2ND PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN ELECTIVE 1 (ENGLISH)

Second Semester-First Term, S.Y. 2022-2023

Test I. Answer the following questions. Shade the letter of your answer on your answer sheets. Each
question merits 1 point. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER.
1. We can tell that a student has reading fluency if he or she has _______.
a. The ability to read a text easily.
b. The ability to spell the words correctly.
c. Knowledge on how to write appropriate words in a sentence.
d. Knowledge about grammar.
2. What knowledge is referred to when students have the understanding that letters represent sound?
a. Sight-word knowledge b. Sound-Symbol Correspondence c. Alphabetic
knowledge d. Basic sight words
3. Which of the following pertains to the words that any reader can recognize instantly (with
automaticity) not necessarily with meaning?
a. Sight-word knowledge b. Sound-Symbol Correspondence c. Alphabetic
knowledge d. Basic sight words
4. How many syllables are there in the word “paper”?
a. One b. Two c. Three d. None of the above
5. What consideration is described when the teacher opens the student’s mind and will to engage
new words?
a. Disposition b. Repetition c. Self-instruction d. Interaction and meaningful
use
6. In remedial vocabulary instruction, we maintain an awareness of new words outside the
classroom. What phase is this?
a. Disposition b. Integration c. Self-instruction d. Interaction and meaningful
use
7. What is the correct syllabication of the word “dagger”?
a. Dag/ger b. Da/gger c. Dagg/er d. Da/gg/er
8. Why is it important for students to have alphabetic knowledge?
a. It is important so that letters may be enunciate clearly and words may be read and spelled
correctly.
b. It is important because it will give us the idea of how many letters are there in the alphabet.
c. Alphabetic knowledge is part of the curriculum.
d. Alphabetic knowledge is an essential factor in reading.
9. What does aw, ou, oi, and oy form?
a. Diphthongs b. Consonant sounds c. Blends d. Compound words
10. What is the correct syllabication of the word “cable”?
a. Cab/le b. Ca/ble c. Cabl/e d. Ca/b/le
11. This is a remedial program that aims to improve students’ reading fluency and reading
comprehension.
a. Remedial Instruction in Vocabulary
b. Remedial Instruction in Listening
c. Remedial Instruction in Reading
d. Remedial Instruction in Writing
12. In correction of terms, which of the following is not part of the definition terms in remedial
instruction in vocabulary?
a. Alphabetic Knowledge
b. Syllabication
c. Basic Sight Words
d. Knowledge on Sound-Symbol Correspondence
13. Teacher Ana wants to correct her student’s basic sight vocabulary, which of the following sentences is
the right way in correcting student’s basic sight vocabulary?
a. Give student a sentence with a new word which is used in a context and let the student read the
sentence and attempt to say the new word using context clues along with other word-attack skills.
b. Give student a task to pronounce a word verbally, select inappropriate elements to sound out and check
it again and again.
c. Let the student trace the word; write it on a paper and ask the student to repeat the word each time it is
written. Then, let the students write the word without looking at the flash card and compare their works.
d. Write the word as students watch. Ask them for certain configuration clues such as double letters,
extenders, and descenders.
14. This remediation in phonemic awareness is allowing the students to identify specific phonemes or
sound in words.
a. Segmenting b. Sound Isolation c. Blending d. Syllabication
15. Teacher Jeff is teaching his student new words by sounding out each letter’s sound. What is the
phonemic awareness skill does sir Jeff is being used in his class?
a. Segmenting b. Sound Isolation c. Blending d. Syllabication
16. When you want to teach your students with new words by pulling out sounds in each letter apart, what
is the phonemic awareness skill should be used?
a. Segmenting b. Sound Isolation c. Blending d. Syllabication
17. When students are first learning to blend, what should the teacher do?
a. Remove scaffolds by using progressively more difficult examples.
b. Use short words in teaching and practice examples.
c. Use materials that reduce memory load and to represent sounds.
d. Use examples with continuous sounds where sounds can be stretched and held.
18. Which of the following is an example of sound isolation?
a. Put down 3 pictures of CVC words and say: “My lion puppet wants one of these pictures. Listen to hear
which picture he wants, /sss/ - /uuu/ - /nnn/.
b. After stundets can segment the first sound, have them use letter tiles to represent the sounds.
c. Letter sound /s/ and words sun and sit. Put down letter cards for familiar letter-sounds. Then, have them
place pictures by the letter that begins with the same sound as the picture.
d. Put down 2 pictures that begin with different sounds and say the names of the pictures. Then, the
teacher will say the first sound in the word presented by the picture and after introducing the sound it’s
now time for the students to say the first sound of the word.
19. The following is a syllabication principle, except one.
a. Use phonologic skills to teach more advanced reading skills, such as blending letter-sounds to read
words.
b. Compound words are usually divided between word parts and between syllables.
c. Prefixes and suffixes usually form separate syllables.
d. When a word ends in a consonant and le, the consonant usually begins the last syllable.
20. Which of the following is not under the principles in correcting knowledge on Sound-Symbol
Correspondence?
a. When aj, ay, ea, ee, and oa are found together, the first vowel is usually long and the second is usually
silent.
b. The oo sound is either long.
c. In words containing a single vowel letter at the end of the word, the vowel letter usually has the long
vowel sound.
d. When one consonant stands between two vowels, try dividing first so that the consonant goes with the
second vowels.
21. Prefixes and suffixes usually form separate syllables.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. It depends upon the situation.
22. The oo sound is always short.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true
23. Remedial reading programs is imperative to improve both reading fluency and reading comprehension
particularly to elementary students.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true
24. The self-instruction phase is when we maintain an awareness of new words outside the classroom.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true
25. Alphabetic knowledge consists of basic sight words.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true
26. When a word ends in a consonant and le, the consonant usually begins the last syllable.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true
27. Segmenting is the process of breaking down the word into their individual sound.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true
28. It not important to teach the students the corresponding sound of each symbol.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true
29. Correcting the reader’s pronunciation is essential in reading.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true
30. Vowels followed by r usually have long or short sound.
a. True b. False c. Both a and b d. Partially true

TEST III. ENUMERATION

1-5 The Component in Correction of Terms
6-10 Five Phases of Vocabulary Acquisition

TEST IV. ESSAY

Direction: Answer the following questions briefly and concisely. (FIVE POINTS EACH)
1. How does remedial program improve the students’ reading fluency and reading comprehension?
2. What is the difference of blending from segmenting?