i-Ready Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Foundational Reading Skills 2

Question 1

A student reads the word 'knight' and says /nait/. Which phonics concept explains why the 'kn' makes only one sound?

Accepted Answer

Silent letter digraph

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

rain

Answer

'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?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme segmentation

Answer

Phoneme segmentation is the ability to break a spoken word into its individual sounds.

Question 4

The word 'unhappy' has how many morphemes?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

'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?

Accepted Answer

place

Answer

'Place' comes first alphabetically because after 'pl-a,' the letter 'c' comes before 'n,' 'n,' and 'y'.

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