How does Abuelo most likely feel at the end of the story?
Analyze and Evaluate Information in Spoken English · TELPAS Grades 4–5 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 3: make inferences from what was said, and work out a speaker's purpose, opinion, or what will happen next.
Listen to the story. Then answer the questions.
Abuelo's New Phone
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Every Sunday, Laura called her grandfather in Laredo. But last month, Abuelo got a new phone, and he could not figure out how to answer a video call. Each time Laura called, the screen showed his ear, or the ceiling fan, or nothing at all.
Laura had an idea. She made a small card with three big drawings on it: a green button, a hand holding a phone up in front of a face, and a smiling face. Under each drawing, she wrote one short step in Spanish and in English. Then she mailed the card to Laredo.
The next Sunday, Laura called again. The phone rang twice, and then there was Abuelo's face, right in the middle of the screen. He was holding the card up next to his cheek and laughing.
"I put it on the refrigerator," he said. "Now I can see you, and you can see my tomatoes." He turned the phone toward the window, where a row of red tomatoes was growing in pots.
The question
Choose the best answer.
How does Abuelo most likely feel at the end of the story?
- tired and bored
- happy and proudCorrect answer
- worried and confused
- surprised and upset
Why “happy and proud” is correct
This tests inferring a feeling from actions. The story never names Abuelo’s feeling, but he answers the call correctly, laughs, holds up the card, and proudly shows his tomatoes. Those clues point to happy and proud. "Worried and confused" describes him earlier in the story, so it checks whether the student is thinking about the end.
Why the other answers are wrong
- tired and bored — He is laughing and showing off his tomatoes, which is not how a bored person acts.
- worried and confused — He was confused at the start of the story, but by the end the call works.
- surprised and upset — Nothing at the end upsets him; he is laughing.
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