CALT EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
VERIFIED BY EXPERTS 2024
Rhyming - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>One of the first phonological awareness skills to
develop
Blending & segmenting at syllable level - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Develops at 3-4
years
Segmenting phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Develops at 4-5 years
Isolating beginning sound in words, segmenting phonemes in CVC words - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Develops in kindergarten
Segmenting words with consonant blends - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Develops in first
grade
Receptive oral language - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Listening
Expressive oral language - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Speaking
Receptive written language - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Reading
Expressive written language - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Writing
__ letters representing __ phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>26, 44
5 vowel letters, __ vowel sounds - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>15
Long vowels - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Tense Vowels. (Beet, bait, boat, boot, bite,
boy, bout) (a, e, i, o, u, oy, ou, oo)
Short vowels - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Lax vowels - pat, pet, pit, pot, put, putt (a, e, i
,o, u, oo)
Fricatives - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>produced by a constant flow of air through the
vocal tract (f and v)
Affricates - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>ch/j
Glides - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>W, y
Liquids - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>l, r
, Alphabetic principle - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>an understanding that letters and letter
patterns represent the sounds of spoken language
Six syllable types - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>closed, open, VCe, C+le, R controlled,
vowel pairs
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Language content— meaning of words and the
relationship between and among words
Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Language use— reasons, codes/styles,
conversation rules
Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>the study of speech sounds in language
Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>units of meaning involved in word formation
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>the rules for combining words into grammatically
sensible sentences in a given language
Teutonic Invasion - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Shifted the balance of power in Central
Europe leading up to the Christianizing of Britain
Norman Conquest - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Began in 1066. Led by William the
Conquerer. His military victory at the Battle of Hastings led to Norman control of
England. This control would influence England more with continental Europe than
Scandinavian culture. Would also lead to rivalry between England and France for the
next millenium.
Renaissance - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a
movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and
Rome
The Great Vowel Shift - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>a phonetic shift in the way that long
vowels were pronounced in English
Dyslexia - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>A specific learning disability that is neurological in
origin. It is a deficit in the phonological component of language and is characterized by
poor spelling and decoding abilities.
Inferior frontal gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Broca's area — articulation and word
analysis
Parieto-temporal area - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Brain part responsible for word
analysis
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
VERIFIED BY EXPERTS 2024
Rhyming - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>One of the first phonological awareness skills to
develop
Blending & segmenting at syllable level - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Develops at 3-4
years
Segmenting phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Develops at 4-5 years
Isolating beginning sound in words, segmenting phonemes in CVC words - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Develops in kindergarten
Segmenting words with consonant blends - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Develops in first
grade
Receptive oral language - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Listening
Expressive oral language - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Speaking
Receptive written language - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Reading
Expressive written language - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Writing
__ letters representing __ phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>26, 44
5 vowel letters, __ vowel sounds - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>15
Long vowels - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Tense Vowels. (Beet, bait, boat, boot, bite,
boy, bout) (a, e, i, o, u, oy, ou, oo)
Short vowels - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Lax vowels - pat, pet, pit, pot, put, putt (a, e, i
,o, u, oo)
Fricatives - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>produced by a constant flow of air through the
vocal tract (f and v)
Affricates - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>ch/j
Glides - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>W, y
Liquids - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>l, r
, Alphabetic principle - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>an understanding that letters and letter
patterns represent the sounds of spoken language
Six syllable types - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>closed, open, VCe, C+le, R controlled,
vowel pairs
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Language content— meaning of words and the
relationship between and among words
Pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Language use— reasons, codes/styles,
conversation rules
Phonology - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>the study of speech sounds in language
Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>units of meaning involved in word formation
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>the rules for combining words into grammatically
sensible sentences in a given language
Teutonic Invasion - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Shifted the balance of power in Central
Europe leading up to the Christianizing of Britain
Norman Conquest - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Began in 1066. Led by William the
Conquerer. His military victory at the Battle of Hastings led to Norman control of
England. This control would influence England more with continental Europe than
Scandinavian culture. Would also lead to rivalry between England and France for the
next millenium.
Renaissance - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a
movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and
Rome
The Great Vowel Shift - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>a phonetic shift in the way that long
vowels were pronounced in English
Dyslexia - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>A specific learning disability that is neurological in
origin. It is a deficit in the phonological component of language and is characterized by
poor spelling and decoding abilities.
Inferior frontal gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Broca's area — articulation and word
analysis
Parieto-temporal area - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Brain part responsible for word
analysis
