Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions Practice

What are the essential skills in reading comprehension mentioned in the passage?

• Making inferences and drawing conclusions

• Memorizing facts and figures

• Speed reading and skimming

• Summarizing and paraphrasing

How can the meaning of a word be inferred according to the passage?

• By looking at the general context

• By memorizing dictionary definitions

• By asking someone else

• By guessing randomly

What is an example of a word whose meaning can be inferred from context, as mentioned in the passage?

• Incarcerated

• Happy

• Sad

• Excited

What activity is suggested in the passage to encourage practicing inferential thinking?

• Playing twenty questions

• Reading aloud

• Writing essays

• Drawing pictures

Why is evaluating the validity of inferences important, according to the passage?

• To ensure they are logical and supported by evidence

• To make reading more enjoyable

• To memorize the text

• To read faster