PRAXIS Elementary Education Multiple Subjects: Reading
and Language Art (5002) Form 2, Test 2025-2026
1. Phonological awareness primarily affects literacy D.decode multisyllable
skills through its impact on students' ability to words in a text
A. imitate and produce basic sentence structures
B. use context clues to confirm understanding
C. read with appropriate rate and expression
D. decode multisyllable words in a text
2. Star light, star bright, B.Modeling automaticity
First star I see tonight, and prosody
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.
A first-grade teacher reads the poem to the students.
Then the students do a choral reading of the poem
with the teacher, and the teacher points to each word
as the students say it.
Which of the following best describes the objective of
the choral reading activity?
A.Supporting sight word recognition
B.Modeling automaticity and prosody
C.Introducing segments and blends
D.Demonstrating comprehension strategies
3. Star light, star bright, C.irregular vowel families
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.
The highlighted words could be best used in a phonics
, PRAXIS Elementary Education Multiple Subjects: Reading
and Language Art (5002) Form 2, Test 2025-2026
lesson on
A. open syllables
B.r-controlled vowels
C.irregular vowel families
D.VCCe words
4. Star light, star bright, D.Have
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.
Which of the following words in the poem is a sight
word that cannot be decoded using conventional
rules?
A.Star
B.See
C.May
D.Have
5. Which of the following multisyllabic words is correctly D.C-are-f-u-ll-y
segmented into its phonemes?
A.Dif-fer-ent
B.St-op-s-ign
C.R-e-s-t-a-u-r-a-n-t
D.C-are-f-u-ll-y
6. To increase comprehension, a reading teacher sug- C.avoid reading through
gests that a student read a selection from a text re- punctuation
peatedly, while focusing on proper intonation. The
, PRAXIS Elementary Education Multiple Subjects: Reading
and Language Art (5002) Form 2, Test 2025-2026
intervention is appropriate for helping the student to
A. self-monitor for meaning
B. decode unknown words
C. avoid reading through punctuation
D. avoid substituting an incorrect word
7. Which of the following groups lists words that are best B.Am, to, the, on
categorized as kindergarten sight words?
A.Bite, when, I, car
B.Am, to, the, on
C.Dog, jump, are, toes
D.Jail, tram, see, from
8. A teacher is working with a group of students to help .
them achieve greater phonological awareness. The .
teacher writes the following on a whiteboard to begin .
a discussion. .
.
(picture on back)
..
Which of the following concepts is the teacher demon-
.
strating for the students? .
.
A. Decoding words by using syllabication
.
B. Working with rimes to create new words
.
C. Building words with an understanding of onsets
.
D. Deleting phonemes to change from one word to
.
another
ANSWER: B.Working with
rimes to create new words
, PRAXIS Elementary Education Multiple Subjects: Reading
and Language Art (5002) Form 2, Test 2025-2026
9. Which TWO of the following words contain a closed A.bat
syllable? E.top
A.bat
B.be
C.go
D.she
E.top
10. Which of the following correctly segments the word B.bl-ueberry
"blueberry" by its onset?
A.b-lueberry
B.bl-ueberry
C.blue-berry
D.blue-ber-ry
11. Which of the following is a major challenge of teaching C.It is not possible to as-
the decoding of /s/ to students in kindergarten? sign just one sound to the
grapheme of "s."
A. Students cannot write to reinforce their learning.
B. The /s/ sound is difficult to pronounce until age 7.
C. It is not possible to assign just one sound to the
grapheme of "s."
D. Students with varied dialects pronounce "s" differ-
ently.
and Language Art (5002) Form 2, Test 2025-2026
1. Phonological awareness primarily affects literacy D.decode multisyllable
skills through its impact on students' ability to words in a text
A. imitate and produce basic sentence structures
B. use context clues to confirm understanding
C. read with appropriate rate and expression
D. decode multisyllable words in a text
2. Star light, star bright, B.Modeling automaticity
First star I see tonight, and prosody
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.
A first-grade teacher reads the poem to the students.
Then the students do a choral reading of the poem
with the teacher, and the teacher points to each word
as the students say it.
Which of the following best describes the objective of
the choral reading activity?
A.Supporting sight word recognition
B.Modeling automaticity and prosody
C.Introducing segments and blends
D.Demonstrating comprehension strategies
3. Star light, star bright, C.irregular vowel families
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.
The highlighted words could be best used in a phonics
, PRAXIS Elementary Education Multiple Subjects: Reading
and Language Art (5002) Form 2, Test 2025-2026
lesson on
A. open syllables
B.r-controlled vowels
C.irregular vowel families
D.VCCe words
4. Star light, star bright, D.Have
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.
Which of the following words in the poem is a sight
word that cannot be decoded using conventional
rules?
A.Star
B.See
C.May
D.Have
5. Which of the following multisyllabic words is correctly D.C-are-f-u-ll-y
segmented into its phonemes?
A.Dif-fer-ent
B.St-op-s-ign
C.R-e-s-t-a-u-r-a-n-t
D.C-are-f-u-ll-y
6. To increase comprehension, a reading teacher sug- C.avoid reading through
gests that a student read a selection from a text re- punctuation
peatedly, while focusing on proper intonation. The
, PRAXIS Elementary Education Multiple Subjects: Reading
and Language Art (5002) Form 2, Test 2025-2026
intervention is appropriate for helping the student to
A. self-monitor for meaning
B. decode unknown words
C. avoid reading through punctuation
D. avoid substituting an incorrect word
7. Which of the following groups lists words that are best B.Am, to, the, on
categorized as kindergarten sight words?
A.Bite, when, I, car
B.Am, to, the, on
C.Dog, jump, are, toes
D.Jail, tram, see, from
8. A teacher is working with a group of students to help .
them achieve greater phonological awareness. The .
teacher writes the following on a whiteboard to begin .
a discussion. .
.
(picture on back)
..
Which of the following concepts is the teacher demon-
.
strating for the students? .
.
A. Decoding words by using syllabication
.
B. Working with rimes to create new words
.
C. Building words with an understanding of onsets
.
D. Deleting phonemes to change from one word to
.
another
ANSWER: B.Working with
rimes to create new words
, PRAXIS Elementary Education Multiple Subjects: Reading
and Language Art (5002) Form 2, Test 2025-2026
9. Which TWO of the following words contain a closed A.bat
syllable? E.top
A.bat
B.be
C.go
D.she
E.top
10. Which of the following correctly segments the word B.bl-ueberry
"blueberry" by its onset?
A.b-lueberry
B.bl-ueberry
C.blue-berry
D.blue-ber-ry
11. Which of the following is a major challenge of teaching C.It is not possible to as-
the decoding of /s/ to students in kindergarten? sign just one sound to the
grapheme of "s."
A. Students cannot write to reinforce their learning.
B. The /s/ sound is difficult to pronounce until age 7.
C. It is not possible to assign just one sound to the
grapheme of "s."
D. Students with varied dialects pronounce "s" differ-
ently.
