Elementary Education Content Test – ELA
Exam Questions And Answers
Phonics -
correct answer ✅converting letters and blends into sounds to help
recognize words - spelling patterns; link between written and
spoken language
Graphophonemic -
correct answer ✅the recognition of letters and the understanding
of sound-symbol relationships and spelling patterns
Phonics generalizations -
correct answer ✅phonics rules that are taught to emerging
readers to help them learn letter combination sounds to increase
reading and spelling ability.
Alphabetic Principle -
correct answer ✅should be one-to-one correspondence between
morphemes and phonemes
Phonograms -
correct answer ✅letter or group of letters that represent a single
sound
,Elementary Education Content Test – ELA
Exam Questions And Answers
Etymology -
correct answer ✅the origin of a word and how it has changed over
time
Syntax -
correct answer ✅combine words into sentences, how to arrange
the words in one's writing; An author's syntax is determined by the
purpose for his or her writing
Semantics -
correct answer ✅acquire knowledge about the meaning of words;
linguistic field of study about the meanings of words, as well as our
differentiation between words and sentences based on context
Phonology -
correct answer ✅sound structure of a word, produce sounds of
English and manipulate language
Phonemes -
correct answer ✅sounds
,Elementary Education Content Test – ELA
Exam Questions And Answers
Morpheme -
correct answer ✅smallest meaningful unit of language
Grapheme -
correct answer ✅smallest unit of sound in written words;
Letters/letter combination in writing
Phonics -
correct answer ✅spelling rules/patterns
Graphonemic -
correct answer ✅sound/symbol relationship
Phonological awareness -
correct answer ✅broad skill that includes identifying and
manipulating units of oral language along with the ability to attend
to the sound structure of language. The aspect of sounds includes
rhyming and alliteration
Phonemic awareness -
correct answer ✅learning to focus on and manipulate individual
sounds of oral language and understanding that speech is
, Elementary Education Content Test – ELA
Exam Questions And Answers
composed of a series of individual sounds; foundation for spelling
and word recognition skills; developmentally appropriate
Phoneme segmentation -
correct answer ✅is the ability to break words down into individual
sounds
Syllables -
correct answer ✅units of unbroken sounds that combine to form
words
Consonant-le syllables -
correct answer ✅are created by adding a consonant plus '-le' to an
open or closed syllable
Consonant blends -
correct answer ✅when two or more consonants are blended
together but each sound is heard in the blend
Diagraph -
correct answer ✅two consonant sounds that come together to
create a unique single sound
Exam Questions And Answers
Phonics -
correct answer ✅converting letters and blends into sounds to help
recognize words - spelling patterns; link between written and
spoken language
Graphophonemic -
correct answer ✅the recognition of letters and the understanding
of sound-symbol relationships and spelling patterns
Phonics generalizations -
correct answer ✅phonics rules that are taught to emerging
readers to help them learn letter combination sounds to increase
reading and spelling ability.
Alphabetic Principle -
correct answer ✅should be one-to-one correspondence between
morphemes and phonemes
Phonograms -
correct answer ✅letter or group of letters that represent a single
sound
,Elementary Education Content Test – ELA
Exam Questions And Answers
Etymology -
correct answer ✅the origin of a word and how it has changed over
time
Syntax -
correct answer ✅combine words into sentences, how to arrange
the words in one's writing; An author's syntax is determined by the
purpose for his or her writing
Semantics -
correct answer ✅acquire knowledge about the meaning of words;
linguistic field of study about the meanings of words, as well as our
differentiation between words and sentences based on context
Phonology -
correct answer ✅sound structure of a word, produce sounds of
English and manipulate language
Phonemes -
correct answer ✅sounds
,Elementary Education Content Test – ELA
Exam Questions And Answers
Morpheme -
correct answer ✅smallest meaningful unit of language
Grapheme -
correct answer ✅smallest unit of sound in written words;
Letters/letter combination in writing
Phonics -
correct answer ✅spelling rules/patterns
Graphonemic -
correct answer ✅sound/symbol relationship
Phonological awareness -
correct answer ✅broad skill that includes identifying and
manipulating units of oral language along with the ability to attend
to the sound structure of language. The aspect of sounds includes
rhyming and alliteration
Phonemic awareness -
correct answer ✅learning to focus on and manipulate individual
sounds of oral language and understanding that speech is
, Elementary Education Content Test – ELA
Exam Questions And Answers
composed of a series of individual sounds; foundation for spelling
and word recognition skills; developmentally appropriate
Phoneme segmentation -
correct answer ✅is the ability to break words down into individual
sounds
Syllables -
correct answer ✅units of unbroken sounds that combine to form
words
Consonant-le syllables -
correct answer ✅are created by adding a consonant plus '-le' to an
open or closed syllable
Consonant blends -
correct answer ✅when two or more consonants are blended
together but each sound is heard in the blend
Diagraph -
correct answer ✅two consonant sounds that come together to
create a unique single sound
