What is an Inference? | Making Inferences | Inference and Reading Comprehension Practice

What is making an inference?

• to use what you already know to make a guess about something you don't know

• the middle of the story

Sometimes you have to guess what is happening in a situation, based on what you_____ and already know.

• touch

• see

Inference helps you understand what is happening in a story.

• true

• false

Does Mandy look happy to see the guitar?

• Yes

• No

Who are the man and little girl in the video?

• Mandy and her mom

• Mandy and her uncle

• Mandy and her father

Why do you think the home movie made Mandy sad?

• She doesn't know how to play the guitar and she is jealous of her friend's gift.

• Mandy is remembering her father and her father is most likely not around anymore. 

• Mandy is upset that the guitar the man was playing has been stolen. 

Infer why Bradley would visit Mandy?

• He is mad Mandy ran out of his house the previous day.

• He is upset that Mandy did not like his guitar.

• Bradley is upset that Mandy is upset. 

Infer why Bradley may feel bad about what happened when he showed Mandy his new guitar.

• Bradley forgot that a guitar held painful memories for Mandy. 

• Bradley thought Mandy would like the guitar, since her dad use to play one. 

• Bradley is upset because he wants to sing to Mandy like her father use to. 

Infer why Bradley tells Mandy about his other gifts?

• He's hoping the other gifts bring up painful memories too.

• He's hoping to distract Mandy from being upset. 

• Bradley is clueless and doesn't now what he is doing.

What inferences can you make about Mandy, the man, and the guitar?

• Sometimes, things bring back painful memories. We often have our emotions linked to things in our past. 

• Mandy's father ran out on the family and Mandy hates guitars because he use to play one. 

• There are no inferences between the man, Mandy and the guitar. There's no way of telling what is going on with Mandy.