What does the sign ask people not to do?
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 sign. Then answer the questions.
A Sign by the Pond
Please Do Not Feed the Ducks
Bread is not good food for ducks. They can find their own food in the pond.
Thank you for helping keep our ducks healthy!
The question
Choose the best answer.
What does the sign ask people not to do?
- Swim in the pond
- Walk on the grass
- Pick the flowers
- Feed the ducksCorrect answer
Why “Feed the ducks” is correct
The first line of the sign says, "Please Do Not Feed the Ducks." Signs often put the most important rule at the top in large words. All the other choices are rules you might see in a park, but they are not on this sign.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Swim in the pond — The sign mentions the pond, but it does not say anything about swimming.
- Walk on the grass — Grass is not on the sign.
- Pick the flowers — Flowers are not on the sign.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.
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