Phonological Awareness Practice Test

If you remove the initial sound from 'smile', what word remains?

Smile Style Mile Slime

Correct Answer:

Mile

Explanation:

This tests phonemic awareness: removing the first sound from a word. In smile, the initial sound is /s/. If you take that away, the remaining sounds are /maːl/, which spell the word mile. So the word that remains is mile. The other options can’t result from simply dropping the first sound of smile; they would require changing or adding sounds, not just deleting the initial one.

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