TELPAS Practice

What does the word chaperones mean on the schedule?

Understand Words and Language Structures · TELPAS Grades 4–5 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 schedule. Then answer the questions.

Field Trip Schedule

Schedule titled Fourth Grade Field Trip to the Science Museum — Thursday: 8:30 Leave school by bus. 9:15 Planetarium show: The Night Sky. 10:15 Fossil Hall: dinosaur bones and ancient sea shells. 11:30 Lunch in the picnic area. 12:15 Hands-on lab: build a simple machine. 1:30 Bus leaves the museum. A note at the bottom says: Pack a lunch in a paper bag with your name on it. Parent chaperones will each lead a group of five students. Stay with your chaperone at all times.
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Fourth Grade Field Trip to the Science Museum — Thursday

8:30 Leave school by bus

9:15 Planetarium show: The Night Sky

10:15 Fossil Hall: dinosaur bones and ancient sea shells

11:30 Lunch in the picnic area

12:15 Hands-on lab: build a simple machine

1:30 Bus leaves the museum

Pack a lunch in a paper bag with your name on it. Parent chaperones will each lead a group of five students. Stay with your chaperone at all times.

The question

Choose the best answer.

What does the word chaperones mean on the schedule?

  • students who lead the line
  • guides who work at the museum
  • people who drive the school bus
  • adults who look after a groupCorrect answer

Why “adults who look after a group” is correct

Chaperones is a hard word, and the student must use context. The note says "Parent chaperones will each lead a group of five students" and "Stay with your chaperone." The word "Parent" rules out museum workers, which is the most tempting wrong choice.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • students who lead the line — Chaperones lead groups of students, and they are parents.
  • guides who work at the museum — The schedule says "Parent chaperones," so they come from school families, not the museum.
  • people who drive the school bus — Driving is never mentioned with chaperones.

Practice more of this

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

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