What part of the presentation will Tyler do?
Basic Understanding of Spoken English · TELPAS Grades 6–7 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: understand the main points and important details of spoken stories and informational passages, about everyday life and school subjects.
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Planning the Presentation
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Isabel: Tyler, our presentation on saving water is on Friday, and we still haven't decided who's doing what.
Tyler: I was thinking I'd make the slides. I already found a chart that shows how much water a family uses in one day.
Isabel: Good. Where does most of it go?
Tyler: Showers and toilets, mostly. Watering the lawn is a big one in the summer, too.
Isabel: Then I'll write the part about things people can actually do at home, like taking shorter showers, and watering the yard early in the morning, when it's cooler, so less of the water dries up before it soaks in.
Tyler: What about the interview? Ms. Delgado said we need one real person as a source, not just websites.
Isabel: My aunt works for the city water department. I can call her tonight.
Tyler: Perfect. But she might be busy, and we need the interview done by Wednesday. I'll talk to Coach Bryant tomorrow, just in case. He takes care of the football field, so he must know a lot about watering grass.
Isabel: That's true. Let's meet in the library on Thursday at lunch and practice the whole thing once.
The question
Choose the best answer.
What part of the presentation will Tyler do?
- He will reserve the library for Friday.
- He will write the ideas for saving water.
- He will make the slides.Correct answer
- He will call the city water department.
Why “He will make the slides.” is correct
This tests keeping track of who will do what in a conversation. Tyler says, "I was thinking I'd make the slides." Other jobs belong to Isabel, so the student has to connect each task to the right speaker.
Why the other answers are wrong
- He will reserve the library for Friday. — They plan to meet in the library on Thursday to practice; no one mentions reserving it.
- He will write the ideas for saving water. — Isabel says she will write the part about what people can do at home.
- He will call the city water department. — Isabel is the one who will call her aunt at the water department.
Practice more of this
More listening practice for Grades 6–7, or see the TELPAS practice test for 6th and 7th grade.
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