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NES SUBTEST 1 – PRACTICE (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
TEST QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
phonological awareness - (answer)an awareness of and the ability to manipulate
the sounds of spoken words.
phonemic awareness - (answer)The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
Phonics - (answer)Relationship between spoken sounds and written letters
Reading Fluency - (answer)Rate (speed), accuracy (decoding), and prosody
(expression)
5 stages of language acquisition (ell) - (answer)Preproduction, early production,
speech emergence, intermediate fluency, advanced fluency
5stages of language proficiency - (answer)L1 entering, l2 beginning, l3
developing, l4 expanding, l5 bridging
Theme - (answer)Basic idea the author wants to convey
Moral - (answer)Lesson taught by a literary work
central idea - (answer)basic underlying idea of informational text
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Summarization - (answer)Main idea and key details
Story elements - (answer)Characters, setting, plot, conflict, and the resolution
rhyme scheme - (answer)the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines
of a poem or verse.
Meter - (answer)basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
first person - (answer)"I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective.
second person - (answer)Told from the reader's point of view, using "you"
third person objective - (answer)Detached narrator, relays action and dialogue
but no thoughts or feelings
third person limited - (answer)Detached narrator tells story through one
characters point of view with only their thoughts and feelings
third person omniscient - (answer)Detached all knowing narrator
Text features - (answer)Images, headings, sidebars, hyperlinks
NES SUBTEST 1 – PRACTICE (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
TEST QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
phonological awareness - (answer)an awareness of and the ability to manipulate
the sounds of spoken words.
phonemic awareness - (answer)The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
Phonics - (answer)Relationship between spoken sounds and written letters
Reading Fluency - (answer)Rate (speed), accuracy (decoding), and prosody
(expression)
5 stages of language acquisition (ell) - (answer)Preproduction, early production,
speech emergence, intermediate fluency, advanced fluency
5stages of language proficiency - (answer)L1 entering, l2 beginning, l3
developing, l4 expanding, l5 bridging
Theme - (answer)Basic idea the author wants to convey
Moral - (answer)Lesson taught by a literary work
central idea - (answer)basic underlying idea of informational text
, 2|Page
Summarization - (answer)Main idea and key details
Story elements - (answer)Characters, setting, plot, conflict, and the resolution
rhyme scheme - (answer)the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines
of a poem or verse.
Meter - (answer)basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
first person - (answer)"I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective.
second person - (answer)Told from the reader's point of view, using "you"
third person objective - (answer)Detached narrator, relays action and dialogue
but no thoughts or feelings
third person limited - (answer)Detached narrator tells story through one
characters point of view with only their thoughts and feelings
third person omniscient - (answer)Detached all knowing narrator
Text features - (answer)Images, headings, sidebars, hyperlinks
