CALT Exam Prep Set
1. Norman Invasion: 1066 A.D., had a great effect on English language, Williamthe
Conqueror, French spoken by upper class brought words like furniture, painter,tailor, beef,
pork, mutton, Brought monks who added w and u, also the dot for the iand tail for the j.
Alphabet complete at 26 letters
2. Number words one to a thousand: Anglo-Saxon
3. Most of the basic color words: Anglo-Saxon
4. The names of farm, forest and ocean animals: Anglo-Saxon
5. Outer body parts: Anglo-Saxon
6. Short, common everyday words: the, run, and, play, work: Anglo-Saxon
7. Words with gh: laugh, cough, right, high: Anglo-Saxon
8. Words with ck: pick, duck, sack: Anglo-Saxon
9. Words with k: king, kiss, kilt, hook: Anglo-Saxon
10. Words with kn or gn in initial position: knee, knife, gnat, gnash: Anglo-Sax-on
11. Words with tw: twin, twilight, between: Anglo-Saxon
12. Words with wr: write, wring, wrist: Anglo-Saxon
13. Short words with ch pronounced /ch/ chest, cheap: Anglo-Saxon
14. One-syllable words with tch: witch, hatch, match: Anglo-Saxon
15. One-syllable words with dge: edge, ridge, hedge: Anglo-Saxon
16. Short words with th: this, these, bath: Anglo-Saxon
17. Words with wh: why, while, when: Anglo-Saxon
18. Words with double consonants: better, ladder, carrot: Anglo-Saxon
19. One-syllable words that end in ff, ll ss Floss Words: Anglo-Saxon
20. Words with ow: plow, snow, brow, blow: Anglo-Saxon
21. Short words with silent letters: walk, should, thumb, listen: Anglo-Saxon
22. Wild Old Words: mind, most, kind: Anglo-Saxon
23. Most pronouns: he, she, us: Anglo-Saxon
24. Most F. S. S. words handle, thimble, twinkle: Anglo-Saxon
25. Words with hard g before e and i: gift, giddy, girl, begin: Anglo-Saxon
, 26. Words with ng: Anglo-Saxon
27. Long words, three or more syllables: marvelous, fascinate: Latin
28. Words with ct: act, direct, conduct: Latin
29. Words with pt: apt, erupt, attempt: Latin
30. Words with ti pronounced /sh/ partial, nation: Latin
31. Words with ci pronounced /sh/ special, precious: Latin
32. Words with sion: erosion, collision: Latin
33. Words with ssion: passion, expression: Latin
34. Words with double consonants near the beginning illegal, attract, occupy-
: Latin
35. Words with t pronounced /ch/: nature, punctual: Latin
36. Words with d pronounced /j/ educate, graduate: Latin
37. Words with silent initial h: hour, herb, honor: Latin
38. Words with ular: regular, popular: Latin
39. Words with j: joint, journal: Latin
40. Words that are legal terms: justice, legal, judge: Latin
41. Words with the soft c before e and i: cent, census, city: Latin
42. Words with sc pronounced /s/: science, irascible, scissors: Latin
43. Medical , technical and scientific words: Greek
44. Words with ph: phrase, graph, phone: Greek
45. Words with ch pronounced /k/: choir, ache, orchid: Greek
46. Long words with the letter k: kilometer, kinescope: Greek
47. Long words or short, unfamiliar words with th: thermos, athlete: Greek
48. Words with medial y: cycle, gymnastics, thyme: Greek
49. Words related to Olympics: marathon, discus, meter: Greek
50. Words related to theater: comedy, tragedy, orchestra: Greek
51. Words with rh: rhyme, rhombus: Greek
52. Words with ology: biology, theology, astrology: Greek
53. Words with silent initial p: pseudonym, psychology: Greek
54. Rapid letter naming: key to automatic word recognition
1. Norman Invasion: 1066 A.D., had a great effect on English language, Williamthe
Conqueror, French spoken by upper class brought words like furniture, painter,tailor, beef,
pork, mutton, Brought monks who added w and u, also the dot for the iand tail for the j.
Alphabet complete at 26 letters
2. Number words one to a thousand: Anglo-Saxon
3. Most of the basic color words: Anglo-Saxon
4. The names of farm, forest and ocean animals: Anglo-Saxon
5. Outer body parts: Anglo-Saxon
6. Short, common everyday words: the, run, and, play, work: Anglo-Saxon
7. Words with gh: laugh, cough, right, high: Anglo-Saxon
8. Words with ck: pick, duck, sack: Anglo-Saxon
9. Words with k: king, kiss, kilt, hook: Anglo-Saxon
10. Words with kn or gn in initial position: knee, knife, gnat, gnash: Anglo-Sax-on
11. Words with tw: twin, twilight, between: Anglo-Saxon
12. Words with wr: write, wring, wrist: Anglo-Saxon
13. Short words with ch pronounced /ch/ chest, cheap: Anglo-Saxon
14. One-syllable words with tch: witch, hatch, match: Anglo-Saxon
15. One-syllable words with dge: edge, ridge, hedge: Anglo-Saxon
16. Short words with th: this, these, bath: Anglo-Saxon
17. Words with wh: why, while, when: Anglo-Saxon
18. Words with double consonants: better, ladder, carrot: Anglo-Saxon
19. One-syllable words that end in ff, ll ss Floss Words: Anglo-Saxon
20. Words with ow: plow, snow, brow, blow: Anglo-Saxon
21. Short words with silent letters: walk, should, thumb, listen: Anglo-Saxon
22. Wild Old Words: mind, most, kind: Anglo-Saxon
23. Most pronouns: he, she, us: Anglo-Saxon
24. Most F. S. S. words handle, thimble, twinkle: Anglo-Saxon
25. Words with hard g before e and i: gift, giddy, girl, begin: Anglo-Saxon
, 26. Words with ng: Anglo-Saxon
27. Long words, three or more syllables: marvelous, fascinate: Latin
28. Words with ct: act, direct, conduct: Latin
29. Words with pt: apt, erupt, attempt: Latin
30. Words with ti pronounced /sh/ partial, nation: Latin
31. Words with ci pronounced /sh/ special, precious: Latin
32. Words with sion: erosion, collision: Latin
33. Words with ssion: passion, expression: Latin
34. Words with double consonants near the beginning illegal, attract, occupy-
: Latin
35. Words with t pronounced /ch/: nature, punctual: Latin
36. Words with d pronounced /j/ educate, graduate: Latin
37. Words with silent initial h: hour, herb, honor: Latin
38. Words with ular: regular, popular: Latin
39. Words with j: joint, journal: Latin
40. Words that are legal terms: justice, legal, judge: Latin
41. Words with the soft c before e and i: cent, census, city: Latin
42. Words with sc pronounced /s/: science, irascible, scissors: Latin
43. Medical , technical and scientific words: Greek
44. Words with ph: phrase, graph, phone: Greek
45. Words with ch pronounced /k/: choir, ache, orchid: Greek
46. Long words with the letter k: kilometer, kinescope: Greek
47. Long words or short, unfamiliar words with th: thermos, athlete: Greek
48. Words with medial y: cycle, gymnastics, thyme: Greek
49. Words related to Olympics: marathon, discus, meter: Greek
50. Words related to theater: comedy, tragedy, orchestra: Greek
51. Words with rh: rhyme, rhombus: Greek
52. Words with ology: biology, theology, astrology: Greek
53. Words with silent initial p: pseudonym, psychology: Greek
54. Rapid letter naming: key to automatic word recognition
