made up of two or more base words (free morphemes)
examples: backpack, sunflower, drumstick, gingerbread
●● concepts of print
Answer: understanding how books are organized (front to back, page
turning, titles, illistrations), how pring is oriented on the page (top to
bottom, left to right), and features of print such as puncuations and
capitilizations
●● consonant
