I. Circle the short vowels in the following words:

stick	blimp	map	notch	alive
flute	shabby	defend	crumb	stop

II. Circle the long vowels in the following words:

shake	slimy	bitter	biter	pretend
cyclone	trend	stove	became	flutist

III. Circle the consonant blends in the following words

clamp	flint	brisk	milk	stick
stretch	twist	speak	while	splint

IV. Circle the consonant digraphs in the following words:

church	thick	flash	thatch	chimp
when	bathe	flip	shouted	that

V. Circle the vowel digraphs in the following words:

spoil	south	retrieve	spoke	crawl
think	author	receive	flaunt	maintain

VI. Divide the following words into syllables:

contract	mitten	humid	telegram	complexity
graduate	glimpse	valuable	cabin	spectators

VII. Circle the two base words in the following compound words:

grandchild	railroad	snowflake	sleepwalk	tablecloth
housecoat	slingshot	chairlift	wrinkle	homesick

VIII. Circle the prefixes in the following words:

predicted	success	advice	untimely	joined
misplace	interrupt	multilevel	submerge	malcontent

IX. Circle the suffixes in the following words:

dictate	boredom	enlighten	existent	singular
kindred	comedian	chemist	aquarium	musician

X. Circle the Latin word roots in the following words:

flexibility	incredible	perspiration	indented	dictionary
attractive	digression	conformity	geometry	circumference

XI. Circle the two Greek combing forms in the following words:

phonogram	dermatology	metaphysics	heliometer	monologue
orthopod	gramophone	astrology	telephoto	bibliophobia

 

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Part B Post

NOTE: Categories and items in this section of the survey are similar to those found in: Moats, L. C. (2003). Speech to print workbook: Language exercises for teachers (pp. 1-10). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Phoneme Counting: Read the following words aloud. Count the number of speech sounds, or phonemes) that you hear in each word.

thirst ____             chimp ____         squint ____

felt ____                sprout ____         best ____

Phoneme Recognition: What is the second phoneme (or speech sound) in the following words:

climbing ____        chatter ____       reject ____

physical ____        shined ____        brisk ____

Syllable Counting: Read the following words aloud. Count the number of syllables you hear in each of the words.

artichoke ____      cucumber ____   individual ____

walked ____          scramble ____    rededication ____

Letter-sound Correspondences:

1. What letters signal that c is pronounced /s/?

2. When is ck used in spelling?

3. List all the ways you know how to spell long /o/.

4. List all the ways you know how to spell the consonant sound /n/.

5. Underline the schwa vowels in the following words:

awake        manage       brilliance       generous      repetition

6. List the morphemes and their meaning in the word protozoology.