Praxis 5025 Practice Question
A teacher posts the following words from a reading selection on a word wall. Boil, Oil, Coin, Join. Which of the following vowel sounds is present in each word?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Each word—Boil, Oil, Coin, Join—contains a diphthong, which is a complex vowel sound that begins with one vowel sound and glides into another within the same syllable.
Option A (Short vowel) is incorrect as these words do not feature short vowel sounds.
Option B (Schwa) is also wrong; the schwa sound is an unstressed vowel sound often found in unstressed syllables, which is not present here.
Option D (Long vowel) is misleading; while these words have vowel sounds that may seem long, they specifically contain diphthongs rather than pure long vowels.
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