When do snails come out?
Read an Informational Passage · ELPAC Grade 1 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
A longer factual text, with questions about the main idea, supporting details and vocabulary.
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
Snails
A snail is a small animal with a hard shell on its back. The shell is its home. When a snail is scared, it pulls its body inside the shell.
A snail moves on one big foot. The foot makes slime. The slime helps the snail slide over rocks and leaves.
Snails like wet places. On hot, dry days they hide under leaves. They come out after it rains.
The question
Choose the best answer.
When do snails come out?
- On hot, dry days
- When they are scared
- After it rainsCorrect answer
- When they need a new shell
Why “After it rains” is correct
This question checks the last paragraph, which contrasts two kinds of weather. The passage says snails hide on hot, dry days and come out after it rains, so the child has to keep the two halves apart. Ask your child which kind of place snails like, then which kind of day matches it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- On hot, dry days — This is the opposite. On hot, dry days snails hide under leaves.
- When they are scared — When a snail is scared it goes into its shell, which is the opposite of coming out.
- When they need a new shell — The passage says the shell is the snail's home. It never says snails get a new one.
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