Where did Marisol work on the puzzle?
Basic Understanding of Spoken English · TELPAS Grade 3 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: understand the main points and important details of spoken stories and informational passages, about everyday life and school subjects.
Listen to the story. Then answer the questions.
The Missing Piece
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For her birthday, Marisol got a puzzle with one hundred pieces. The box showed a beach with a red and white lighthouse.
Every afternoon, Marisol worked on the puzzle at the kitchen table. Her little brother, Tony, wanted to help, but she told him he was too little.
After one week, the puzzle was almost done. But there was a hole in the middle of the lighthouse. One piece was missing!
Marisol looked under the table and inside the box. Then Tony walked in and opened his hand. There was the last piece.
Marisol laughed. “Okay, Tony,” she said. “You can put it in. Next time, we will do the puzzle together.”
The question
Choose the best answer.
Where did Marisol work on the puzzle?
- On the floor of her room
- At the kitchen tableCorrect answer
- At the beach
- At school
Why “At the kitchen table” is correct
This is a detail question. The narrator says, “Every afternoon, Marisol worked on the puzzle at the kitchen table.” The word beach is also in the story, but it describes the picture on the box.
Why the other answers are wrong
- On the floor of her room — Her room is not mentioned in the story.
- At the beach — The beach is the picture on the puzzle box, not where she worked.
- At school — School is not mentioned in the story.
Practice more of this
More listening practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.
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