Read this sentence from the sign. Thank you for helping keep our ducks healthy! What does healthy mean?
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 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.
Read this sentence from the sign. Thank you for helping keep our ducks healthy! What does healthy mean?
- Hungry for more food
- Well and not sickCorrect answer
- Wet
- Big and loud
Why “Well and not sick” is correct
The sign says bread is not good food for ducks, so not feeding them bread keeps them well. Healthy is a common word in school, in science and in lessons about food, so it is a useful word to know.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Hungry for more food — The sign says the ducks find their own food, so it is not about keeping them hungry.
- Wet — Ducks live in a pond and get wet, but healthy is not about being wet.
- Big and loud — Healthy is not about size or noise.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.
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