Final answer:
The correct answer to the student's question is 'Horse', which is the word that fits the description of a 5-letter word with 'O' as the second letter and 'E' as the fourth letter.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question asks for a 5-letter word with the second letter 'O' and the fourth letter 'E'. Among the options given, only one word fits this description:
Therefore, Horse is the correct answer. The task involves understanding and applying simple rules of word patterns, which is a key skill in English language and vocabulary learning. Let's look at examples of such patterns:
- Three-letter words with 'p' at the start might include pop and pit.
- Five-letter words with 'b' at the start and 'o' as the second letter, would include below.
- Changing the first consonant to the fifth consonant in the English alphabet (which is 'E') and the second 'e' to the fourteenth letter ('N'), the word 'bead' would become end.