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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. A combination of opposites - like 'feather of lead'






3. A modifier that does not logically refer tothe statement immediately following it






4. Story that is short enough to be read in a single sitting - anything longer than that is a novel or any shorter is a novella






5. Supporting details - analysis and eividence expanding on the topic sentence






6. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






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






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






10. Attributing human qualities to a non - human animal or object






11. Early word errors that toddlers make






12. A story that exposes humorously the foibles - vices and follies of a group or a system






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






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






15. The phase in which a reader looks over punctuation and spelling and grammatical correctness -






16. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






17. A reference to something outside a work of literature - like to a literary event - person or work






18. The ability to read with the appropriate speed and intonation






19. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory






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






21. Language that does not literally mean what it says - like the 'black bat night has flown the coop'






22. The study of the way sounds function in a language






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






24. An author's account of their life






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






26. Developing a phonemic awareness - starts with distinguishing different phonemes - then morphemes and then syntax. Then - children decode words and practice reading texts of ascending difficulty until they become a fluent reader






27. What the paragraph is all about - usually the first sentence






28. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






29. Works that are invented by the writer






30. Sounds that signal different meanings like'b' and 't'






31. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






32. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






33. Increasing fluency. An elementary student acquires 12 words daily!






34. Idenetify letters and can form letters






35. A type of pre - writing with the main idea in the center of the sheet of paper and subtopics branching out from the center to make their own ideas






36. Speller moves from a dependence on sound and phonology to use of visual memory and understanding of word structure - might write 'highed' instead of 'hide'- spelling words correctly even if they aren't the right words that should be spelled






37. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective






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






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






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






41. Cooing to babbling






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

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43. 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






44. The idea of stereotyping - don't trust someone over thirty






45. A story that was used to make sense of the world - like a story about a higher power






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






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






48. When children realize that letters represent sounds - may know only a few letters in the alphabet






49. The study in which the ways words - sentences and sounds are used to convey language aka VOCABULARY






50. Sentences that have two clauses that could be independent but are connected by a conjunction.