LETRS Unit 3 Alphabetic Principle
Full Exam Review (Qns & Ans)
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Multiple Choice Questions
Which of the following best describes the Alphabetic Principle?
A) The understanding that letters represent sounds in spoken
language.
B) The ability to read and write without understanding the sound-
symbol relationship.
C) The process of memorizing words as whole units.
D) The recognition of letter shapes only.
Correct ANS: A
Rationale: The Alphabetic Principle is fundamentally about
understanding the relationships between letters and sounds.
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,What is an example of a grapheme?
A) /k/ sound
B) 'p'
C) The word 'cat'
D) Phoneme segmentation
Correct ANS: B
Rationale: A grapheme is a written representation of a sound,
such as a single letter like 'p' or a group of letters.
Phonemic awareness is best described as:
A) The ability to recognize a book's cover.
B) The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds
in spoken words.
C) The ability to read fluently.
D) The ability to write using correct spelling.
Correct ANS: B
Rationale: Phonemic awareness focuses specifically on the sounds
in spoken language.
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,In teaching, the concept of “decoding” refers to:
A) Understanding the meaning of text.
B) The ability to sound out words using their letters.
C) The memorization of sight words.
D) Writing in a cursive form.
Correct ANS: B
Rationale: Decoding is specifically about translating written
words into their spoken forms.
Which of the following phonics patterns is least likely to follow
the Alphabetic Principle?
A) CVC patterns
B) Consonant blends
C) Sight words
D) Vowel teams
Correct ANS: C
Rationale: Sight words do not follow typical phonetic rules and
often cannot be decoded phonetically.
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, Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
The __________ principle explains how letters and sounds
correlate in written English.
Correct ANS: Alphabetic
Rationale: The term directly refers to key relationships between
written letters and their corresponding sounds.
A __________ consists of two or more consonants blended
together, with each consonant retaining its sound.
Correct ANS: consonant blend
Rationale: A consonant blend contains multiple sounds
pronounced together.
The strategy known as __________ involves teaching students to
look for familiar patterns in spelling.
Correct ANS: analogy
Rationale: Analogy-based phonics helps learners use known
words to read new, similar-sounding words.
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Full Exam Review (Qns & Ans)
2025
Multiple Choice Questions
Which of the following best describes the Alphabetic Principle?
A) The understanding that letters represent sounds in spoken
language.
B) The ability to read and write without understanding the sound-
symbol relationship.
C) The process of memorizing words as whole units.
D) The recognition of letter shapes only.
Correct ANS: A
Rationale: The Alphabetic Principle is fundamentally about
understanding the relationships between letters and sounds.
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,What is an example of a grapheme?
A) /k/ sound
B) 'p'
C) The word 'cat'
D) Phoneme segmentation
Correct ANS: B
Rationale: A grapheme is a written representation of a sound,
such as a single letter like 'p' or a group of letters.
Phonemic awareness is best described as:
A) The ability to recognize a book's cover.
B) The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds
in spoken words.
C) The ability to read fluently.
D) The ability to write using correct spelling.
Correct ANS: B
Rationale: Phonemic awareness focuses specifically on the sounds
in spoken language.
©2025
,In teaching, the concept of “decoding” refers to:
A) Understanding the meaning of text.
B) The ability to sound out words using their letters.
C) The memorization of sight words.
D) Writing in a cursive form.
Correct ANS: B
Rationale: Decoding is specifically about translating written
words into their spoken forms.
Which of the following phonics patterns is least likely to follow
the Alphabetic Principle?
A) CVC patterns
B) Consonant blends
C) Sight words
D) Vowel teams
Correct ANS: C
Rationale: Sight words do not follow typical phonetic rules and
often cannot be decoded phonetically.
©2025
, Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
The __________ principle explains how letters and sounds
correlate in written English.
Correct ANS: Alphabetic
Rationale: The term directly refers to key relationships between
written letters and their corresponding sounds.
A __________ consists of two or more consonants blended
together, with each consonant retaining its sound.
Correct ANS: consonant blend
Rationale: A consonant blend contains multiple sounds
pronounced together.
The strategy known as __________ involves teaching students to
look for familiar patterns in spelling.
Correct ANS: analogy
Rationale: Analogy-based phonics helps learners use known
words to read new, similar-sounding words.
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