Read the sentence. Amalia found a recent article about owls. Which statement about the underlined word is correct? OA) The word has one syllable. OB) The word has four syllables. OC) The word has a long e sound in the first syllable. OD) The word has a vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel pattern.

The underlined word in the sentence is "recent." Let's analyze the options: OA) The word has one syllable. - Incorrect. "Recent" has two syllables (re-cent). OB) The word has four syllables. - Incorrect. "Recent" has two syllables, not four. OC) The word has a long e sound in the first syllable. - Incorrect. The first syllable "re" has a short e sound. OD) The word has a vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel pattern. - Correct. The pattern is: re (vowel) - cent (consonant, consonant, vowel). Therefore, the correct statement is **OD**.