What is Lucia's report mostly about?
Listen to an Oral Presentation · ELPAC Grade 2 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
A presentation on an academic topic, followed by three or four questions.
Listen to Lucia give her report to the class. Then answer the questions.
Earthworms
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Hello, everyone. My name is Lucia. My report is about earthworms and how they help plants.
Earthworms live under the ground. They do not have eyes, but they can feel light on their skin. Light tells them to stay underground.
As earthworms dig, they make little tunnels in the soil. Air and water move down the tunnels to the roots of plants.
Earthworms also eat old leaves. What they leave behind makes the soil rich, so plants grow better.
After a big rain, you may see earthworms on the sidewalk. Wet ground keeps their skin damp, so they can crawl far and find a new place to live.
The question
Choose the best answer.
What is Lucia's report mostly about?
- How to plant a garden
- Animals that have no eyes
- Earthworms and how they help plantsCorrect answer
- Why it rains so much
Why “Earthworms and how they help plants” is correct
Lucia states her topic in her first sentence, and each part of the report gives one more fact about earthworms. A main-idea question asks for what the whole report covers. Ask your child to name the topic in Lucia's first sentence, then check the choices against it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- How to plant a garden — The report is about how earthworms help plants grow, not about how to plant a garden.
- Animals that have no eyes — Earthworms have no eyes, but that is one detail, not what the report is about.
- Why it rains so much — Rain comes up only at the end, as the reason earthworms come up to the sidewalk.
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