Inference Riddles

I have a head and a tail. My favorite number is 1. I am made of copper. I am lucky if you pick me up.

• I am a penny.

• I am a nickel.

• I am money.

• I am an animal.

To make good inferences you need to...

• read fast

• pay attention to details

• look up every unfamiliar word

• pick your nose

Which quotation shows the reader that the king was overconfident in his intelligence?

• “‘This is a problem, indeed,’ the king said. ‘Fortunately, I am exceedingly wise and have asolution for you.’” (paragraph 1)

• “‘Finally, discover the loveliest thing in the world. You have three days in which to solve these riddles,’ said the king, waving them away.” (paragraph 2)

• “The king dismissed the wealthy brother’s answers immediately, but he was intrigued by the poor brother’s responses. ‘Who helped reveal these solutions to you? Certainly you did not solve them on your own.’” (paragraph 18)

• “He bore the twig and his daughter’s message back to the king, whose face turned red upon hearing the girl’s challenge. Then he gave the poor man 150 eggs. ‘Tell your disrespectful daughter to hatch these into chicks by dawn tomorrow.’” (paragraph 24)

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.

Inference Riddle: I hang out in schools and sleep with my eyes opened. I can breathe underwater. In the Little Mermaid I was Flounder.

• I am a shark.

• I am a mermaid.

• I am a turtle.

• I am a fish.

Inference Riddle: I am a food named after an Earl, who ate meat between 2 slices of bread. You can also use peanut butter and jelly, or cheese. You might take me on a picnic or I'm perfect for lunch.

• I am a dessert.

• I am breakfast.

• I am bread.

• I am a sandwich.

Inference Riddle: I put the "sicle" in pop. You can skate on me without wheels. I have a "land" named after me. You can make me into cubes...or mix me into cream.

• I am ice cream.

• I am a street.

• I am ice.

• I am a popsicle.

I am a word that means the opposite of 'happy'. I am often used to describe a gloomy day or a sad person. What am I?

• A) Joyful

• B) Cheerful

• C) Sad

• D) Excited

I am a punctuation mark used to indicate a pause between two main clauses. I am stronger than a comma but not as final as a period. What am I?

• A) Comma

• B) Semicolon

• C) Colon

• D) Dash

I am a type of sentence that asks a question. I often start with words like 'who', 'what', 'where', 'when', 'why', or 'how'. What type of sentence am I?

• A) Declarative

• B) Imperative

• C) Interrogative

• D) Exclamatory