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WorksheetsMaking Inferences Practice
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
What does Inference mean?
Finding details in a story
Use clues from the text and information you already know.
Giving a reason for your answer.
Guessing what will happen next.
What is evidence
Details from the text that support an idea or opinion.
The big idea of a text.
The lesson an author is trying to teach.
A guess about what will happen next.
It was raining outside. Sue got out of bed and got dressed for school. Then, she ate breakfast and grabbed her backpack. Before Sue left the house, she probably ___________________.
Got her sunglasses.
Picked up her umbrella.
Put on her winter mittens.
Caught the school bus.
My family went to a show. We saw the funny clowns. We watched the lion act. We ate a lot of treats and popcorn.
The family is probably at the ______________
Movies
Concert
Circus
Zoo
Sam woke up and saw the sun shining in the sky. He packed his swimming suit, a towel, a beach ball, and his sandals in his bag. Then, he went to the kitchen and made a sack lunch.
Sam is most likely going to ___________________.
the beach
school
the mall
the zoo
How might a character act if he felt sad?
put his head down and sigh
yell and stomp
smile and wave
laugh until his side hurt
Joseph and Caitlin were choosing the players for their teams. It was Caitlin's turn to choose, and only Jason was left. Caitlin sighed and said, "Jason."
We can infer that…
Jason was the best player.
Caitlin wanted Jason on her team.
Jason was not a very good player.
Caitlin had a hard time choosing a team member.
Mike had fun hiking in the woods and doing crafts. He also really enjoyed the bonfire 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
at a slumber party
on a picnic
in California
Rachel was on her way to volunteer at the animal shelter. She was very excited! She really liked dogs. Her brother was allergic to dogs, however, so she was rarely around them. Rachel had a lot of fun playing with the puppies. But after her shift, itchy bumps appeared on her arms.
It is likely that:
Mosquitoes bit Rachel.
Rachel is allergic to dogs, too.
Rachel fell in poison ivy.
Rachel is allergic to cats, too.
The launch of the space shuttle Atlantis has been postponed while NASA fixed a problem with the new robot arm on space station Alpha. The arm will be used to carry out the installation of a new U.S.-built airlock on the space station.
What can you infer from this paragraph?
The robot space arm is critical to the space shuttle's mission.
The robot arm was poorly constructed.
The space shuttle experiences frequent launch delays.
The space program is very expensive.
"Got everything you need?" his dad asked. "Yep, it's all in here," Chip said, pointing to his backpack. "Good luck on that English test," his dad said. "I'll need it!"
Where is Chip going?
Mary smelled smoke. She looked outside and saw a plume of smoke billowing in the sky. A few minutes later, she heard sirens in her neighborhood. You can infer that.....
Her mother burned dinner.
A house in the neighborhood is on fire.
Someone needed an ambulance.
Someone had run a red light.
Where is Rose?
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 make new friends in California." What is happening?
Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.
Tim is taking a trip to visit peolpe he doesn't know.
Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.
Tim is moving to California with his family.
Which sentence best supports that Jack is feeling sleepy?
Jack went to bed late because he was at a birthday party.
Jackʼs eyes were droopy and his eyelids felt really heavy.
Jack put his head down on the desk.
Jack was not paying attention to the lesson.
What can you "infer" by reading the passage below?
"I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me...I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish I just could hide somewhere," whispered Violet.
Violet can be a mean girl.
Violet can be very relaxed.
Violet is probably shy.
Violet is afraid of everything.
Which sentence from the selection shows that the pet is a cat?
Bryan had to feed his pet every day.
Bryan had to take his pet outside right away after school.
It was Bryan's job to clean out the litter box every 3 days.
Bryanʼs has soft fur.
As usual, Jim left for school 10 minutes later than he should have. His shoelaces were untied and his backpack was unzipped. he had only run one block when he heard his mother shout out his name. He looked back and saw her waving his brown bag lunch. What can you infer from this passage?
Jim is forgetful.
Jim is in the 4th grade.
Jim takes the bus to school.
Jim's mother is going to work.
Brittany's mom walks into the kitchen wearing her sun hat and a pair of old shoes. “Those vegetable plants are growing by leaps and bounds!” she exclaims to Brittany, as she takes off a dirty glove and wipes a smudge of dirt off her face. Where was Brittany's mom?
At the store
Mowing the lawn
In the garden
Gathering wood for a bonfire
Which sentence from the selection best supports that Suzy likes to play basketball?
Suzy practices basketball every day.
Suzy is always cheerful on basketball game days.
Suzy scored 5 points in her last basketball game.
Suzy and her mom get ice cream after her basketball games.
