What happens right after the tadpole grows back legs?
Listen to an Oral Presentation · ELPAC Grade 1 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
A presentation on an academic topic, followed by three or four questions.
Listen to Ana give her report to the class. Then answer the questions.
How a Frog Grows
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Hello. My name is Ana. My report is about how a frog grows.
A frog starts as a tiny egg in a pond. A tadpole comes out of the egg. A tadpole has a tail and no legs. It lives in the water.
Then the tadpole grows back legs. Next it grows front legs. Its tail gets shorter and shorter.
At last it is a frog. Now it can hop on land and swim in the water too.
The question
Choose the best answer.
What happens right after the tadpole grows back legs?
- It grows front legs.Correct answer
- Its tail gets longer.
- It goes back into the egg.
- It loses its back legs.
Why “It grows front legs.” is correct
This is a sequence question built on the signal words 'Then' and 'Next' in the middle of the report. The child has to hold the order: back legs, then front legs, then the tail shrinks. Count the steps on fingers together on a second listen.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Its tail gets longer. — The tail gets shorter, not longer.
- It goes back into the egg. — A tadpole comes out of the egg. It never goes back in.
- It loses its back legs. — The frog keeps its back legs. It needs them to hop.
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