TELPAS Practice

Which class should she choose?

Analyze and Evaluate Information and Ideas · TELPAS Grades 6–7 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

Reporting category 3: make inferences, draw conclusions, and think about why the author wrote a text and how it is built.

Read the flyer. Then answer the questions.

Fall Classes at the Rec Center

Flyer titled Eastside Recreation Center: Fall Classes, with a table of four classes. Beginning Guitar: Mondays, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., ages 11 to 14, cost $20, bring your own guitar. Swim Skills: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., ages 10 to 15, free, you must pass a short swim test first. Cooking Basics: Wednesdays, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., ages 12 to 17, cost $15 for supplies. Chess Club: Saturdays, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., all ages, free. A note at the bottom says: Sign up at the front desk. Classes begin September 8. Space is limited to 12 students per class.
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Eastside Recreation Center: Fall Classes

Beginning Guitar. Mondays, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Ages 11 to 14. Cost: $20. Bring your own guitar.

Swim Skills. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Ages 10 to 15. Free. You must pass a short swim test first.

Cooking Basics. Wednesdays, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Ages 12 to 17. Cost: $15 for supplies.

Chess Club. Saturdays, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. All ages. Free.

Sign up at the front desk. Classes begin September 8. Space is limited to 12 students per class.

The question

Choose the best answer.

Sofia is 11 years old. She has soccer practice every Tuesday and Thursday evening, and she wants a free class. Which class should she choose?

  • Swim Skills
  • Cooking Basics
  • Beginning Guitar
  • Chess ClubCorrect answer

Why “Chess Club” is correct

This asks the student to apply several facts from the flyer at once: age, day, and cost. Two classes are free, but one of them conflicts with her soccer practice. Only Chess Club fits all three of Sofia's needs. Problems like this check whether a reader can use a document, not just find one fact.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • Swim Skills — Swim Skills is free, but it meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when she has soccer.
  • Cooking Basics — Cooking is for ages 12 to 17, and it costs $15.
  • Beginning Guitar — Guitar costs $20, so it is not free.

Practice more of this

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