i-Ready Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Foundational Reading Skills 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When a student reads 'The cat sat on the mat' and changes 'cat' to 'bat,' which phonological skill are they using?
- Phoneme deletion
- Phoneme substitution (Correct answer)
- Phoneme blending
- Syllable segmentation
Correct answer: Phoneme substitution
Phoneme substitution involves replacing one phoneme in a word with a different phoneme.
Question 2: Which set of words demonstrates a consonant digraph?
- str-, spl-, scr-
- sh, ch, th (Correct answer)
- bl-, cl-, fl-
- -nd, -st, -mp
Correct answer: sh, ch, th
Consonant digraphs like 'sh,' 'ch,' and 'th' are two letters that together make one new sound.
Question 3: How many syllables does the word 'celebration' have?
- 3
- 4 (Correct answer)
- 5
- 6
Correct answer: 4
'Celebration' has four syllables: cel-e-bra-tion.
Question 4: A reader self-corrects after misreading 'house' as 'horse' because it didn't make sense. Which cueing system did they use?
- Graphophonic cues
- Semantic cues (Correct answer)
- Syntactic cues
- Orthographic cues
Correct answer: Semantic cues
Semantic cues involve using meaning to check whether a word makes sense in context.
Question 5: Which word is an example of a closed syllable?
- go
- me
- hop (Correct answer)
- fly
Correct answer: hop
'Hop' is a closed syllable because it ends in a consonant, making the vowel short.
Question 6: The prefix 'pre-' in the word 'preview' means:
- again
- not
- before (Correct answer)
- after
Correct answer: before
The prefix 'pre-' means 'before,' so 'preview' means to view something before it is officially shown.
Question 7: Which type of text structure is used in a passage that explains why a volcano erupts?
- Description
- Sequence
- Cause and effect (Correct answer)
- Compare and contrast
Correct answer: Cause and effect
A passage explaining why something happens uses cause-and-effect text structure.
i-Ready Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Foundational Reading Skills 3
When a student reads 'The cat sat on the mat' and changes 'cat' to 'bat,' which phonological skill are they using?