PRAXIS 5205 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Phonemic Awareness. Answer: understanding the individual
sounds (or phonemes) in words (SOUNDS ONLY)
◉ Phonics. Answer: understanding the relationship between sounds
and the spelling patterns (graphemes) representing those sounds
◉ Blending. Answer: putting all the sounds in the words together as
in /p/-/a/-/t/ - /pat/
◉ Onsets. Answer: beginning consonant and consonant cluster
◉ Rimes. Answer: vowel and consonants that follow the onset
consonant cluster
◉ Rhyming. Answer: the repetition of sounds in different words
◉ Segmentation. Answer: breaking a word apart
,◉ Isolation. Answer: to separate word parts or isolate a single sound
in the word
◉ Deletion. Answer: omitting a sound in a word
◉ Substitution. Answer: when students replace one sound with
another in a word
◉ Phonemic Awareness Continuum. Answer: 1. Phoneme Isolation
2. Blending
3. Segmenting
4. Addition
5. Deletion
6. Substitution
◉ Phonological Awareness Continuum. Answer: 1. Rhyme: when
students match ending sounds
2. Alliteration: when students can identify and produce words with
the same initial sound
3. Sentence segmentation: when students can segment sentences
into words
4. Syllable segmentation: when students can blend and segment
syllables of spoken words
,5. Onset and rime blending and segmenting: when students can
blend or segment the (onset) initial consonant or consonant cluster
and the (rime) vowel and consonant sounds following the rime
6. Phoneme manipulation: when students can manipulate sounds in
words
◉ Explicit instruction. Answer: a way to teach in a direct, structured
way
◉ Implicit instruction. Answer: exploratory education where
students are in charge of their own learning
◉ Phonological working memory. Answer: storing phoneme
information in temporary, short-term memory
◉ Phonological Retrieval. Answer: the ability to recall the phonemes
associated with specific graphemes (letters)
◉ Listening vocabulary. Answer: FIRST ACQUIRED
refers to the words we need to know to understand what we hear
receptive vocabulary
◉ Speaking vocabulary. Answer: SECOND ACQUIRED
consists of the words we use when we speak
, expressive vocabulary
◉ Reading vocabulary. Answer: THIRD ACQUIRED
refers to the words we need to know to understand what we read
receptive vocabulary
◉ Writing vocabulary. Answer: FOURTH ACQUIRED
consists of the words we use in writing
expressive vocabulary
◉ Listening comprehension. Answer: students can understand a
story that is being read aloud
often developed before their reading comprehension
◉ Print awareness. Answer: a child's understanding of the nature
and uses of print
◉ Environmental print. Answer: print of everyday life
◉ Print concepts. Answer: understanding the different between
letters, words, punctuation, and directionality
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Phonemic Awareness. Answer: understanding the individual
sounds (or phonemes) in words (SOUNDS ONLY)
◉ Phonics. Answer: understanding the relationship between sounds
and the spelling patterns (graphemes) representing those sounds
◉ Blending. Answer: putting all the sounds in the words together as
in /p/-/a/-/t/ - /pat/
◉ Onsets. Answer: beginning consonant and consonant cluster
◉ Rimes. Answer: vowel and consonants that follow the onset
consonant cluster
◉ Rhyming. Answer: the repetition of sounds in different words
◉ Segmentation. Answer: breaking a word apart
,◉ Isolation. Answer: to separate word parts or isolate a single sound
in the word
◉ Deletion. Answer: omitting a sound in a word
◉ Substitution. Answer: when students replace one sound with
another in a word
◉ Phonemic Awareness Continuum. Answer: 1. Phoneme Isolation
2. Blending
3. Segmenting
4. Addition
5. Deletion
6. Substitution
◉ Phonological Awareness Continuum. Answer: 1. Rhyme: when
students match ending sounds
2. Alliteration: when students can identify and produce words with
the same initial sound
3. Sentence segmentation: when students can segment sentences
into words
4. Syllable segmentation: when students can blend and segment
syllables of spoken words
,5. Onset and rime blending and segmenting: when students can
blend or segment the (onset) initial consonant or consonant cluster
and the (rime) vowel and consonant sounds following the rime
6. Phoneme manipulation: when students can manipulate sounds in
words
◉ Explicit instruction. Answer: a way to teach in a direct, structured
way
◉ Implicit instruction. Answer: exploratory education where
students are in charge of their own learning
◉ Phonological working memory. Answer: storing phoneme
information in temporary, short-term memory
◉ Phonological Retrieval. Answer: the ability to recall the phonemes
associated with specific graphemes (letters)
◉ Listening vocabulary. Answer: FIRST ACQUIRED
refers to the words we need to know to understand what we hear
receptive vocabulary
◉ Speaking vocabulary. Answer: SECOND ACQUIRED
consists of the words we use when we speak
, expressive vocabulary
◉ Reading vocabulary. Answer: THIRD ACQUIRED
refers to the words we need to know to understand what we read
receptive vocabulary
◉ Writing vocabulary. Answer: FOURTH ACQUIRED
consists of the words we use in writing
expressive vocabulary
◉ Listening comprehension. Answer: students can understand a
story that is being read aloud
often developed before their reading comprehension
◉ Print awareness. Answer: a child's understanding of the nature
and uses of print
◉ Environmental print. Answer: print of everyday life
◉ Print concepts. Answer: understanding the different between
letters, words, punctuation, and directionality
