i-Ready Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Foundational Reading Skills 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student reads the word 'knight' and says /nait/. Which phonics concept explains why the 'kn' makes only one sound?
- Consonant blend
- Silent letter digraph (Correct answer)
- Vowel team
- R-controlled vowel
Correct answer: Silent letter digraph
In 'knight,' the 'kn' is a silent letter digraph where the 'k' is silent, leaving only the /n/ sound.
Question 2: Which word contains a long vowel sound spelled with a vowel team?
- hat
- bite
- rain (Correct answer)
- her
Correct answer: rain
'Rain' uses the vowel team 'ai' to represent the long /ā/ sound.
Question 3: A child can say all the sounds in 'stop' individually: /s/ /t/ /o/ /p/. What phonological awareness skill is this?
- Rhyming
- Phoneme segmentation (Correct answer)
- Syllable blending
- Onset-rime manipulation
Correct answer: Phoneme segmentation
Phoneme segmentation is the ability to break a spoken word into its individual sounds.
Question 4: The word 'unhappy' has how many morphemes?
- 1
- 2
- 3 (Correct answer)
- 4
Correct answer: 3
'Unhappy' has three morphemes: the prefix 'un-', the base word 'happy,' which itself is one morpheme.
Question 5: Which word would come FIRST in alphabetical order?
- plum
- plant
- play
- place (Correct answer)
Correct answer: place
'Place' comes first alphabetically because after 'pl-a,' the letter 'c' comes before 'n,' 'n,' and 'y'.
Question 6: A student reads 'The dog chased the cat' fluently in 3 seconds. Which component of fluency is demonstrated?
- Accuracy
- Rate (Correct answer)
- Prosody
- Decoding
Correct answer: Rate
Reading quickly demonstrates rate, which is one of the three main components of fluency.
Question 7: Which word contains a schwa sound?
- cake
- about (Correct answer)
- street
- bright
Correct answer: about
The 'a' in 'about' is unstressed and pronounced as the schwa /ə/ sound.
i-Ready Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Foundational Reading Skills 2
A student reads the word 'knight' and says /nait/.
Which phonics concept explains why the 'kn' makes only one sound?