Making Inferences Practice

📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 15 minutes 8 problems

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1. An inference is an idea you figure out from text __.

2. Which sentence shows evidence?

A The boy slammed the door and crossed his arms. B I think he is mad because I just know. C Stories are fun to read.

3. If a character yawns, stretches, and closes her eyes, you can infer she feels __.

4. Which is the best inference?

A A student with a soaked backpack may have walked in the rain. B A student with a backpack is always late. C A backpack means the day is over.

5. Readers should support an inference with text __.

6. Why might a squirrel bury nuts in the fall?

7. Which clue helps you infer a character is nervous?

A Her hands shook during the speech. B She opened a book. C She sat on a chair.

8. Good readers use clues and what they already __.

📋 Answer Key

1. clues

2. The boy slammed the door and crossed his arms.

3. tired

4. A student with a soaked backpack may have walked in the rain.

5. evidence

6. to save food

7. Her hands shook during the speech.

8. know