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Praxis 5026 Practice Test

Unofficial practice for the Praxis Early Childhood Assessment: subtests 5027 and 5028 in one bank.

Which pair of words are homophones?

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Reading and language arts (5027) 18

  • A child holds a book the right way up, turns its pages in order and says that the marks on the page "tell the story," though she cannot yet read them. What is she showing? Wikipedia, Print awareness, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, A. Emergent Literacy, topic 3.
  • A kindergartner writes "I LUV MI DOG," spelling each word the way it sounds to him. What is this called? Wikipedia, Inventive spelling, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, D. Writing, topic 1.
  • A second grader writes a paragraph that explains, step by step, how a seed becomes a plant. Which kind of writing is this? Wikipedia, Rhetorical modes, Exposition. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, D. Writing, topic 2.
  • A short tale in which a talking tortoise and hare act out a lesson about pride belongs to which genre? Wikipedia, Fable, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, C. Reading: Literature and Informational Text, topic 1.
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Reading and language arts (5027), continued

  • A story about a girl's first day at school stops to show a scene from the summer before, and then returns to the school day. What is this device called? Wikipedia, Flashback (narrative), lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, C. Reading: Literature and Informational Text, topic 2.
  • A student copies two sentences from a website into his report and does not name the site. How does that differ from paraphrasing? Wikipedia, Plagiarism, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, D. Writing, topic 6.
  • A two-year-old says "Daddy work." Which stage of language acquisition does this speech belong to? Wikipedia, Telegraphic speech, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, A. Emergent Literacy, topic 1.
  • "The bell rang, and the children lined up." Which type of sentence is this? Wikipedia, Sentence clause structure, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, F. Language, topic 1.
  • During a class discussion a student faces the speaker, attends to what is said and restates the point before answering. What is this practice called? Wikipedia, Active listening, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, E. Speaking and Listening, topic 1.
  • In "hopeful" and "careless," the parts "-ful" and "-less" are added after the stem. What are these word parts? Wikipedia, Suffix, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, B. Reading: Foundational Skills, topic 1.
  • In a sound game a teacher stretches a word into three separate sounds, and the class has to say the whole word back. Which phonemic awareness task is this? Wikipedia, Phonemic awareness, Tasks. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, A. Emergent Literacy, topic 4.
  • In the plot of a story, what is the climax? Wikipedia, Plot (narrative), Climax. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, C. Reading: Literature and Informational Text, topic 2.
  • In the word "ship," the letters s and h are written together to spell one sound. What is "sh" called? Wikipedia, Digraph (orthography), lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, B. Reading: Foundational Skills, topic 1.
  • "It is raining cats and dogs" means that it is raining hard. What kind of expression is this? Wikipedia, Idiom, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, F. Language, topic 2.
  • Phonological awareness covers three levels of sound structure. Which list names them? Wikipedia, Phonological awareness, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, A. Emergent Literacy, topic 4.
  • Which pair of words are homophones? Wikipedia, Homophone, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, B. Reading: Foundational Skills, topic 1.
  • Which term names a major topic or message of a story, often summed up in a word such as "friendship"? Wikipedia, Theme (narrative), lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, C. Reading: Literature and Informational Text, topic 1.
  • Why are words such as "said" and "has" taught as sight words? Wikipedia, Sight word, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, I. Reading and Language Arts, B. Reading: Foundational Skills, topic 1.

Social studies (5027) 9

  • A barber cuts hair and a farmer sells pears. In economics, which is a service and which are goods? Wikipedia, Goods and services, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, A. Community, Culture, and Identity, topic 2.
  • A class records a grandmother in a planned interview about her childhood on a farm. What kind of historical work is this? Wikipedia, Oral history, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, C. Time, Continuity, and Change, topic 1.
  • The Nineteenth Amendment says the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied on what basis? Wikipedia, Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, D. Civics and Government, topic 1.
  • On a globe, what are the circles that run parallel to the equator? Wikipedia, Latitude, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, B. People, Places, and Environments, topic 1.
  • Under the Twenty-sixth Amendment, what is the highest minimum voting age a state may set for elections? Wikipedia, Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, D. Civics and Government, topic 1.
  • What does the national holiday of Independence Day, the Fourth of July, commemorate? Wikipedia, Independence Day (United States), lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, A. Community, Culture, and Identity, topic 2.
  • Which civics idea holds that the law is clear, consistent and open, and that government institutions are bound by it too? Wikipedia, Rule of law, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, D. Civics and Government, topic 1.
  • Which list gives the four cardinal directions? Wikipedia, Cardinal direction, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, B. People, Places, and Environments, topic 1.
  • Which of these is a primary source for a class studying a town's flood of 1950? Wikipedia, Primary source, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5027, II. Social Studies, C. Time, Continuity, and Change, topic 1.

Mathematics (5028) 17

  • A bus had some riders. At one stop 9 riders got off and 16 stayed on. Which equation, with n for the riders before the stop, fits the story, and what is n? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, C. Algebraic Thinking, topic 2.
  • A child knows that 9 × 6 = 54 and uses it to answer 6 × 9 at once. Which property of multiplication lets her do that? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, C. Algebraic Thinking, topic 2.
  • A class measures six leaves and marks the lengths on a line plot: 3, 3, 4, 5, 5 and 5 centimeters. Which length has the most marks, and how many leaves are longer than 3 centimeters? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, D. Geometry, Measurement, and Data, topic 3.
  • A class starts at 9:40 a.m. and ends at 11:15 a.m. How long does it last? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, D. Geometry, Measurement, and Data, topic 2.
  • A garden bed is a rectangle 9 meters long and 4 meters wide. How much edging does it take to go all the way around the bed? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, D. Geometry, Measurement, and Data, topic 2.
  • A pattern of dots grows 2, 4, 8, 16. Which rule makes the pattern, and what number comes next? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, C. Algebraic Thinking, topic 1.
  • A rectangle 6 units long and 4 units wide is split into 8 parts of equal area. What is the area of one part? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, D. Geometry, Measurement, and Data, topic 2.
  • A rectangular array has 7 rows of 12 tiles. Which number sentence breaks 12 apart by place value to find the total? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, A. Numbers and Operations: Whole Numbers, topic 3.
  • Ben buys 3 packs of 4 pencils and then gives 5 pencils away. Which expression, worked in the correct order, gives the number he has left? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, C. Algebraic Thinking, topic 2.
  • Four equal pans of cornbread are cut into 3, 5, 6 and 8 equal pieces. One piece from which pan is the smallest, and what fraction of the pan is it? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, B. Numbers and Operations: Fractions, topic 2.
  • Four friends cut a 3-meter ribbon into four pieces of the same length, one for each of them. How long is each piece? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, B. Numbers and Operations: Fractions, topic 1.
  • Four towns have 3,089, 3,098, 3,809 and 3,890 people. Which list puts the populations in order from smallest to largest? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, A. Numbers and Operations: Whole Numbers, topic 1.
  • On a number line from 0 to 1, which fraction sits at exactly the same point as 2/3? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, B. Numbers and Operations: Fractions, topic 2.
  • There are 83 students going on a trip, and each van holds 6 students. How many vans are needed? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, A. Numbers and Operations: Whole Numbers, topic 3.
  • To add 298 + 547 in her head, a student adds 300 + 547 and then takes away 2. Which mental strategy is this, and what is the sum? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, A. Numbers and Operations: Whole Numbers, topic 2.
  • Which decimal names the same number as the fraction 3/5? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, B. Numbers and Operations: Fractions, topic 1.
  • Which is 40,706 written in expanded form? The answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, I. Mathematics, A. Numbers and Operations: Whole Numbers, topic 1.

Science (5028) 10

  • A bean seed in damp soil splits and sends out a root and a shoot. What is this process called? Wikipedia, Germination, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, D. Life Science, topic 2.
  • A book pushed across a table slows down and stops. Which force, resisting the motion of surfaces sliding against each other, stops it? Wikipedia, Friction, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, B. Physical Science, topic 4.
  • A tadpole becomes a frog and a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. What is this change of body structure during development called? Wikipedia, Metamorphosis, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, D. Life Science, topic 2.
  • In a food chain of grass, rabbit and fox, which is the producer? Wikipedia, Food chain, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, D. Life Science, topic 3.
  • On Earth, what are the seasons a result of? Wikipedia, Season, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, C. Earth and Space Science, topic 1.
  • Students test which paper towel soaks up the most water. They use the same amount of water and the same size of towel every time. What are those unchanged elements called? Wikipedia, Control variable, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, A. Nature of Science and Engineering, topic 1.
  • Water poured from a tall glass into a wide bowl changes its shape, yet the amount of water stays the same. Which state of matter behaves this way? Wikipedia, State of matter, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, B. Physical Science, topic 1.
  • What makes a shadow? Wikipedia, Shadow, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, B. Physical Science, topic 2.
  • Why does the Sun appear to rise in the east? Wikipedia, Earth's rotation, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, C. Earth and Space Science, topic 1.
  • Wind and running water carry soil away from a hillside and drop it somewhere else. Which process is this, as distinct from weathering? Wikipedia, Erosion, lead. Outline: ETS Study Companion for Praxis 5026, subtest 5028, II. Science, C. Earth and Space Science, topic 2.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the content topics of the ETS Study Companion for the Praxis Early Childhood Assessment (5026) (https://www.ets.org/pdfs/praxis/5026.pdf, read 2026-10-13; test page https://praxis.ets.org/test/5026.html). The test is two subtests of 90 questions each: Reading and Language Arts & Social Studies (5027: Reading and Language Arts 60 questions, Social Studies 30) and Mathematics and Science (5028: Mathematics 58, Science 32). The bank holds 18, 9, 17 and 10 questions, the same shares of the whole test. Every mathematics answer is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Every other fact was read between 11 and 14 October 2026 in the Wikipedia article the question names. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

Practice for Praxis 5026, the Early Childhood Assessment: 54 questions of our own that follow the weights of its two subtests, 5027 and 5028. This free practice test is unofficial and has no connection to ETS.

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What the test covers

Test 5026 is two subtests, by the Study Companion read October 13, 2026. Subtest 5027 is reading and language arts (60 questions) and social studies (30). Subtest 5028 is mathematics (58) and science (32). This bank holds 18, 9, 17 and 10.

Where the answers come from

Every mathematics answer is recomputed from the numbers in the question. Each other explanation names the public article its fact was read in.

  • In mathematics, check division answers against the story: a remainder can mean one more van, not a fraction of one.

Questions and answers

Can I use this as a Praxis 5027 practice test?

Yes. Subtest 5027 is reading and language arts and social studies. Those two topics hold 27 questions here, each with an explanation that names its source, so they also serve as a Praxis 5027 study guide.

Is there a Praxis 5028 study guide here?

The mathematics and science topics are subtest 5028: 27 questions on whole numbers, fractions, algebraic thinking, measurement, data and early science, each with a worked answer or a named source.

How is the Praxis Early Childhood Assessment (5026) set up?

As two subtests of 90 selected-response questions and 2 hours each: 180 questions and 4 hours in all. ETS lists each subtest on its own page, under its own code.

What score do I need to pass Praxis 5026?

ETS does not set one. Qualifying scores for 5026 and for each subtest come from the state or agency that licenses you, so check there. This page only counts correct answers.

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