What should students do after they put their test in the tray?
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 teacher. Then answer the question.
After the Test
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Ms. Reyes: When you finish your math test, turn your paper over and bring it to the tray on my desk. Then go back to your seat and read your library book quietly until everyone is done.
The question
Choose the best answer.
What should students do after they put their test in the tray?
- Go back to their seat and read quietly.Correct answer
- Turn the paper over and check it again.
- Line up at the door for recess.
- Help other students finish the test.
Why “Go back to their seat and read quietly.” is correct
This tests following a spoken direction with several steps in order: turn the paper over, bring it to the tray, go back to your seat, and read. The word "then" signals what comes after the tray. Students who remember only the first step often choose the answer about turning the paper over.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Turn the paper over and check it again. — Turning the paper over comes before the tray, and the teacher never says to check it again.
- Line up at the door for recess. — Recess is never mentioned.
- Help other students finish the test. — The teacher says to read quietly until everyone is done, not to help.
Practice more of this
More listening practice for Grades 4–5, or see the TELPAS practice test for 4th and 5th grade.
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