Where do you put the book you bring back?

Read a Short Informational Passage · ELPAC Grade 1 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

A brief factual text — a notice, a label, a set of instructions — followed by questions.

The question

Choose the best answer.

Where do you put the book you bring back?

• AOn the teacher's desk
• BIn your backpack
• CIn the blue box by the doorCorrect answer
• DOn the library shelf

Why “In the blue box by the door” is correct

This is a find-the-detail question on a short classroom notice, and the answer is stated word for word in the sentence that begins 'Put it in'. The wrong answers are all places books really do live, which is what makes them tempting. If the child is stuck, have them hunt for the word 'box' in the notice and read that whole sentence aloud.

Why the other answers are wrong

• On the teacher's desk — The notice never mentions a desk. Children often guess this because it is where classroom work usually goes.
• In your backpack — The backpack is how the book gets to school, not where it goes once the child is there.
• On the library shelf — Shelving is what a librarian does later; the notice gives students one place to put the book.

Practice more of this

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