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Praxis II Early Education Content Knowledge

Category - Reading/LA

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A second-grader is writing in his journal about what he did over the weekend. When writing about a bike race between him and his brother, he writes“I beat my brother. Can I ride fast!” The fact that he meant to write“I can ride fast!” indicates that he may have trouble with which of the following?
  1. Punctuation
  2. Syntax
  3. Tone
  4. Adjective use
Explanation
Answer: B - A second-grader who puts the wordsI and can in the wrong order when describing how fast he can ride is having trouble with syntax. Syntax involves the use of word order to convey meaning. Changing the order can turn a declarative sentence into a question.
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