TExES Science of Teaching Reading
(293) 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
Answers | A+ Score Assured
phonemes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the smallest individual sounds in a word
phonetics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the sounds of human speech
phonology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the systematic organization of sounds in
language
phonics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the relationship between symbols of an
alphabetic writing system and sounds of a language
morphology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of forms of words; this includes
prefixes, roots, and suffixes.
, morphemes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-are a combination of sounds that have
meaning in speech or writing and cannot be divided into smaller
grammatical parts.
-are the smallest units of meaning in a word
orthography - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the conventions for proper spelling in a
language
syntax - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rules that govern the construction of words in order
to make phrases, clauses, and sentences
semantics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of word or symbol meaning
pragmatics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of language in use, not in its
structure; or the appropriate use of language
segmentation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔refers to recognizing the boundaries
between words, syllables, or phonemes in spoken language
precommunicative spelling - - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when students use scribble
shapes and sometimes letter-like shapes for spelling words but are unable
to make the forms
(293) 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
Answers | A+ Score Assured
phonemes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the smallest individual sounds in a word
phonetics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the sounds of human speech
phonology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the systematic organization of sounds in
language
phonics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the relationship between symbols of an
alphabetic writing system and sounds of a language
morphology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of forms of words; this includes
prefixes, roots, and suffixes.
, morphemes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-are a combination of sounds that have
meaning in speech or writing and cannot be divided into smaller
grammatical parts.
-are the smallest units of meaning in a word
orthography - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the conventions for proper spelling in a
language
syntax - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rules that govern the construction of words in order
to make phrases, clauses, and sentences
semantics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of word or symbol meaning
pragmatics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of language in use, not in its
structure; or the appropriate use of language
segmentation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔refers to recognizing the boundaries
between words, syllables, or phonemes in spoken language
precommunicative spelling - - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when students use scribble
shapes and sometimes letter-like shapes for spelling words but are unable
to make the forms
