TELPAS Practice

What does a magnifying glass help you do?

Understand Words and Language Structures · TELPAS Grade 3 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 poster. Then answer the questions.

Science Night

Poster titled Pecan Grove Science Night — Thursday with a schedule of times, activities and places: 6:00 Build a paper rocket, Gym. 6:30 Look at bugs with a magnifying glass, Library. 7:00 Test what floats and what sinks, Cafeteria. 7:30 Look at the moon through a telescope, Back field. A note at the bottom says: Bring a grown-up. Every student gets a free science journal.
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Pecan Grove Science Night — Thursday

6:00 Build a paper rocket — Gym

6:30 Look at bugs with a magnifying glass — Library

7:00 Test what floats and what sinks — Cafeteria

7:30 Look at the moon through a telescope — Back field

Bring a grown-up. Every student gets a free science journal.

The question

Choose the best answer.

What does a magnifying glass help you do?

  • Make small things look biggerCorrect answer
  • See things that are very far away, like the moon
  • Measure how long a bug is
  • Catch bugs so they cannot fly away

Why “Make small things look bigger” is correct

This tests knowing a science word. To magnify means to make something look bigger, which is why it is used for looking at bugs. The poster also names a telescope, which helps you see far-away things, so students have to keep the two tools apart.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • See things that are very far away, like the moon — That is what a telescope does; the poster uses a telescope for the moon.
  • Measure how long a bug is — Measuring length is done with a ruler.
  • Catch bugs so they cannot fly away — A magnifying glass is for looking, not catching.

Practice more of this

More reading practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.

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