ILTS EXAM | 2026/2027 NEWEST UPDATE | COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+
Automaticity - ANSWER The fast, effortless word recognition that comes with a great deal of reading
practice
fluency - ANSWER The ability to read with speed, accuracy, and proper expression. In order to
understand what they read, children must be able to read with _____
Repeated Reading - ANSWER This is one of the best ways to improve students' reading speed. The
students practice rereading a book or an excerpt from a book three to five times, striving to improve
their reading rate and decrease the number of errors they make (Literacy for the 21st Century by Gail
E. Tompkins, Merrill Prentice Hall). This helps improve student automaticity and fluency
past perfect tense verbs - ANSWER used to describe an action that began in the past and happened
prior to another past action.
Example: Mayor Cole displayed the awards that the children "had earned" last year.
past participle - ANSWER a participle that expresses completed action
participle - ANSWER A verb form that can be used as an adjective
future perfect tense - ANSWER Expresses action which will begin in the future and be completed by a
specific time in the future.
i.e. You will have studied the English tenses.
Prior Knowledge - ANSWER knowledge you have before you read a text, which is used to make
inferences about the text. This information can be helpful by providing a foundation to build new
knowledge upon
Scanning - ANSWER reading material in an investigative way to search for specific information
Skimming - ANSWER rapid, superficial reading of material to determine central ideas and main
elements
, Tier One Vocabulary - ANSWER Basic words that commonly appear in spoken language. Because they
are heard frequently in numerous contexts and with nonverbal communication, these words rarely
require explicit instruction.Examples: clock, baby, happy and walk.
Tier Two Vocabulary - ANSWER High frequency words used by mature language users across several
content areas. Because of their lack of redundancy in oral language, these words present challenges
to students who primarily meet them in print. Examples: obvious, complex, establish and verify.
Tier Three Vocabulary - ANSWER Words that are not frequently used except in specific content areas
or domains. These words are central to building knowledge and conceptual understanding within the
various academic domains and should be integral to instruction of content. Medical, legal, biology
and mathematics terms are all examples of these words. (i.e. Posterity)
Allusion - ANSWER A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Allegory - ANSWER a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning,
typically a moral or political one.
Metaphor - ANSWER A comparison without using like or as
Simile - ANSWER A comparison using "like" or "as"
Symbol - ANSWER A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object
representing something abstract.
Folk Literature - ANSWER the body of stories, legends, myths, ballads, songs, riddles, sayings, and
other works arising out of the oral traditions of peoples around the globe
Stages of the writing process - ANSWER prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing
Syntax - ANSWER The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a
language.
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+
Automaticity - ANSWER The fast, effortless word recognition that comes with a great deal of reading
practice
fluency - ANSWER The ability to read with speed, accuracy, and proper expression. In order to
understand what they read, children must be able to read with _____
Repeated Reading - ANSWER This is one of the best ways to improve students' reading speed. The
students practice rereading a book or an excerpt from a book three to five times, striving to improve
their reading rate and decrease the number of errors they make (Literacy for the 21st Century by Gail
E. Tompkins, Merrill Prentice Hall). This helps improve student automaticity and fluency
past perfect tense verbs - ANSWER used to describe an action that began in the past and happened
prior to another past action.
Example: Mayor Cole displayed the awards that the children "had earned" last year.
past participle - ANSWER a participle that expresses completed action
participle - ANSWER A verb form that can be used as an adjective
future perfect tense - ANSWER Expresses action which will begin in the future and be completed by a
specific time in the future.
i.e. You will have studied the English tenses.
Prior Knowledge - ANSWER knowledge you have before you read a text, which is used to make
inferences about the text. This information can be helpful by providing a foundation to build new
knowledge upon
Scanning - ANSWER reading material in an investigative way to search for specific information
Skimming - ANSWER rapid, superficial reading of material to determine central ideas and main
elements
, Tier One Vocabulary - ANSWER Basic words that commonly appear in spoken language. Because they
are heard frequently in numerous contexts and with nonverbal communication, these words rarely
require explicit instruction.Examples: clock, baby, happy and walk.
Tier Two Vocabulary - ANSWER High frequency words used by mature language users across several
content areas. Because of their lack of redundancy in oral language, these words present challenges
to students who primarily meet them in print. Examples: obvious, complex, establish and verify.
Tier Three Vocabulary - ANSWER Words that are not frequently used except in specific content areas
or domains. These words are central to building knowledge and conceptual understanding within the
various academic domains and should be integral to instruction of content. Medical, legal, biology
and mathematics terms are all examples of these words. (i.e. Posterity)
Allusion - ANSWER A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Allegory - ANSWER a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning,
typically a moral or political one.
Metaphor - ANSWER A comparison without using like or as
Simile - ANSWER A comparison using "like" or "as"
Symbol - ANSWER A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object
representing something abstract.
Folk Literature - ANSWER the body of stories, legends, myths, ballads, songs, riddles, sayings, and
other works arising out of the oral traditions of peoples around the globe
Stages of the writing process - ANSWER prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing
Syntax - ANSWER The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a
language.
