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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






4. A modifier that could modify either two phrases before it. The executive entering the office hurriedly made the decision.affective filter - aka writer's block: a condition that leavesstudents feeling insecure about writing






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






6. Cooing to babbling






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






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






9. An attack launched against a person and the person's position - 'the candidate is a cowardly man'






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






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






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






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






14. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. When a young child can use the context to quickly arrive to the understanding of a word's meaning






22. 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






23. 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'






24. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






25. 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






26. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






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






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






31. The act to write dow nany idea as they come without regard to structure or grammar






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






33. Developed by Leo Vygotsky - the area where a child can solve problems on their own - best observed during unstructured play. social environment influences the way that language is developed. language determines the nature of our thoughts - our person






34. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






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






38. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






39. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






40. Occurs in grades 1 to 2: vowels are included






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






42. 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






43. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






44. An accurate history ofa single person






45. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






46. An assumption without argument - Because I always tell the truth - I am not lying to you now.






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






48. During initial instruction - children start to realize that the letter - sound correspondence is a principal...may spell words with a single letter like 'u' instead of 'you'






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






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