Making Inferences Review

An inference is...

• Text evidence + what you know
• Retelling a text
• Making a guess without evidence
• Information written directly into the text.

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When making an inference, the most important thing is...

• What you know about the topic
• The topic of the text
• The characters in the text
• Being able to prove your inference using evidence from the text.

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Tyler slammed down the phone. Why did Daniel always have to have things his way? Why didn’t he ever listen?

• Tyler regrets speaking so rudely.
• Daniel is always right.
• Daniel asked if Tyler wanted to come over.
• Tyler and Daniel had an argument.

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You see snowflakes coming down outside and you can smell hot cocoa cooking on the stove. You see red and green decorations all around the house. What time of year can you infer that it is?

• Thanksgiving
• Valentine's Day
• Christmas
• 4th of July

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He put meat, broccoli, and french fries on his plate. He picked up his knife and fork, cut the meat, put it in his mouth and began to chew. 
WHAT IS HE DOING?

• cooking dinner
• eating dinner
• cleaning up after dinner
• shopping

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Max was baking some cookies, but then he got an important phone call. He returned a few minutes later to a smoke filled kitchen. What can you infer?

• The oven has turned off.
• Max forgot about the cookies and they are burning.
• A candle was blown out in the kitchen.
• The cookies are cooling on the baking pan.

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Which sentence suggests that Joanna rode her bike to school?

• Joannaʼs hair was a little messy when she got to school.
• Joanna crossed three streets on her way to school.
• Joanna went four blocks on her way to school.
• Joanna had to put her helmet inside the classroom closet.

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Sadie loves to learn about animals and their habitats. She also really loves learning about space and all of the planets. What can you infer is her favorite subject in school? 

• math
• reading
• science
• social studies

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Like the vampires you might see in a movie, vampire bats drink the blood of other animals to survive. They usually feed off the blood of cows, pigs, and horses. Although the blood sucking itself doesn't hurt the animals they bite, the bats can spread a disease called rabies. You can infer that...

• Vampire bats have special adaptations that help them walk, run, and jump

• Vampire bats usually don't bite humans

• Vampire bats live near farms

• Vampire bats have a lifespan of about 12 years

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Over the last 20 years, many changes have taken place in college life. At one time all college students live in college dormitories. Recently, however, this has changed. Many students called "commuters" have begun attending college. The commuter is a person who goes to college but lives at home. To "commute" means to travel back and forth. There are commuter colleges for people who live nearby and commute to school. 

• A commuter lives near the college he or she attends. 
• Commuters can attend colleges thousands of miles away from home. 
• Today colleges make students live in dormitories. 

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