Reading Comprehension · Detail

PrepTest 149 · Section 2 · Question 4

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Detail

The one idea it tests

The passage plainly states that the old core stays the same.

The basic logic

Find the exact line about what happened to the traditional core. Match it, without stretching.

Tiny words that decide it

“core”
“remained”
“but not”

Playground logic

The Elm Park passage says the core rules never changed and the new words sat on top. So the rule families keep their heart.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–5). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Is Elm Park Kickball Its Own Game? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

According to the kid passage, the old rule families played at Elm Park

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 4 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 4 in your official copy and answer it first.

Go back to the line in the passage about what the incoming speakers' core language did over time. Find the choice that restates it. Be suspicious of choices about change, merging, or loss: the passage says the new stuff was added, not swapped in.