The notice says, "A parent or guardian must also sign a permission form." What does the word guardian mean?

Understand Words and Language Structures · TELPAS Grades 6–7 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.

The question

Choose the best answer.

The notice says, "A parent or guardian must also sign a permission form." What does the word guardian mean?

• Aan adult who is responsible for a young personCorrect answer
• Ba student who has finished the training
• Ca teacher who leads the safety training
• Da librarian who works at the front desk

Why “an adult who is responsible for a young person” is correct

This tests a word that appears often on school forms. The phrase "parent or guardian" is the clue: a guardian is someone who can take the place of a parent, an adult legally responsible for a child. Many families use this word, so it is worth teaching directly.

Why the other answers are wrong

• a student who has finished the training — A student cannot give permission for another student.
• a teacher who leads the safety training — The training and the form are separate steps, and the teacher is not mentioned.
• a librarian who works at the front desk — The front desk is where the form is picked up, but a librarian does not sign it for the student.

Practice more of this

More reading practice for Grades 6–7, or see the TELPAS practice test for 6th and 7th grade.