Phonics: Part 1: Pre-Test

Multiple Choice:
1. The vocal organs include the following:
a. the teeth (dental), the tongue, the cheeks
b. the glottis, the lips (labial), the cheeks
c. the hard palate, the soft palate, the teeth
d. the hard palate, the esophagus, the lungs

2. Vowels are
a. either rounded or unrounded
b. either lax or tense
c. either long or short
d. all of the above

3. Running records
a. tell whether a child is comprehending text
b. tell whether a child is using meaning cues
c. tell whether a child is using structural cues
d. all of the above
e. b and c

4. Begin phonics instruction with
a. vowels
b. consonants
c. blends
d. diagraphs

5. You can tell the difference between voiced and unvoiced consonants by
a. holding your hand before your mouth to feel the air expelled when the sound is made.
b. holding your hand under your nose to feel the air expelled when the sound is made.
c. holding your fingers on the throat to feel the vibration when the sound is made.
d. holding your fingers in your ears and making the sound.

True or False:
6. A consonant is a phoneme that occurs when the flow of air from the lungs is cut off or impeded. T F

7. A vowel is a phoneme that occurs when the flow of air from the lungs is not cut off or impeded. Instead the vocal organs are used to change the shape of the oral cavity and thus make the different vowel sounds. T F

8. A fricative is the same thing as a bilabial consonant. T F

9. Consonants can be voiced or voiceless. T F

10. You can feel a voiceless consonant in your nasal cavity. T F

11. The difference between the sound of /f/ and /v/ is that /f/ is voiced. T F

12. Phonics teaching can be done in the dark. T F

13. The best way to teach exceptions to rules is within meaningful context. T F

14. Homophones and homographs are the same thing. T F

15. There are 37 consistent vowel clusters (rimes) that can produce 500 words when onsets (beginning sounds) are added to them. T F

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