TELPAS Practice

Andres goes outside at noon. Then he goes outside again in the late afternoon. What will happen to his shadow?

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.

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Shadows

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Ms. Tran: When you stand outside on a sunny day, your body blocks some of the sunlight. That makes a dark shape on the ground. We call it a shadow.

Ms. Tran: Your shadow changes during the day. In the early morning, when the sun is low, your shadow is long.

Ms. Tran: At noon, the sun is high in the sky, and your shadow is short. In the late afternoon, the sun is low again, and your shadow gets long again.

The question

Choose the best answer.

Andres goes outside at noon. Then he goes outside again in the late afternoon. What will happen to his shadow?

  • It will get longer.Correct answer
  • It will get shorter.
  • It will stay the same.
  • It will go away.

Why “It will get longer.” is correct

The question asks the student to use the lesson in a new situation. Ms. Tran says the shadow is short at noon and long again in the late afternoon, so it gets longer. The student has to compare two times of day, not just repeat one fact.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • It will get shorter. — This is backwards. The shadow is shortest at noon.
  • It will stay the same. — Ms. Tran says shadows change during the day.
  • It will go away. — The sun is still out in the late afternoon, so he still has a shadow.

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