What will Diego do tonight?
Basic Understanding of Spoken English · TELPAS Grades 10–12 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: understand the main points and important details of spoken stories and informational passages, about everyday life and school subjects.
Listen to the conversation. Then answer the questions.
Planning a Project
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Fatima: Okay, the presentation on renewable energy is due Friday. I think we should split it up: you take wind, I take solar, and we each make our own slides.
Diego: That's faster, but last time we did it that way, the slides looked completely different and Mr. Ellison said it felt like two separate presentations.
Fatima: True. So what do you want to do?
Diego: We can still split the research. But let's make one template tonight, same fonts and colors, and then we each fill in our part. And we should write the introduction and conclusion together so it connects.
Fatima: Fine. Can you set up the template? I have work until nine.
Diego: Sure. I'll share it with you by eight.
The question
Choose the best answer.
What will Diego do tonight?
- Write the introduction and conclusion by himself
- Finish all of the research on solar energy
- Set up a slide template and share it with FatimaCorrect answer
- Meet Fatima at her work at nine o'clock
Why “Set up a slide template and share it with Fatima” is correct
This tests listening for a plan and who is responsible for each part. Fatima asks Diego to set up the template, and he agrees to share it by eight. Questions about plans often include distractors that mix up the speakers' roles.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Write the introduction and conclusion by himself — He says they should write those parts together.
- Finish all of the research on solar energy — Fatima is taking solar; Diego is taking wind.
- Meet Fatima at her work at nine o'clock — Fatima mentions working until nine, but they do not plan to meet.
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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