USA READING SCHOOL

THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF FOUNDATIONAL PHONICS

Dear Supervisor,

Below you will find the test which follows the first three lessons of Step One.

Please number down from one through ten. Then write the answer your student tells you by each number. Do not correct your student's answers when he or she takes the test.

Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the sound of the letter name of Aa:
Example: ankle arrow play hair
Answer: ankle play

Slowly pronounce the words. Make sure that you say them correctly and accurately. Check the words in the dictionary if you are not sure.

If you cannot say these words, ask a teacher in a nearby school to help you.

The student should be instructed to LISTEN CAREFULLY before responding. The sounds the student is listening for will NOT ALWAYS be found in the same location of each word.

1. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Aa:
add Abe apple ache aid pray fad staying may

2. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Bb:
bus be big beat beam buy beast bean but

3. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Cc:
season see cup cattle seat seam seek supper seem

4. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Dd:
delight destroy deed dean does dime deal deep donkey

5. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Ee:
egg eat eagle East Eden Easter weep keep Ed

6. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Ff:
effort fun efluent efficacious fact frozen fist fight fed

7. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Gg:
Jean go gas jeep Jesus genius Genesis geography germ


8. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Hh:
have hand hope help his handsome heaven had hut

9. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUND of the letter NAME of Ii:
if eye nine in mine wipe ice is height

10. Say the following words and ask your student to tell you which words have the SOUNDS of the letter NAMES of a through i: Put the words in Alphabetical order ACCORDING TO THE SOUNDS OF THEIR NAMES. Notice: there is only ONE correct answer for each word.
ride blame Jeep bee East seen delight effort

NOTICE: IF YOUR STUDENT DOES NOT DO VERY WELL ON THIS TEST OR IF YOUR STUDENT DOES NOT TAKE THIS TEST WITH RELATIVE EASE, IT MAY BE ADVISABLE TO REVIEW THE LESSONS INSTEAD OF MOVING TO THE NEXT SET.