6th grade Inference Quiz
Authored by Paulette Laing-taylor
English
5th - 7th Grade
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This quiz focuses on making inferences in reading comprehension, a fundamental skill in English Language Arts for 6th grade students. The questions assess students' ability to read between the lines by combining textual evidence with prior knowledge to draw logical conclusions about characters, situations, and events that are not explicitly stated in the text. Students must understand that inference requires two key components: concrete evidence from the passage and their own background knowledge or reasoning skills. The quiz progresses from basic true/false questions about what inference means to more complex scenarios where students must analyze character behavior, predict outcomes, and identify implied information. Students need strong reading comprehension skills, the ability to synthesize information from multiple sources within a text, and logical reasoning capabilities to determine what is most likely true based on the given evidence. Created by Paulette Laing-taylor, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 5 and 7. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment, allowing teachers to gauge how well students grasp the critical thinking skills necessary for deeper text analysis. Teachers can use this as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge about inference before introducing new texts, as guided practice during reading instruction, or as homework to reinforce lessons on drawing conclusions from textual evidence. The varied question formats make it adaptable for both individual assessment and small group discussions where students can defend their reasoning. This assessment directly supports Common Core standards RL.6.1 and RI.6.1, which require students to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, building the foundation for more sophisticated literary analysis in higher grades.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Sometimes we have to “read between the lines.” Authors don’t always tell us everything. We need to use textual evidence and prior knowledge to understand the text better.
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CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Macey's mom noticed that she was squinting as she read her book, which was only a few inches away from her face. She scheduled a doctor's appointment for the next week, and when the doctor said Macey needed glasses, she tried on every single pair in the office. After spending an hour looking at glasses, mom suggested that perhaps she should sleep on it and come back and decide in the morning. Macey agreed, but she kept talking about the pros and cons of each pair all night long.
What can you infer about Macey?
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CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In real life, people who can back up an opinion about a text with Textual Evidence are taken more seriously than people who can only give a reason of “just because".
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CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an inference?
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
To make an inference, we use evidence from the text, and our prior knowledge.
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CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
When reading literature, it is important to cite text evidence to support your analysis of the most important details and events of a story. In addition to citing text evidence to answer comprehension questions, you can also use text evidence to make inferences.
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CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Rosario was enjoying her vacation in the California sun. She was lying on araft in the ocean. This was perfect, Rosario thought. There was no noise—no childrenscreaming, no horns honking—and there were no papers to grade. All she couldhear was the crashing of the waves onto the beach. Rosario sighed and lookedaround her at the beauty of the ocean. Then she saw something long and graycoming toward her on an approaching wave. She thought, “This could only be onething!” and started yelling for help. She paddled back to shore as quickly as she could.She made it to the shore in one piece , but she realized that many people were laughing at her.
We can infer that the "thing" was not a...
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CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
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