Making Inferences Practice
📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 15 minutes 8 problems
Making Inferences Practice
Grade 3 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. An inference is an idea you figure out from text __.
2. Read: "The sidewalk was shiny, and Nora shook raindrops from her umbrella." What is the best inference?
3. If a character yawns, stretches, and closes her eyes, you can infer she feels __.
4. Which clue best supports the inference that Marcus felt proud?
5. Readers should support an inference with text __.
6. Read: "The classroom lights were off, the chairs were stacked, and no backpacks hung on the hooks." What can you infer?
7. Match the clue to the best inference: "Lena kept glancing at the clock and tapping her foot."
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8. Good readers use clues and what they already __.
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. clues
2. It was raining outside.
3. tired
4. Marcus smiled and showed his finished model to everyone.
5. evidence
6. The class may have gone home
7. Lena may be worried or in a hurry
8. know