Making Inferences
Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Reading Comprehension · Texas, USA
Lesson Summary
An inference is a smart guess based on clues in the text and what you already know.
Explanation
Sometimes an author does not say everything directly. You have to read between the lines. If a story says a character put on a coat, grabbed an umbrella, and looked at the dark sky, you can infer that it is about to rain even though the author never said so. Making inferences means combining clues from the text with your own experience to figure out something that is not stated.
Practice Questions
Q1: A story says: 'Maria's eyes filled with tears as she waved goodbye to her best friend's moving truck.' How does Maria feel?
Answer: Maria feels sad because her best friend is moving away.
Q2: What two things do you combine to make an inference?
Answer: Clues from the text and what you already know from your own experience.
Q3: A passage says the sidewalk was wet and worms were crawling on the ground. What can you infer?
Answer: It probably rained recently.
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Making Inferences is taught in Grade 3 as part of the English Language Arts curriculum in Texas, USA.
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