Where can you see bluebonnets in the spring?
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 passage. Then answer the questions.
The Bluebonnet
The bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas. It blooms in the spring. Its small flowers are mostly blue, and the tip of each stem is often white.
In spring, bluebonnets can cover whole fields and the sides of roads. Many families go out to take pictures with them.
The flower got its name because people thought it looked like a bonnet. A bonnet is a kind of hat that women wore long ago.
The question
Choose the best answer.
Where can you see bluebonnets in the spring?
- In the ocean
- In fields and by roadsCorrect answer
- Only in stores
- High up on the tops of trees
Why “In fields and by roads” is correct
The second paragraph says bluebonnets can cover whole fields and the sides of roads. This is a detail question; the student needs to find the right sentence and match its meaning.
Why the other answers are wrong
- In the ocean — Bluebonnets are land plants. The ocean is not mentioned.
- Only in stores — The passage says they grow outside in fields. Stores are not mentioned.
- High up on the tops of trees — Bluebonnets are small flowers. Trees are not mentioned.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.
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