What is Jamal painting?
Listen to a Short Exchange · ELPAC Kindergarten listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
A two-turn exchange between two speakers, followed by a question about it.
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Blue Paint
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Jamal: Ms. Okafor, I need more blue paint.
Ms. Okafor: Here you go. What are you painting?
Jamal: I am painting the ocean.
The question
Read the question and the three answers aloud to your child.
What is Jamal painting?
- the sky
- a blue car
- the oceanCorrect answer
Why “the ocean” is correct
Jamal asks for blue paint, and blue fits several things, so the answer only comes in his last line: "I am painting the ocean." That is the point of the item — the first clue narrows it down but does not settle it. If your child says "the sky", tell them that is a good guess for blue paint and ask them to listen to the end once more.
Why the other answers are wrong
- the sky — The sky is blue too, so this is the strongest guess for a child who heard "blue paint" and stopped. Jamal says ocean.
- a blue car — No car is mentioned. This catches a child who heard the color and invented the rest.
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