RVE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is not a function word?
A. And
B. Dog
C. The
D. For - Answers :B. Dog
Which classes of words occur more frequently in oral and written language? - Answers
:Function
Children can ____________________ before they can _________________ - Answers
:Understand, speak
What percentage of the time when we read are our eyes fixated? - Answers :90-95%
A pair of graphemes that represent a single phoneme that is different from a the normal
sounds of either grapheme is called a - Answers :Dipgraph
A gliding sound within a single syllable that starts at or near the articulatory position of
one vowel and move to or toward the position of another as in "toy" or "boil" - Answers
:Diphthong
The letters "bl" in blue are an example of a - Answers :Consonant blend
Which of the following is NOT a similarity for reading and writing?
A. Both are written forms of communication
B. Context is created for both
C. Both are language dependent
D. Each reinforce the other - Answers :B. Context is created for both
What term describes the understanding that spoken words consist of a sequence of
individual sounds - Answers :Phonemic awareness
Phonemic awareness is the ability to attend to and manipulate the smallest units of -
Answers :sounds
What word is an example of a free morpheme? - Answers :Chair
The understanding that the sounds (whether syllables, onsets, rimes, phonemes) in
spoken language work together to make words. - Answers :Phonological awareness
Which of the following words has three distinct phonemes?
Phony
Muck
She
,Right - Answers :Muck
The linguistic term used to describe the merging, or overlapping, of two sounds (one
consonant, one vowel) such that neither sound can be separated in the acoustic stream
of speech - Answers :Co-articulation
The smallest unit of meaning in a word - Answers :Morpheme
The smallest unit of sound in a word - Answers :Phoneme
The letter "ough" in the word "through" are an example of - Answers :Rime
The letters "st" in the word "stage" are an example of - Answers :Onset
The understanding that individual sounds can be represented by the letters in written
language - Answers :Alphabetic principle
Letter or series of letters that stand for a sound, syllable, syllable part, or series of
sounds - Answers :Phonograms
Syllable in which a single vowel is following by a consonant; the vowel sound is usually
short or tense - Answers :Closed syllable
Which of the following pairs of words demonstrate that different letter combinations can
represent the same speech sound? - Answers :Phone.....laugh
Oral language development when children use two-word utterances - Answers
:Telegraphic speech
Syllable ending with a single vowel; the vowel sound is usually long or tense - Answers
:Open syllable
Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Spoken language is learned naturally
B. Readers can vary their speed
C. Listeners cannot vary their speed
D. Learning to read and write are "natural" - Answers :D. Learning to read and write are
"natural"
Spoken language is - Answers :Temporal
Which language theory holds that humans are predisposed to learn language and that
there are universal thought structures that help humans learn language? - Answers
:Nativist
, What is NOT one of Lenneberg's principles of language learning? - Answers :Language
is not learned with ease
Rhythm, stress, intonation of speech - Answers :Prosody
An awareness of the ability to manipulate the sounds of spoken words; it is a broad term
that includes recognizing and making rhymes, recognizing alliteration, identifying and
working with syllables in spoken words, identifying and working with onsets and rhymes
in spoken syllables - Answers :Phonological awareness
How many phonemes does the word "shade" have? - Answers :3
Research supports that highly skilled readers - Answers :Read almost every word
accurately and quickly
Words that cannot by sounded out according to regular pronunciation rules are called
irregular words. Which list below contains irregular words?
A. Do, said, was, of
B. We, him, get, so
C. Man, came, well, it
D. How, had, make, not - Answers :A. Do, said, was, of
A first-grade student shows evidence of phonological awareness but has difficulty
segmenting words into phonemes. Which of the below questions is likely to be the most
challenging for the student to answer?
A) Listen to these word parts: /p/.../i/.../ck/. What is the word?
B) Which two words rhyme: fun, sun, tan?
C) Listen to this word: sad. How many sounds do you hear?
D) Which two words have the same medial sound: fit, bin, can? - Answers :C. Listen to
this word: "sad". How many sounds do you hear?
Having just broken her truck, a girl attending preschool complained to her teacher, "I
breaked my truck, Mr. Frank." Which of the following best characterizes the girl's
statement?
A) It is an oral miscue.
B) It is an example of telegraphic speech.
C) It exhibits an overgeneralization.
D) It demonstrates a semantic confusion. - Answers :C. It exhibits an
overgeneralization.
Teacher: What is the first sounds in tan?
Student: The first sound in tan is /t/.
The teacher is assessing the student's ability to do which of the following phonemic
awareness tasks? - Answers :Phoneme isolation
Which of the following is not a function word?
A. And
B. Dog
C. The
D. For - Answers :B. Dog
Which classes of words occur more frequently in oral and written language? - Answers
:Function
Children can ____________________ before they can _________________ - Answers
:Understand, speak
What percentage of the time when we read are our eyes fixated? - Answers :90-95%
A pair of graphemes that represent a single phoneme that is different from a the normal
sounds of either grapheme is called a - Answers :Dipgraph
A gliding sound within a single syllable that starts at or near the articulatory position of
one vowel and move to or toward the position of another as in "toy" or "boil" - Answers
:Diphthong
The letters "bl" in blue are an example of a - Answers :Consonant blend
Which of the following is NOT a similarity for reading and writing?
A. Both are written forms of communication
B. Context is created for both
C. Both are language dependent
D. Each reinforce the other - Answers :B. Context is created for both
What term describes the understanding that spoken words consist of a sequence of
individual sounds - Answers :Phonemic awareness
Phonemic awareness is the ability to attend to and manipulate the smallest units of -
Answers :sounds
What word is an example of a free morpheme? - Answers :Chair
The understanding that the sounds (whether syllables, onsets, rimes, phonemes) in
spoken language work together to make words. - Answers :Phonological awareness
Which of the following words has three distinct phonemes?
Phony
Muck
She
,Right - Answers :Muck
The linguistic term used to describe the merging, or overlapping, of two sounds (one
consonant, one vowel) such that neither sound can be separated in the acoustic stream
of speech - Answers :Co-articulation
The smallest unit of meaning in a word - Answers :Morpheme
The smallest unit of sound in a word - Answers :Phoneme
The letter "ough" in the word "through" are an example of - Answers :Rime
The letters "st" in the word "stage" are an example of - Answers :Onset
The understanding that individual sounds can be represented by the letters in written
language - Answers :Alphabetic principle
Letter or series of letters that stand for a sound, syllable, syllable part, or series of
sounds - Answers :Phonograms
Syllable in which a single vowel is following by a consonant; the vowel sound is usually
short or tense - Answers :Closed syllable
Which of the following pairs of words demonstrate that different letter combinations can
represent the same speech sound? - Answers :Phone.....laugh
Oral language development when children use two-word utterances - Answers
:Telegraphic speech
Syllable ending with a single vowel; the vowel sound is usually long or tense - Answers
:Open syllable
Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Spoken language is learned naturally
B. Readers can vary their speed
C. Listeners cannot vary their speed
D. Learning to read and write are "natural" - Answers :D. Learning to read and write are
"natural"
Spoken language is - Answers :Temporal
Which language theory holds that humans are predisposed to learn language and that
there are universal thought structures that help humans learn language? - Answers
:Nativist
, What is NOT one of Lenneberg's principles of language learning? - Answers :Language
is not learned with ease
Rhythm, stress, intonation of speech - Answers :Prosody
An awareness of the ability to manipulate the sounds of spoken words; it is a broad term
that includes recognizing and making rhymes, recognizing alliteration, identifying and
working with syllables in spoken words, identifying and working with onsets and rhymes
in spoken syllables - Answers :Phonological awareness
How many phonemes does the word "shade" have? - Answers :3
Research supports that highly skilled readers - Answers :Read almost every word
accurately and quickly
Words that cannot by sounded out according to regular pronunciation rules are called
irregular words. Which list below contains irregular words?
A. Do, said, was, of
B. We, him, get, so
C. Man, came, well, it
D. How, had, make, not - Answers :A. Do, said, was, of
A first-grade student shows evidence of phonological awareness but has difficulty
segmenting words into phonemes. Which of the below questions is likely to be the most
challenging for the student to answer?
A) Listen to these word parts: /p/.../i/.../ck/. What is the word?
B) Which two words rhyme: fun, sun, tan?
C) Listen to this word: sad. How many sounds do you hear?
D) Which two words have the same medial sound: fit, bin, can? - Answers :C. Listen to
this word: "sad". How many sounds do you hear?
Having just broken her truck, a girl attending preschool complained to her teacher, "I
breaked my truck, Mr. Frank." Which of the following best characterizes the girl's
statement?
A) It is an oral miscue.
B) It is an example of telegraphic speech.
C) It exhibits an overgeneralization.
D) It demonstrates a semantic confusion. - Answers :C. It exhibits an
overgeneralization.
Teacher: What is the first sounds in tan?
Student: The first sound in tan is /t/.
The teacher is assessing the student's ability to do which of the following phonemic
awareness tasks? - Answers :Phoneme isolation
