Oregon Educator Licensure Assessments (ORELA) Practice Exam

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What is an example of a closed syllable?

hi
bike
bad
car

The correct answer is: bad

A closed syllable is characterized by a syllable that ends with a consonant sound, effectively "closing" the syllable. The presence of a consonant at the end is what distinguishes it from an open syllable, which ends with a vowel sound. In this case, "bad" is an example of a closed syllable. The word "bad" consists of the vowel sound "a" followed by the consonant "d," thus making it closed. The consonant sound at the end contributes to the syllable being fully contained. The other choices do not represent closed syllables. "Hi" is an open syllable ending in a vowel, "bike" has a silent 'e' making it also an open syllable, and "car," while sounding similar, ends with a consonant but maintains a long vowel sound due to the vowel-consonant combination, which may confuse it with an open syllable in some contexts.