FREE NYSESLAT Domains Assessed Questions and Answers

Question 1

Listen to the teacher’s question: "What is the main idea of the story about the butterfly’s journey?"

What should you do to answer correctly?

Accepted Answer

Summarize what the story is mostly about.

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Describe the colors of the butterfly.

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Explain what the butterfly learned during its journey.

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Identify the events that happened to the butterfly.

Question 2

Your teacher shows you a picture of students playing soccer. She asks, "What are the children doing in this picture?"

What is the best response?

Accepted Answer

"The children are playing soccer in the field."

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"It is a sunny day outside."

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"I like playing soccer too."

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"There are children in the picture."

Question 3

Read the passage:
"Sally planted seeds in her garden. She watered them every day. After a few weeks, she saw green plants growing."

What does the passage show?

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Plants need water to grow.

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Sally loves flowers.

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Sally is learning how to garden.

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Gardening takes a lot of time.

Question 4

Write a sentence describing the weather in this picture:  (sunny day with kids playing).

Accepted Answer

"The weather is sunny, and children are playing outside."

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"It looks nice outside today."

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"Kids are having fun outside."

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"There are children in the park."

Question 5

The teacher says: "Imagine you are an astronaut visiting the moon. What would you tell your friends about it?"

What is the best response?

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"I saw craters and felt light because there is no gravity."

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"The moon is very far from Earth."

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"It took a long time to get here."

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"Astronauts wear spacesuits."