What does Ana spread the masa on?
Basic Understanding of a Variety of Texts · TELPAS Grade 2 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: find the main idea and key details, and follow what happens in stories and informational texts.
Read the story. Then answer the questions.
Tamales with Abuela
It was the day before Christmas. Ana and her abuela stood in the kitchen. A big bowl of masa sat on the table.
Abuela showed Ana how to spread the masa on a corn husk. Ana's first one was too fat. Her next one was too thin.
"Keep trying," said Abuela. Ana tried again and again. By lunch, her tamales looked just like Abuela's.
That night, the whole family ate tamales. "Ana made these," Abuela said proudly.
The question
Choose the best answer.
What does Ana spread the masa on?
- A plate
- A piece of bread
- A corn huskCorrect answer
- The table
Why “A corn husk” is correct
This is a detail stated in the second paragraph: Abuela shows Ana how to spread the masa on a corn husk. A student who has made tamales at home may know this already, but the answer is in the text either way. Choice d is tempting because the bowl sits on the table.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A plate — No plate is mentioned in the story.
- A piece of bread — Bread is not part of the story.
- The table — The bowl of masa sits on the table, but the masa is spread on corn husks.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.
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