How is a tadpole different from a frog?
Analyze and Evaluate Information in Spoken English · TELPAS Grade 2 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 3: make inferences from what was said, and work out a speaker's purpose, opinion, or what will happen next.
Listen to the teacher talk about frogs.
How a Frog Grows
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Mr. Turner: Today we are learning how a frog grows. A frog starts as a tiny egg in a pond.
Mr. Turner: When the egg hatches, a tadpole swims out. A tadpole has a long tail, and it lives only in the water.
Mr. Turner: Then the tadpole grows legs, and its tail gets shorter and shorter. At last, it is a frog. A frog can live in the water and on land.
The question
Choose the best answer.
How is a tadpole different from a frog?
- A tadpole can live on land.
- A tadpole has a long tail.Correct answer
- A tadpole is bigger.
- A tadpole has four legs.
Why “A tadpole has a long tail.” is correct
The student has to compare two stages the teacher described: a tadpole has a long tail and lives only in water, while a frog's tail is gone and it can live on land. Comparing information from different parts of a lesson is an analyze skill. Choices a and d describe the frog, not the tadpole.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A tadpole can live on land. — This is backwards. The frog can live on land; the tadpole lives only in water.
- A tadpole is bigger. — The tadpole grows into the frog, so it is not bigger than the frog.
- A tadpole has four legs. — The tadpole grows legs later, when it is turning into a frog.
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