Why did the kite fall down?
Listen to a Story · ELPAC Kindergarten listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
A multiple-turn conversation or narrative, followed by three questions.
Sit with your child. Play the story while your child listens. Then read each question and its three answers aloud. If your child looks lost, play the story again before you ask.
The Red Kite
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Show transcript
Lupe went to the park with her dad. They had a red kite.
The wind was strong. The kite went up, up, up into the sky.
Then the wind stopped. The kite fell down into a bush.
Dad pulled the kite out of the bush. Soon the wind came back, and the kite flew again.
The question
Read the question and the three answers aloud to your child.
Why did the kite fall down?
- The string broke.
- The wind stopped.Correct answer
- A bird hit it.
Why “The wind stopped.” is correct
The story says "Then the wind stopped. The kite fell down into a bush." The child has to connect the cause in one sentence to the result in the next. Asking "what happened right before the kite fell?" is a smaller step that often unlocks the "why".
Why the other answers are wrong
- The string broke. — A broken string is a common reason kites fall, but nothing breaks in this story.
- A bird hit it. — No bird is in the story. A child who picks this is imagining what could happen in the sky.
Practice more of this
More listening practice for Kindergarten, or see the ELPAC practice test for kindergarten. For other grades, see free ELPAC practice tests by grade.
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