FREE FoRC Phonological & Phonemic Awareness Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which activity best supports phonemic awareness development?

Accepted Answer

Identifying the initial sound in 'sun'

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Clapping syllables in a word

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Reciting the alphabet

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Naming rhyming words

Question 2

What is the main difference between phonological awareness and phonemic awareness?

Accepted Answer

Phonemic awareness focuses on individual phonemes

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Phonemic awareness includes understanding word meanings

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Phonological awareness excludes syllables

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Phonological awareness requires text

Question 3

Which task demonstrates a student's ability to segment phonemes?

Accepted Answer

Saying the sounds /k/ /a/ /t/ for 'cat'

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Clapping syllables in 'banana'

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Matching pictures to words

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Reciting the alphabet

Question 4

What is the primary goal of blending sounds during instruction?

Accepted Answer

To form words from individual sounds

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To improve handwriting

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To increase reading fluency

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To match letters to sounds

Question 5

Which of the following best supports instruction in phoneme substitution?

Accepted Answer

Changing /h/ to /b/ in the word 'hat'

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Counting syllables in a word

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Sorting words by meaning

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Naming the letters in 'hat'

Question 6

Which activity supports a child's ability to isolate final sounds in words?

Accepted Answer

Saying the last sound in 'dog'

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Drawing a picture of a dog

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Reading sight words aloud

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Spelling the word 'dog'