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Which statement about vocabulary instruction is the most accurate: |
| | A) | Research on vocabulary instruction has identified three strategies that collectively reach 90% of students. |
| | B) | Vocabulary instruction is a relatively minor aspect of literacy acquisition best approached by direct instruction. |
| | C) | There are more than four types of vocabulary readers and speakers use to communicate. |
| | D) | Standardized testing has improved vocabulary scores nationwide. |
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The types of words that a child may be able to comprehend by using context clues are known as |
| | A) | receptive vocabulary. |
| | B) | potential marginal vocabulary. |
| | C) | expressive vocabulary. |
| | D) | listening vocabulary. |
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Written and speaking vocabulary is known as |
| | A) | receptive vocabulary. |
| | B) | potential marginal vocabulary. |
| | C) | expressive vocabulary. |
| | D) | listening vocabulary. |
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Which of the following is a realistic estimate of the number of vocabulary words a child will accrue by high school graduation? |
| | A) | 10,000 to 20,000 |
| | B) | 20,000 to 30,000 |
| | C) | 30,000 to 40,000 |
| | D) | 40,000 to 50,000 |
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According to Adams (1990), there are approximately how many words that account for nearly 50% of all words in student textbooks? |
| | A) | 109 words |
| | B) | 209 words |
| | C) | 309 words |
| | D) | 409 words |
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How do students learn most of their vocabulary? |
| | A) | direct instruction |
| | B) | in context |
| | C) | wide reading |
| | D) | dictionary usage |
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What type of graphic organizer will students use to tie new vocabulary to previously known words? |
| | A) | semantic map |
| | B) | word web |
| | C) | semantic features analysis chart |
| | D) | structural analysis chart |
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Mrs. Joseph wants her students to understand the difference between the countries Austria and Australia. To facilitate this, she is likely to use a |
| | A) | semantic map |
| | B) | word web |
| | C) | semantic features analysis chart |
| | D) | structural analysis chart |
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Words from which other words are created, but that cannot stand alone, are called |
| | A) | base words. |
| | B) | root words. |
| | C) | prefixes. |
| | D) | suffixes. |
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Words that can stand alone and do not contain any smaller meaning parts are known as |
| | A) | base words. |
| | B) | root words. |
| | C) | prefixes. |
| | D) | suffixes. |
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How many prefixes and suffixes account for 75 to 85% of word beginnings and endings? |
| | A) | 6 prefixes and 8 suffixes |
| | B) | 7 prefixes and 9 suffixes |
| | C) | 8 prefixes and 10 suffixes |
| | D) | 9 prefixes and 11 suffixes |
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I love to read books. I read a book yesterday. The underlined word is a |
| | A) | homograph. |
| | B) | homophone. |
| | C) | homonym. |
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"sea" and "see" are |
| | A) | homographs. |
| | B) | homophones. |
| | C) | homonyms. |
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One caution about vocabulary instruction is that words |
| | A) | must be memorized for spelling and definition in order to be really learned. |
| | B) | must be used to be learned. |
| | C) | should be grade-level appropriate. |
| | D) | should be introduced in specific sequence. |
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What is the first stage in Graves' (1987) six stages to learning words? |
| | A) | learning to read known words |
| | B) | learning new meanings for known words |
| | C) | classifying and enriching the meanings of known words |
| | D) | moving words from receptive to expressive vocabulary |
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2004 McGraw-Hill Higher Education