What is the first step in the recipe?
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 recipe. Then answer the questions.
Fruit Cups
Makes 4 fruit cups
You need: 1 banana, 1 cup of strawberries, 1 cup of grapes, 4 small cups
1. Wash your hands.
2. Ask a grown-up to cut the banana and the strawberries.
3. Put some of each fruit in every cup.
4. Eat and enjoy!
The question
Choose the best answer.
What is the first step in the recipe?
- Wash your hands.Correct answer
- Cut the banana.
- Put fruit in the cups.
- Eat the fruit.
Why “Wash your hands.” is correct
A recipe lists its steps in order with numbers. Step 1 is to wash your hands. Following numbered steps is an everyday reading skill that TELPAS tests with short functional texts.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Cut the banana. — Cutting is step 2, and a grown-up does it.
- Put fruit in the cups. — Putting fruit in the cups is step 3.
- Eat the fruit. — Eating is the last step.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.
This is an independent study resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Texas Education Agency or the official TELPAS program. All questions here are original practice material written to match the published test design.