WorksheetsInferencing Practice
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Use evidence from the text and your own background knowledge to answer the question. Passage: When Maya walked into the kitchen, she sighed. The countertop was dusted with white flour. A cracked eggshell sat next to a bowl smeared with chocolate. The oven door was open, and the timer was beeping loudly, showing "0:00." A faint smell of something sweet and slightly burned hung in the air. Question: What can you infer happened in the kitchen just before Maya walked in?
Someone was baking a chocolate dessert that finished cooking, leaving a slightly burned smell.
Someone was washing dishes with soap and water.
The refrigerator door was left open to cool the room.
Maya dropped eggs when she entered.
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Use evidence from the text and your own background knowledge to answer the question. Passage: Liam rushed home from school. As he turned the corner onto his street, he noticed the sidewalk was soaking wet, even though it hadn't rained all day. A brightly colored plastic bucket was lying on its side next to his mailbox, and there was a line of chalk drawings—of castles, dragons, and sunshine—that was slowly starting to run and wash away. Question: What can you infer the neighborhood children were doing earlier on the sidewalk?
Drawing pictures with chalk, and water from a bucket started washing them away.
Planting flowers along the sidewalk.
Riding bikes in the rain.
Shoveling snow from the curb.
My Inference prompt: I can infer that the children were ______. Context: The sidewalk was soaking wet even though it did not rain, a plastic bucket was lying on its side, and the chalk drawings were starting to wash away. Question: Which inference best completes the sentence?
Playing with water near the sidewalk after drawing with chalk.
Cleaning the mailbox with soap.
Waiting for the rain to start.
Building a sandcastle on the lawn.
Read this sentence from the passage.
Coyote laughed loudly, “Why shouldn’t
I help myself to such a tasty morsel?”
In this sentence, you can tell that a morsel is something
to eat
to chase
to laugh at
to help out
Peg is a cat. She plays with a red ball of yarn. Peg is a good pet.
Peg is a big __________.
cat
dog
Pam is a doctor. She can save lives and helps me if I am sick. Pam works hard at a hospital.
Pam is a __________.
vet
doctor
Where can we read such warning?
At the beach
In a swamp
At the lake side
In a water park
The new place was so big that he was able to expand the size of the building and make it bigger
a. F
b. G
c. H
d. J
Tom went to a _____ with his dog.
walk
run
1. In 1620, the Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower for the long, perilous journey to America. Many passengers feared for their lives during the powerful thunderstorms. They only had enough food for a few short months. What would happen to them if they were blown off course? It was a time of great concern for everyone on board.
From this paragraph, you can infer that the word perilous means:
joyful
simple
dangerous
boring
