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2nd Grade Listening Practice — Iowa Assessments (ITBS) Prep

This 2nd Grade listening practice set develops the auditory comprehension skills assessed on the Iowa Assessments (ITBS). Students will practice following spoken directions, understanding oral presentations, identifying key information in spoken passages, and answering questions based on what they hear. The listening section of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills is particularly important for younger students, as it measures comprehension abilities independent of reading skill. These practice questions help students strengthen their ability to process and retain spoken information, building a crucial academic skill used across all subject areas. Use the Read Aloud feature to hear each question spoken clearly.

Total Questions: 49 Grade: 2nd Grade Iowa Level: Level 7 Ages: 7-8
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  1. What should you do FIRST? (Clap your hands | Touch your nose | Jump up | Turn around)
  2. What should you draw? (A square | A circle | A triangle | A star)
  3. What number should you write? (3 | 5 | 7 | 9)
  4. How many times should you turn around? (One time | Three times | Two times | Four times)
  5. What page should you open to? (Page 10 | Page 12 | Page 21 | Page 2)
  6. Where should the blue crayon go? (In the box | On the desk | In your hand | On the floor)
  7. What should you touch? (The window | The door | The desk | The chair)
  8. Which number should you skip? (Three | Four | Five | Six)
  9. Where should you draw the triangle? (At the bottom | At the top | In the middle | On the side)
  10. Which hand should you raise FIRST? (Right hand | Left hand | Both hands | No hands)
  11. What should you draw next to your name? (A circle | A star | A heart | A line)
  12. How many steps forward should you take? (Two | Five | Three | One)
  13. What color should the grass be? (Yellow | Green | Blue | Red)
  14. What should you do LAST? (Pick up the book | Point to the first word | Turn to page 5 | Read the page)
  15. How many times should you jump with both feet? (Three times | Twice | Once | Four times)
  16. How many windows should the house have? (Two | Four | Three | Five)
  17. Which letters should you skip? (Consonants | Vowels | All letters | No letters)
  18. How many times should you clap if you hear a cat? (Once | Twice | Three times | No clapping)
  19. Where should your finger end up? (Red square | Blue circle | Green triangle | Yellow star)
  20. Which numbers should you circle? (1, 3, 5 | 2, 4 | All numbers | No numbers)

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  1. What day was it? (Sunday | Saturday | Monday | Friday)
  2. What did Tom eat for breakfast? (Cereal | Pancakes | Eggs | Toast)
  3. How many goals did Tom score? (One | Two | Three | Four)
  4. What is the rabbit (Spot | Fluffy | Bunny | Cotton)
  5. What color is Fluffy? (All brown | White with brown spots | All white | Gray)
  6. What does Emma feed Fluffy? (Grass and hay | Carrots and lettuce | Bread and water | Dog food)
  7. Where did the class go? (To the zoo | To the fire station | To the library | To the park)
  8. What color was the fire truck? (Blue | Red | Yellow | Green)
  9. What did everyone try on? (Fire boots | Fire helmet | Fire jacket | Fire gloves)
  10. Who was the card for? (Dad | Mom | Grandma | Sister)
  11. Why did Maya use purple paper? (It | It | It was the only paper | Teacher told her to)
  12. When did Ben lose his tooth? (At breakfast | During lunch | After school | At bedtime)
  13. What was Ben eating? (A sandwich | An apple | A cookie | Pizza)
  14. Where was Ben going to put the tooth? (In the trash | Under his pillow | In his pocket | In a drawer)
  15. How many fish did Jack catch? (Two | Three | Four | Five)
  16. Who caught more fish? (Jack | Grandpa | Both caught the same | Neither caught any)
  17. When did they wake up? (After lunch | Before the sun came up | At noon | In the afternoon)
  18. What color was the butterfly? (Blue and green | Orange and black | Red and yellow | Purple and pink)
  19. Why did Lily stay still? (She was tired | So she wouldn | She was sleeping | Her mom told her to)
  20. Where did the butterfly fly? (To a tree | To a flower | To the sky | To another hand)
  21. Who made the pizza? (Mom | Dad | Grandma | The kids)
  22. What did the kids help with? (Making the dough | Spreading the cheese | Cutting the pizza | Setting the table)
  23. How long did the pizza bake? (Ten minutes | Fifteen minutes | Twenty minutes | Five minutes)
  24. What sport did Maria play? (Soccer | Basketball | Baseball | Tennis)
  25. Did Maria (Lost | Won | Tied | Didn)
  26. How many points did Maria make? (Four | Six | Eight | Ten)
  27. Why couldn (He was sick | It was raining | It was dark | He had homework)
  28. Who did Sam play with? (His brother | His sister | His friend | His mom)
  29. How many games did they play? (Two | Three | Four | Five)
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