ALTA Review Exam Questions and
Answers
Dyslexia*** ii- iiAnswers ii-adequate iiintelligence iiyet iitrouble iiwith iireading, iiwriting iiand
iispelling.
Strephosymbolia*** ii- iiAnswers ii-means iitwisted iisymbols. iiThe iifirst iiterm iiOrton iiused
iifor iidyslexia.
phonetics ii- iiAnswers ii-the iistudy iiof iispeech iisounds iiin iispoken iilanguage
phonological iiawareness ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiability iito iifocus iion iiunits iiof iisound iiin
iispoken iilanguage iiat iithe iisentence, iiword, iisyllable iiand iiphoneme iilevels
phonemic iiawareness ii- iiAnswers ii-awareness iiof iispeech iisounds iior iiphonemes iiin
iispoken iiwords
phonics ii- iiAnswers ii-instruction iithat iiconnects iisounds iiand iiletters
intensive iiphonics*** ii- iiAnswers ii-Intensive iiphonics iirefers iito iithe iiearly iifocused
iiemphasis iion iiteaching iiand iipracticing iisound/symbol iirelationships.
synthetic iiphonics*** ii- iiAnswers ii-explicitly iiteaches iiindividual iigrapheme-phoneme
iicorrespondences iibefore iithey iiare iiblended iito iiform iisyllables iior iiwhole iiwords
Synthetic iiphonics iirefers iito iiteaching iiindividual iisound/symbol iirelationships, iithen
iiblending iithose iilearned iiinto iiwords
alphabetic iiprinciple ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiunderstanding iithat iispoken iisounds iiare
iirepresented iiin iiprint iiby iiwritten iiletters
consonant ii- iiAnswers ii-blocked ii/ iivoiced iior iiunvoiced iisounds ii- iia iiclass iiof iispeech
iisounds iiwith iiair iiflow iithat iiis iiconstricted iior iiobstructed
vowel ii- iiAnswers ii-open iiand iivoiced iisounds ii- iia iiclass iiof iiopen iispeech iisounds
iiproduced iiby iithe iipassage iiof iiair iithrough iian iiopen iivocal iitract
phonology, iimorphology, iisyntax*** ii- iiAnswers ii-form iiof iilanguage
,phonology*** ii- iiAnswers ii-the iirules iithat iidetermine iihow iisounds iiare iiused iiin iispoken
iilanguage
fluency*** ii- iiAnswers ii-reading iiwith iirapidity iiand iiautomaticity
prosody*** ii- iiAnswers ii-the iirhythmic iiflow iiof iioral iireading
pragmatics*** ii- iiAnswers ii-set iiof iirules iithat iidictate iicommunicative iibehavior iiand iiuse
iiof iilanguage, iirules iiwe iicommunicate iiby
syntax*** ii- iiAnswers ii-sentence iistructure, iigrammar, iiusage
semantics*** ii- iiAnswers ii-content iiof iilanguage, iiused iito iiexpress iiknowledge iiof iithe
iiworld iiaround iius
phoneme*** ii- iiAnswers ii-smallest iiunit iiof iisound iiin iia iisyllable
spelling*** ii- iiAnswers ii-sound iito iisymbol ii/ iiphoneme iito iigrapheme, iiconnect
iigrapheme iito iiphoneme
orthography*** ii- iiAnswers ii-the iispelling iiof iiwritten iilanguage
orthographic iimemory*** ii- iiAnswers ii-memory iiof iiletter iipatterns iiand iiword iispellings
metalinguistics*** ii- iiAnswers ii-awareness iiof iilanguage iias iian iientity
guided iidiscovery*** ii- iiAnswers ii-a iimethod iiof iileading iistudents iito iinew iilearning
iithrough iiquestioning
Heuristic*** ii- iiAnswers ii-means iito iidiscover iiby iidemonstration
grapheme ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiletter iior iiletter iicluster iithat iirepresents iia iisingle iispeech
iisound
decoding ii- iiAnswers ii-word iirecognition iiin iiwhich iithe iiphonetic iicode iiis iibroken iidown
iito iidetermine iia iiword
blending*** ii- iiAnswers ii-fusing iiindividual iisounds, iisyllables iior iiwords iiinto iimeaningful
iiunits
reading*** ii- iiAnswers ii-symbol iito iisound ii/ iigrapheme iito iiphoneme
morpheme*** ii- iiAnswers ii-the iismallest iimeaningful iiunit iiof iilanguage ii- iia iisuffix, iiprefix,
iiroot iior iistem iisuch iias iiawe, iidis, iiin, iiinter, iior iiword iipart iisuch iias iicat, iiman. iietc.
Knowledge iiof iiword iimeaning, iirapid iiword iirecognition, iiand iispelling iiability iigreatly
iidepend iion iiknowledge iiof iiword iistructure iiat iithe iilevel iiof iimorphemes.
,morphology*** ii- iiAnswers ii-the iistudy iiof iiword iiformation iipatterns, iimeaningful iiunits
iithat iimake iiwords
fricative ii- iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiproduced iiby iiforcing iiair iithrough iia iinarrow iiopening
iibetween iithe iiteeth iior iilips ii/ iif ii/ ii/ iish ii/ ii/ iiz ii/
nasal iisound ii- iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiproduced iiby iiforcing iiair iiout iithrough iith iinose ii/ iin ii/
ii/ iim ii/
continuant iisound ii- iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiprolonged iiin iiits iiproduction ii/ iim ii/ ii/ iis ii/ ii/ iif ii/
stop iiconsonant iisound ii- iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiobstructed ii/ iithey iimust iibe iiclipped iioff ii/
iib ii/ ii/ iid ii/
aspiration*** ii- iiAnswers ii-puff iiof iiair
1066 iiA.D.*** ii- iiAnswers ii-Norman iiinvasion, iigreat iieffect iion iiEnglish iilanguage,
iiWilliam iithe iiConqueror, iiFrench iispoken iiby iiupper iiclass iibrought iiwords iilike iifurniture,
iipainter, iitailor, iibeef, iipork, iimutton, iiBrought iimonks iiwho iiadded iiw iiand iiu, iialso iithe
iidot iifor iithe iii iiand iitail iifor iithe iij. iiAlphabet iicomplete iiat ii26 iiletters
Number iiwords iione iito iia iithousand ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Most iiof iithe iibasic iicolor iiwords ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
The iinames iiof iifarm, iiforest iiand iiocean iianimals ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Outer iibody iiparts ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Short, iicommon iieveryday iiwords: iithe, iirun, iiand, iiplay, iiwork ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iigh: iilaugh, iicough, iiright, iihigh ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iick: iipick, iiduck, iisack ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iik: iiking, iikiss, iikilt, iihook ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iikn iior iign iiin iiinitial iiposition: iiknee, iiknife, iignat, iignash ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-
Saxon
Words iiwith iitw: iitwin, iitwilight, iibetween ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iiwr: iiwrite, iiwring, iiwrist ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Short iiwords iiwith iich iipronounced ii/ch/ iichest, iicheap ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
, One-syllable iiwords iiwith iitch: iiwitch, iihatch, iimatch ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
One-syllable iiwords iiwith iidge: iiedge, iiridge, iihedge ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Short iiwords iiwith iith: iithis, iithese, iibath ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iiwh: iiwhy, iiwhile, iiwhen ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iidouble iiconsonants: iibetter, iiladder, iicarrot ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
One-syllable iiwords iithat iiend iiin iiff, iill iiss iiFloss iiWords ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iiow: iiplow, iisnow, iibrow, iiblow ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Short iiwords iiwith iisilent iiletters: iiwalk, iishould, iithumb, iilisten ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Wild iiOld iiWords: iimind, iimost, iikind ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Most iipronouns: iihe, iishe, iius ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Most iiF. iiS. iiS. iiwords iihandle, iithimble, iitwinkle ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iihard iig iibefore iie iiand iii: iigift, iigiddy, iigirl, iibegin ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Words iiwith iing ii- iiAnswers ii-Anglo-Saxon
Long iiwords, iithree iior iimore iisyllables: iimarvelous, iifascinate ii- iiAnswers ii-Latin
Words iiwith iict: iiact, iidirect, iiconduct ii- iiAnswers ii-Latin
Words iiwith iipt: iiapt, iierupt, iiattempt ii- iiAnswers ii-Latin
Words iiwith iiti iipronounced ii/sh/ iipartial, iination ii- iiAnswers ii-Latin
Words iiwith iici iipronounced ii/sh/ iispecial, iiprecious ii- iiAnswers ii-Latin
Words iiwith iision: iierosion, iicollision ii- iiAnswers ii-Latin
Words iiwith iission: iipassion, iiexpression ii- iiAnswers ii-Latin
Words iiwith iidouble iiconsonants iinear iithe iibeginning iiillegal, iiattract, iioccupy ii-
iiAnswers ii-Latin
Words iiwith iit iipronounced ii/ch/: iinature, iipunctual ii- iiAnswers ii-Latin