CALT Exam Questions and
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Open sounds—ANSWER-A class of open speech sounds produced for the easy passage of air
through an open vocal tract. Ex: AEIOU
Consonant—ANSWER-A class of speech sounds in which sounds moving through the vocal
tract is constructed or obstructed by the teeth, tongue, or lips.
Accent—ANSWER-Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or more than one word in a
phrase or a sentence.
Syllable—ANSWER-A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and may include
consonants that precede or follow the vowel.
Open Syllable—ANSWER-A syllable ending with a long vowel sound.
Closed syllable—ANSWER-A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is
usually short.
Base word—ANSWER-A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.
Derivative—ANSWER-A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes.
, Affix—ANSWER-A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base
word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different
from the base word or root word.
Prefix—ANSWER-An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of
that word.
Suffix—ANSWER-A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a
different form or use.
Macron—ANSWER-The diacritical mark above a vowel that indicates a long vowel sound.
Breve—ANSWER-The diacritical mark above a vowel that indicates a short vowel sound in a
closed syllable.
Tilde—ANSWER-The diacritical marking over a vowel before an r to indicate the unaccented
pronunciation in a vowel r combination.
Cedilla—ANSWER-The diacritical mark beneath the letter c to indicate its 'soft' or 's' sound
before the letters e, i, y.
Digraph—ANSWER-Two letters in the same syllable that make one sound.
Trigraph—ANSWER-Three adjacent letters in the same syllable that make one sound.
Quadrigraph—ANSWER-Four adjacent letters in the same syllable that make one sound.
Combination—ANSWER-A pattern of letters which occurs frequently together and the
pronunciation of one or all of the letters is unexpected.
Diphthong—ANSWER-Two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds blend
smoothly together.
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Answers 100% PASS
Open sounds—ANSWER-A class of open speech sounds produced for the easy passage of air
through an open vocal tract. Ex: AEIOU
Consonant—ANSWER-A class of speech sounds in which sounds moving through the vocal
tract is constructed or obstructed by the teeth, tongue, or lips.
Accent—ANSWER-Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or more than one word in a
phrase or a sentence.
Syllable—ANSWER-A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and may include
consonants that precede or follow the vowel.
Open Syllable—ANSWER-A syllable ending with a long vowel sound.
Closed syllable—ANSWER-A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is
usually short.
Base word—ANSWER-A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.
Derivative—ANSWER-A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes.
, Affix—ANSWER-A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base
word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different
from the base word or root word.
Prefix—ANSWER-An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of
that word.
Suffix—ANSWER-A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a
different form or use.
Macron—ANSWER-The diacritical mark above a vowel that indicates a long vowel sound.
Breve—ANSWER-The diacritical mark above a vowel that indicates a short vowel sound in a
closed syllable.
Tilde—ANSWER-The diacritical marking over a vowel before an r to indicate the unaccented
pronunciation in a vowel r combination.
Cedilla—ANSWER-The diacritical mark beneath the letter c to indicate its 'soft' or 's' sound
before the letters e, i, y.
Digraph—ANSWER-Two letters in the same syllable that make one sound.
Trigraph—ANSWER-Three adjacent letters in the same syllable that make one sound.
Quadrigraph—ANSWER-Four adjacent letters in the same syllable that make one sound.
Combination—ANSWER-A pattern of letters which occurs frequently together and the
pronunciation of one or all of the letters is unexpected.
Diphthong—ANSWER-Two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds blend
smoothly together.
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protected by copyright law, Copyrighted By Katelyn Whitman
