Which example of a service does the teacher give?
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 teacher talk about social studies. Then answer the questions.
Goods and Services
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Mr. Turner: Today we are learning two new words: goods and services.
Mr. Turner: Goods are things that people make or grow. You can hold them in your hands. A loaf of bread, a toy truck, and a basket of peaches are all goods.
Mr. Turner: A service is a job that one person does for another person. When a barber cuts your hair, that is a service. When a mail carrier brings letters to your house, that is a service, too.
Mr. Turner: In our town, the bakery sells goods, and the barber shop sells a service.
The question
Choose the best answer.
Which example of a service does the teacher give?
- A mail carrier bringing lettersCorrect answer
- A basket of peaches from a farm
- A toy truck for a child to play with
- A loaf of bread from the bakery
Why “A mail carrier bringing letters” is correct
This is a detail question. The teacher names a barber cutting hair and a mail carrier bringing letters as services. The other choices are all things the teacher listed as goods, so the student has to remember which list each example was in.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A basket of peaches from a farm — A basket of peaches is one of the teacher’s examples of goods.
- A toy truck for a child to play with — A toy truck is one of the teacher’s examples of goods.
- A loaf of bread from the bakery — A loaf of bread is one of the teacher’s examples of goods.
Practice more of this
More listening practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.
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