TELPAS Practice

TELPAS listening practice questions for 10th, 11th and 12th grade

Short spoken directions, conversations, announcements and lessons, each followed by questions. A written transcript is available under each passage.

These 23 questions are grouped by task type, one group at a time. Answer a question to see whether it was right and why. Nothing is timed and nothing is recorded.

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Understand Spoken Words and Language Structures

Reporting category 1: follow spoken directions and understand words and phrases as they are used in speech. On the real test some of these ask the student to click on a picture.

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Look at the four line graphs. Choose the graph that shows a store's sales rising slowly for several months and then falling sharply in the last month.

Question 1 of 4

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Which graph matches the directions?

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Ms. Adeyemi: For this lab you will need a tall, narrow glass container with lines marked up the side. You'll use it to measure exactly fifty milliliters of water before you pour it into the beaker.

Question 2 of 4

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Which object is the teacher describing?

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Marcus: So are you going to take the weekend job at the hardware store or not?

Thao: The money's good, but I'd lose my Saturday practice. I'm going to sleep on it and tell them tomorrow.

Question 3 of 4

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What does Thao mean when she says, "I'm going to sleep on it"?

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Mr. Castañeda: On the course request form, write your first choice for an elective on the top line. Then, if that class fills up, the counselors need a backup, so check the box next to the class you would take instead. Don't write anything in the gray section at the bottom. That part is for the office.

Question 4 of 4

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What should a student do with a second-choice class?

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Each question has its own page with the correct answer and why each other choice is wrong.

Understand Spoken Words and Language Structures

  1. Which graph matches the directions?
  2. Which object is the teacher describing?
  3. What does Thao mean when she says, "I'm going to sleep on it"?
  4. What should a student do with a second-choice class?

Basic Understanding of Spoken English

  1. According to the lecture, why did the soil blow away during the drought?
  2. What happened on April 14, 1935?
  3. What is the main purpose of Financial Aid Night?
  4. Why does Ms. Okonkwo ask students to bring a parent or guardian?
  5. What policy are the students debating?
  6. What experience does Yesenia describe?
  7. What does Mr. Brennan say most of the job involves?
  8. According to the teacher, what was needed to change the buried remains into oil?
  9. What does Kwame do at Mr. Lindqvist's shop?
  10. What will Diego do tonight?
  11. What must students turn in with their revised paper?

Analyze and Evaluate Information in Spoken English

  1. What is the main point the teacher wants students to remember?
  2. Which statement best describes Ximena's position?
  3. What does Ximena mean when she says, "Taking away lunch doesn't fix a problem in third…
  4. How does Yesenia respond to the problem with Saturday mornings?
  5. Why did the oil at Spindletop collect in one place?
  6. What does the grandfather mean when he says, "The watch was never the gift"?
  7. Why does Diego want to change Fatima's first plan?
  8. Based on the teacher's comments, what problem did many first drafts have?

Read next

  • TELPAS Listening and Speaking Test: What to Expect and How to Practice: The TELPAS listening and speaking test is one of the two online TELPAS tests for grades 2–12. Students watch and listen to short videos and answer questions, and record spoken answers, with the two kinds of item mixed through the test. Here is how the test is built, how it is scored, and how to practice for it.
  • How to Prepare for TELPAS: Practice and Tips by Domain: TELPAS measures English that a student builds over months and years, so there is no shortcut to a higher rating. What preparation can do is make sure the test itself is familiar, so a student's real English shows. Here is what is worth doing, domain by domain.
  • TELPAS Scores Explained: Levels, Scale Scores and What They Mean: A TELPAS report gives each of the four domains a level from Beginning to Advanced High, and combines them into a composite rating. From grade 2 there are scale scores as well. Here is what TELPAS scores mean, how the pieces fit together and how to read them.

This is an independent study resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Texas Education Agency or the official TELPAS program. All questions here are original practice material written to match the published test design.