WorksheetsInferences with Informational Texts
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
What two things do we use to help us infer something?
Just by guessing and hoping it is correct
Background knowledge and textual evidence
By reading the story and getting evidence
Using our brains from what we already know
What can you infer from this photo?
The boy loves vegetables
The boy is happy to by eating
The boy does not want to eat the veggies
The boy is angry at his mom
What can you infer from this photo?
It is wet and windy, so he fell off the bike
It is a very sunny day
The man is happy to be going to work
He tripped on a pebble
What can you infer from this photo?
The dog is supposed to eat dinner
The dog was home alone and torn up a pillow
The dog wants to go for a walk
The dog is the worst dog ever
What can you infer from this photo?
The floor was wet and nobody fell
He is being dramatic
He was hit by a paper airplane
The floor was wet and he tripped
What can you infer about this photo?
He wants to go to recess
He is talking to his friends
He is silently reading and enjoying his book
He is about to eat his lunch
Wild ponies live on Chincoteogue Island. They are not really ponies, but are smaller than horses. They live in wild conditions, and eat scrub grass. There is only enough scrub grass on the island for about 300 ponies. What can you infer about the ponies and their size?
They are small because they refuse to eat.
They live on Chincoteogue Island.
They are small because they don't have enough to eat.
They are actually not ponies at all.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, GA in 1929. His father was a minister and his mother was a teacher. He also became a minister. He did not like the laws that separated black people from white people. He wanted black people to have the same rights as white people. He believed in making a difference without violence. What is a piece of evidence that gives a reason why we celebrate him today?
He fought for equal rights without violence.
He was a minister.
His mother was a teacher.
He did not like the laws that separated people based on race.
Antarctica has always been cold and isolated. In ancient times, the Greeks thought that a huge southern land mass must exist. They believed in symmetry and thought that the Earth needed something in the south to balance all of the land in the north. In the Age of Exploration, many sailors tried to find a southern land mass. They found island off the coast of Antarctica, but icebergs and sea ice kept them from finding the continent. What can you infer about Antarctica?
It has always been a cold and isolated continent.
A lot of people find things on Antarctica.
Antarctica has a huge population of people.
It is easy to explore because it is alway sunny and bright.
Long ago, many Irish people made their new home in America. They soon began a tradition of honoring St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who helped the Irish people. They celebrated the Irish culture with music, food and dance. Even water is dyed green for the day. Shamrocks, pots of gold and leprechauns are all symbols of St. Patrick's Day. What can you infer about the Irish?
They came over to America and wanted everybody to love them.
Green is everybody's favorite color.
They are prideful people and love to celebrate their heritage.
They do not like any other holiday.
Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Washington state, has long been called the "Smoking Mountain" by Native Americans. In 1980, this volcano erupted, blowing the top off the mountain, killing almost all plant and animal life, and melting snow and ice from the glaciers. Some small plants under the snow survived, soon the wind began to blow small creatures such as beetles and spiders and some fish have slowly returned to the waters. Now trees are growing once again from buried seeds and roots. What can you infer about this volcano?
It erupted and nothing serious happened.
It will not erupt again for a long time.
Life was not really affected at all.
When it erupted, it killed and melted everything in its path.
11 year old, Frank Epperson, accidentally invented the popsicle when he made a fruit flavored drink, stirred it with a stick, and left it outside on a cold winter night. The next day, he had fun showing it to his friends, and then forgot all about it. When Frank grew up, he began to think about his "frozen ice on a stick", and wondered it people would enjoy this unusual and delicious treat. So, he set up a business to make and sell his unexpected discovery. What can we infer about Frank?
He was always inventing things since he was little.
He discovered the best thing in the world.
He accidentally discovered the popsicle and was hoping people would love his discovery.
He was greedy and wanted a lot of money for creating the popsicle.
