RICA SUBTEST 3 EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Phonemic Awareness
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: The ability to hear,
identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral
language.
◉ Phonics
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: the study of the
sounds of the letters of the alphabet
◉ Alphabetic Principle
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: States that speech
sounds are represented by letters
◉ Phonemes
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: The smallest unit
of speech
◉ Grapheme
, C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: The English letters
that represent phoneme
ex. bat, the phoneme is /b/ the grapheme is b.
ex. duck, the phoneme /k/ the grapheme is ck.
◉ Onset and Rime
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: In a syllable, the
onset is the initial consonant or consonants, and the rime is the vowel
and any consonants that follow it (e.g., the word sat, the onset is "s" and
the rime is "at". In the word flip, the onset is "fl" and the rime is "ip").
◉ Phonograms
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: rimes that have the
same spelling. word families. (cat, bat, sat)
◉ The role of phonological awareness in reading development
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: *The acquisition
of phonemic awareness is predictive with the success in learning to read.
*Phonemic awareness is the foundation for understanding the sound-
symbol relationships of English.
◉ How to teach phonological awareness (5)
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: 1. Word
awareness: children being aware that sentences are composed of words.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Phonemic Awareness
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: The ability to hear,
identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral
language.
◉ Phonics
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: the study of the
sounds of the letters of the alphabet
◉ Alphabetic Principle
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: States that speech
sounds are represented by letters
◉ Phonemes
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: The smallest unit
of speech
◉ Grapheme
, C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: The English letters
that represent phoneme
ex. bat, the phoneme is /b/ the grapheme is b.
ex. duck, the phoneme /k/ the grapheme is ck.
◉ Onset and Rime
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: In a syllable, the
onset is the initial consonant or consonants, and the rime is the vowel
and any consonants that follow it (e.g., the word sat, the onset is "s" and
the rime is "at". In the word flip, the onset is "fl" and the rime is "ip").
◉ Phonograms
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: rimes that have the
same spelling. word families. (cat, bat, sat)
◉ The role of phonological awareness in reading development
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: *The acquisition
of phonemic awareness is predictive with the success in learning to read.
*Phonemic awareness is the foundation for understanding the sound-
symbol relationships of English.
◉ How to teach phonological awareness (5)
C3: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Answer: 1. Word
awareness: children being aware that sentences are composed of words.
