CALT Exam Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Rhyming - Correct answer-One of the first phonological awareness skills to
develop
Blending & segmenting at syllable level - Correct answer-Develops at 3-4 years
Segmenting phonemes - Correct answer-Develops at 4-5 years
Isolating beginning sound in words, segmenting phonemes in CVC words - Correct
answer-Develops in kindergarten
Segmenting words with consonant blends - Correct answer-Develops in first grade
Receptive oral language - Correct answer-Listening
Expressive oral language - Correct answer-Speaking
Receptive written language - Correct answer-Reading
Expressive written language - Correct answer-Writing
__ letters representing __ phonemes - Correct answer-26, 44
5 vowel letters, __ vowel sounds - Correct answer-15
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, Long vowels - Correct answer-Tense Vowels. (Beet, bait, boat, boot, bite, boy,
bout) (a, e, i, o, u, oy, ou, oo)
Short vowels - Correct answer-Lax vowels - pat, pet, pit, pot, put, putt (a, e, i ,o, u,
oo)
Fricatives - Correct answer-produced by a constant flow of air through the vocal
tract (f and v)
Affricates - Correct answer-ch/j
Glides - Correct answer-W, y
Liquids - Correct answer-l, r
Alphabetic principle - Correct answer-an understanding that letters and letter
patterns represent the sounds of spoken language
Six syllable types - Correct answer-closed, open, VCe, C+le, R controlled, vowel
pairs
Semantics - Correct answer-Language content— meaning of words and the
relationship between and among words
Pragmatics - Correct answer-Language use— reasons, codes/styles, conversation
rules
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
Rhyming - Correct answer-One of the first phonological awareness skills to
develop
Blending & segmenting at syllable level - Correct answer-Develops at 3-4 years
Segmenting phonemes - Correct answer-Develops at 4-5 years
Isolating beginning sound in words, segmenting phonemes in CVC words - Correct
answer-Develops in kindergarten
Segmenting words with consonant blends - Correct answer-Develops in first grade
Receptive oral language - Correct answer-Listening
Expressive oral language - Correct answer-Speaking
Receptive written language - Correct answer-Reading
Expressive written language - Correct answer-Writing
__ letters representing __ phonemes - Correct answer-26, 44
5 vowel letters, __ vowel sounds - Correct answer-15
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, Long vowels - Correct answer-Tense Vowels. (Beet, bait, boat, boot, bite, boy,
bout) (a, e, i, o, u, oy, ou, oo)
Short vowels - Correct answer-Lax vowels - pat, pet, pit, pot, put, putt (a, e, i ,o, u,
oo)
Fricatives - Correct answer-produced by a constant flow of air through the vocal
tract (f and v)
Affricates - Correct answer-ch/j
Glides - Correct answer-W, y
Liquids - Correct answer-l, r
Alphabetic principle - Correct answer-an understanding that letters and letter
patterns represent the sounds of spoken language
Six syllable types - Correct answer-closed, open, VCe, C+le, R controlled, vowel
pairs
Semantics - Correct answer-Language content— meaning of words and the
relationship between and among words
Pragmatics - Correct answer-Language use— reasons, codes/styles, conversation
rules
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