IREAD Foundational Reading Skills & Comprehension Strategies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student reads the word 'knight' and notices the 'kn' makes only the /n/ sound. What reading skill is the student using?
- Sight word recognition
- Knowledge of silent letter patterns (Correct answer)
- Vowel team decoding
- Syllable division
Correct answer: Knowledge of silent letter patterns
Recognizing that 'kn' is a silent letter pattern where only /n/ is pronounced is a phonics skill involving irregular consonant digraphs.
Question 2: Which word correctly completes this analogy? 'Cat' is to 'cats' as 'box' is to ___.
- boxs
- boxes (Correct answer)
- boxies
- boxxes
Correct answer: boxes
Words ending in 'x' form their plural by adding '-es', making 'boxes' the correct plural form.
Question 3: A teacher asks students to find the 'main idea' of a paragraph about dolphins. What should students look for?
- The most interesting detail in the paragraph
- The central point the paragraph is mostly about (Correct answer)
- The first sentence only
- The longest sentence in the paragraph
Correct answer: The central point the paragraph is mostly about
The main idea is the central or most important point that the entire paragraph is about, supported by the details.
Question 4: In the sentence 'The enormous elephant splashed in the muddy river,' which word is a precise adjective describing the elephant?
- splashed
- muddy
- enormous (Correct answer)
- river
Correct answer: enormous
'Enormous' is the adjective that specifically describes the size of the elephant.
Question 5: A student blends the sounds /sh/ /o/ /p/ together. What word do they make?
- chop
- shop (Correct answer)
- ship
- stop
Correct answer: shop
Blending /sh/ + /o/ + /p/ produces the word 'shop'.
Question 6: Which question helps a reader make an INFERENCE from a text?
- What does this word mean in the dictionary?
- What is the author's name?
- What clues in the text help me figure out something not directly stated? (Correct answer)
- How many paragraphs are in this passage?
Correct answer: What clues in the text help me figure out something not directly stated?
Making an inference requires using text clues combined with background knowledge to figure out what is not explicitly stated.
Question 7: The word 'unhappy' can be broken into 'un-' and 'happy.' What is 'un-' called?
- Suffix
- Root word
- Prefix (Correct answer)
- Base word
Correct answer: Prefix
'Un-' is a prefix — a word part added to the beginning of a base word that changes its meaning.
IREAD Foundational Reading Skills & Comprehension Strategies 2
A student reads the word 'knight' and notices the 'kn' makes only the /n/ sound.
What reading skill is the student using?