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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. When children begin to use past tenses and plurals in speeches






2. The realization that occurs in kindergarten that words should be read from left to right






3. Written representation of a 'phoneme' (the letter 'b' or 'p')






4. An accurate history ofa single person






5. The act of posting the final work - good writing should be shared and celebrated






6. Occurs in grades k to 1: letters are conenected tro sounds






7. A modifier that is placed to close to a word that it should not modify






8. The act of transforming one thing into another in a story






9. Two letters that make one speech sound - like 'th' or 'sh'






10. The ability to connect two letters together - also known as 'sounding out'






11. Idenetify letters and can form letters






12. Adults modify their speech to make it easier for children to learn languages - including sentence structures and repeating key words






13. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






14. The social - physical and cultural backgrounds that affect how language is learned






15. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






16. The technqiue designed to help the writer develop and organize their thoughts






17. Graded passages that show at what level a student can read at






18. Telegraphic speech(words without affixes or function words)






19. Cooing to babbling






20. Human brains are structured to make sense of language that belongs to specifically wordly language






21. Sound sequences that convey meanings like the words 'bat' and 'rat'






22. Treating two or more coincidences as if one caused the other 'Martin Luther King's birth caused the civil rights march'






23. Children with low phonological awareness who also have trouble blending speech sounds and segmenting






24. A technique of pre - writing in which the writer writes any ideas without limit






25. Understanding the fact that words are comprised of sounds known as phonemes






26. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






27. Developed by Stephen Krashen - children can naturally gain a language unconcsciously if exposed to it through a comprehensive input - aka a teacher - that can set a limit to how much the language is learned without overcomplicating the language or lo






28. The study of word structures based on the prefixes and suffixes that the words come from






29. Children systematically represent speech sounds with letters or groups of letters in a logical way - they also attempt to spell - but may not spell correctly - like 'kom' instead of 'come'






30. An irrelevant point used to distract from an argument at hand






31. A noun - or noun phrase - that names the noun next to it - like 'The insect - a cockroach....'






32. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'

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33. Occurs before kindergarten in which text progresses left to right






34. A write - up of the essay that gets every idea down on the sheet of opaper






35. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






36. An extended metaphor that is carried through an entire narrative like 'Everyman'






37. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






38. The argument that the human brain contains a limited set of rules for organizing language. In turn - there is an assumption that all languages have a common structural basis.






39. Intermediate language fluency






40. Early word errors that toddlers make






41. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






42. Through spelling tests - teachers can determine the spelling stage that a student is at






43. Occurs grades two to three: children can read larger words in print and accuracy and speed in reading are stressed






44. The idea that the written language represents that sounds of spoken languages






45. A sentence that is often the last or next - to - last sentence and is the least essential in the paragraph






46. Works that have happened in real life. usually with a purpose and especially to inform






47. A blending of vowel words like 'ou' in 'out






48. Spelling has been traditionally taught through memorization but phonemic awareness may be the key to improving spelling in its five stages of development






49. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






50. A test that evaluates how well the learning has come along