LB 1573 · The Examination Desk — tests, typeset properly
Examination — Letter Sounds First: A Phonics Primer
SERIAL CS-LB1573-—
Answers are marked only when you deliver the paper — no nudges mid-exam. Declare your confidence on each answer; a sure miss earns an errata slip worth reading twice. Pass mark: 80%. Nothing here punishes a retake.
Part the First — Ears Before Letters
1.Say the word sunshine slowly. Two smaller words are hiding inside it. Which two?
2.Clap the word butterfly, one clap for each beat: but-ter-fly. How many claps did you make?
3.Which word rhymes with cat — ends with the very same sound?
4.You want a word that rhymes with bug. Which of these ends the same way?
5.Say moon. What is the very first sound you hear?
6.Say dog and hold on to the very end. What is the last sound?
7.Say cat and stretch the middle: c-a-a-a-t. What is the middle sound?
8.Listen as the sounds come out slowly: /f/ ... /i/ ... /sh/. Push them together fast. What word do they make?
9.Break the word ship into its separate sounds: /sh/ ... /i/ ... /p/. How many sounds did you count?
Part the Second — Letters Carry Sounds
10.Why do we learn the sounds that letters make?
11.Which letter makes the hissing sound /s/, like the start of sun?
12.Match each letter to the sound it makes.
13.The letter a can say its short sound. Which word has the short a sound?
14.Match each vowel letter to a word that carries its short sound.
Part the Third — Sounding Out and Spelling
15.Sound it out, left to right: /m/ ... /a/ ... /p/. What word is it?
16.Here are the three sounds of a word, jumbled. Put them in the order you say them to read cat.
- /t/
- /c/
- /a/
17.Say sun slowly and listen for each sound: /s/ /u/ /n/. Which spelling writes those sounds in order?
18.Write the word made of these three sounds: /c/ /a/ /t/.
19.You can read cat. Keep the -at ending and change the first sound to /h/. What new word do you get?
20.Each first sound joins the -ig ending. Match the first sound to the word it makes.
Part the Fourth — Two Letters, One Sound; Reading
21.In the word ship, the letters s and h stand side by side. How many sounds do they make together?
22.Which word begins with the /ch/ sound, spelled ch?
23.Match each two-letter team to a word that contains its sound.
24.Read this sentence, sounding out each word: The cat sat on a mat. Where did the cat sit?
25.Read this sentence out loud, sounding out each word: A big dog can dig. In one word, what can the dog do?