WorksheetsInference Quiz #2
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is an inference?
Something the author directly tells you by putting clues together and making a guess.
A fact that is always true.
Something a common group of people beleive about one thing.
Something readers determine by putting clues together and making a strong guess.
An inference is when readers are told directly about something.
True
False
Inferences always need evidence.
True
False
When you infer you combine what you know (background knowledge) with
Evidence (what you see or read)
A guess without evidence
Your personality
Your environment
When you make inferences as you read, you are using _____ in the text to help you figure out what is happening.
Things the author enjoys.
Things the author tell you (clues).
Things from your own mind.
Things in your environment.
Writers always directly tell you everything in a text.
True
False
Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California."
The reader can infer that:
Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.
Tim is taking a trip to visit people he doesn't know.
Tim is moving to California with his family.
Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.
Which sentence supports the inference that Bryan's pet is a cat?
Bryan had to feed his pet every day.
Bryan had to take his pet outside right away after school.
Bryanʼs pet never bites.
It was Bryan's job to clean out the litter box every 3 days.
I have a head and a tail. People often say I am #1. I am made of copper. I am lucky if you pick me up. What am I?
a four leaf clover
a penny
a leaf
a dime
Mike had fun hiking in the woods and doing crafts. He also really enjoyed the campfire sing-a-long and had made a lot of new friends. Still, he was glad that tomorrow he would be going home.
Where is Mike?
at camp
on a picnic
at a slumber party
in california
An inference is...
Explicit details + what you know
Making a guess without evidence
Retelling a text
Exactly what an author tells you
