TELPAS Practice

Which picture matches the directions? (Getting Ready for Class)

Understand Spoken Words and Language Structures · TELPAS Grades 4–5 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

Reporting category 1: follow spoken directions and understand words and phrases as they are used in speech. On the real test some of these ask the student to click on a picture.

Listen to the directions. Then answer the question.

Getting Ready for Class

Listen to Getting Ready for Class0:11

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Choose the picture that shows a backpack hanging on the back of a chair and a lunch box sitting on the floor under the chair.

The question

Choose the best answer.

Which picture matches the directions?

  • The backpack is on the seat, and the lunch box is under the chair.
  • The backpack is under the chair, and the lunch box hangs on the chair.
  • The backpack is beside the chair, and the lunch box is on the seat.
  • The backpack hangs on the chair, and the lunch box is under the chair.Correct answer

Why “The backpack hangs on the chair, and the lunch box is under the chair.” is correct

This tests position words that English learners often mix up: on, under, beside, and on the back of. The student has to hold two things in mind at once, one place for the backpack and one for the lunch box. A choice that gets one of the two right is the most common trap. On the real test the choices are pictures.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • The backpack is on the seat, and the lunch box is under the chair. — The lunch box is in the right place, but the backpack should hang on the back of the chair, not sit on the seat.
  • The backpack is under the chair, and the lunch box hangs on the chair. — This switches the two things: the backpack should hang, and the lunch box should be on the floor.
  • The backpack is beside the chair, and the lunch box is on the seat. — Neither thing is where the directions say.

Practice more of this

More listening practice for Grades 4–5, or see the TELPAS practice test for 4th and 5th grade.

This is an independent study resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Texas Education Agency or the official TELPAS program. All questions here are original practice material written to match the published test design.