Read this sentence from the note. I read it every night before bed. What does it mean in this sentence?
Understand Words and Language Structures · TELPAS Grade 2 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 1: work out what words and phrases mean from context, and understand how sentences and word forms work.
Read the note. Then answer the questions.
A Note from Pablo
Dear Tía Rosa,
Thank you for the book about dinosaurs. I read it every night before bed. My favorite part is the page about the dinosaurs with long necks. Please come visit soon so I can read it to you!
Love, Pablo
The question
Choose the best answer.
Read this sentence from the note. I read it every night before bed. What does it mean in this sentence?
- The dinosaur bookCorrect answer
- The note to Tía Rosa
- The bed
- The visit
Why “The dinosaur book” is correct
The word it points back to something named before. The sentence right before is about the book about dinosaurs, and you read a book. Working out what words like it, they and him stand for is part of understanding how sentences fit together.
Why the other answers are wrong
- The note to Tía Rosa — Pablo is writing the note now. He reads the book every night.
- The bed — Bed is in the same sentence, but you do not read a bed.
- The visit — The visit is mentioned later and has not happened yet.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.
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