OSAT Elementary Practice Questions (2026) — Free Sample Questions with Answers

Answer: A

3: Correct. Ship has three phonemes: /sh/ /ĭ/ /p/. The digraph sh spells a single sound.

4: This counts letters (s-h-i-p) instead of sounds; s and h together make one phoneme.

2: This splits the word into onset and rime (/sh/ + /ip/), a larger unit than phonemes.

1: Ship is one syllable, but syllables and phonemes are different units.

Phonemes are individual speech sounds; count sounds, not letters (a digraph such as sh, ch, th, or ck stands for one phoneme).

Answer: A

were: Correct. With neither…nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject, students, which is plural.

was: Was would agree with teacher, but the verb must agree with the nearer subject, students.

is: Is is singular and in the present tense; it agrees with neither the nearer subject nor the sentence's context.

has been: Has is a singular form and does not agree with the plural subject students.

For subjects joined by or, either…or, or neither…nor, make the verb agree with the subject closest to it.

Answer: D

A land run opened the Cherokee Outlet to non-Native settlers.: The Cherokee Outlet land run took place in 1893, and it did not create statehood.

Indian Territory alone was admitted under the name Sequoyah.: The proposed separate State of Sequoyah (1905) was not approved by Congress.

Texas transferred its northern lands to the federal government.: No such transfer created Oklahoma; this misstates the history.

Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were joined as one state.: Correct. The Oklahoma Enabling Act (1906) combined the two territories, and Oklahoma entered the Union on November 16, 1907.

Statehood (1907) united the 'Twin Territories'—Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory—into the 46th state.

Answer: B

2/3, 5/8, 3/5: This list goes from greatest to least, the reverse of what was asked.

3/5, 5/8, 2/3: Correct. 3/5 = 0.6, 5/8 = 0.625, and 2/3 ≈ 0.667 (or, with a common denominator of 120: 72/120, 75/120, 80/120).

5/8, 3/5, 2/3: This assumes a larger denominator means a smaller fraction, ignoring the numerators.

3/5, 2/3, 5/8: This orders the fractions by denominator size, which does not compare their values.

To order fractions, convert to a common denominator or to decimals; never compare denominators alone.

Answer: A

Carbon dioxide and water, using light energy, form sugar and oxygen.: Correct. Plants capture light energy to make glucose from CO₂ and H₂O, releasing O₂.

Oxygen and sugar are broken down to release energy for the cell.: This describes cellular respiration, essentially the reverse process.

Plants absorb ready-made food from the soil through their roots.: This is a common misconception; roots take in water and minerals, while plants make their own food.

Nitrogen and water, using heat energy, form starch and carbon dioxide.: Photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide and light energy, and it releases oxygen, not carbon dioxide.

Photosynthesis: 6CO₂ + 6H₂O + light → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂. Most of a plant's mass comes from air and water, not soil.

Answer: C

Red and orange: Red and orange sit next to each other on the color wheel, so they are analogous.

Blue and violet: Blue and violet are neighbors on the color wheel (analogous).

Yellow and violet: Correct. Complementary colors lie directly opposite each other on the color wheel, creating maximum contrast.

Green and blue: Green and blue are adjacent on the color wheel (analogous).

Complementary pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–violet. Analogous colors sit side by side on the wheel.