What should a student do with a second-choice class?
Understand Spoken Words and Language Structures · TELPAS Grades 10–12 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
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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Mr. Lopez: 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.
The question
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What should a student do with a second-choice class?
- Check the box beside that class.Correct answer
- Write it on the top line.
- Write it in the gray section.
- Give it to a counselor in person.
Why “Check the box beside that class.” is correct
This tests following multi-step spoken directions. The teacher calls the second choice a 'backup' and 'the class you would take instead', which a student must connect to 'second choice' in the question. Each wrong answer matches a different part of the directions.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Write it on the top line. — The top line is for the first choice, not the backup.
- Write it in the gray section. — The gray section is for the office, and students should leave it blank.
- Give it to a counselor in person. — The counselors use the form; nothing says to talk to them directly.
Practice more of this
More listening practice for Grades 10–12, or see the TELPAS practice test for 10th–12th grade.
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