Primary 1 English Studies Flashcards: Reading: Guided Reading, Sight Words and Simple Texts

Question 1

Sounding out the letters of a new word to read it is called ____.

Accepted Answer

decoding

Question 2

Words that are seen very often in books, like 'the' and 'is', are called high-frequency or ____ words.

Accepted Answer

sight

Question 3

Sight words should be learned so they can be read quickly without ____.

Accepted Answer

sounding them out

Question 4

A very common word that we learn to read by heart, such as 'the', 'is' or 'and', is called a ____ word.

Accepted Answer

sight

Question 5

Sound out the letters /d/, /o/, /g/ to read the word ____.

Accepted Answer

dog

Question 6

Sound out the letters /h/, /a/, /t/ to read the word ____.

Accepted Answer

hat

Question 7

Reading each word correctly so that others can understand is reading ____.

Accepted Answer

clearly

Question 8

Reading smoothly without stopping too much is reading ____.

Accepted Answer

fluently

Question 9

Understanding what a story is about is called ____.

Accepted Answer

comprehension

Question 10

The answers to simple questions about a text can be found by looking ____ at the text.

Accepted Answer

back

Question 11

'My dog is Tim. Tim likes to run.' The name of the dog is ____.

Accepted Answer

Tim

Question 12

'My dog is Tim. Tim likes to run.' Tim likes to ____.

Accepted Answer

run

Question 13

Fill in the sight word: 'I like ____ dog.'

Accepted Answer

my

Question 14

Fill in the sight word: 'She can ____ the bird.'

Accepted Answer

see

Question 15

Fill in the sight word: 'We ____ to school.'

Accepted Answer

go

Question 16

Fill in the sight word: 'He is ____ the house.'

Accepted Answer

in

Question 17

The sight word 'I' is written as a ____ letter.

Accepted Answer

capital

Question 18

To become a better reader you should practise reading every ____.

Accepted Answer

day

Question 19

Before you read, it helps to listen to an adult read a story first, paying attention to how ____ they read.

Accepted Answer

smoothly

Question 20

A short story or passage that people read is called a ____.

Accepted Answer

text

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