Making and Supporting Inference with Evidence

Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. What can you infer about the type of work Paul does?

• He works as a lawyer

• He works as a doctor

• He teaches PE in a small town school

• He cuts trees down in a forest

For your answer in question 1, what evidence from the sentence support your choice.

Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch.

• Paul works every day

• Paul took off his muddy boots

• His house has a front porch

What can you infer about what happened?

You are walking outside and go past the cafeteria door and have to step over a face down slice of pizza.

• There was a food fight

• Someone was mad about the taste of the pizza

• Someone had trouble carrying the pizza outside

• The custodian didn’t come to work because he was sick.

For your answer in question 3, what evidence from the sentence supports your choice.

You are walking outside and go past the cafeteria door and have to step over a face down slice of pizza.

• There is food everywhere

• The pizza tasted bad

• The slice was outside past the cafeteria door

• The custodian was nowhere to be found

Our family raises honeybees. This spring one of our ten hives was destroyed. Recently, a bear was sighted in our neighborhood. What happened to the hive that was destroyed?

• the bear destroyed the hive

• the bees swarmed

• a storm destroyed the hive

Today I was late for my volleyball game. Mom pulled the car over several times to study the map she had printed off the Internet. Mom even made me go into a convenience store to see if I could get some help in there. When we finally got to the gym, the girls on my team were almost finished warming up. Why was the student late for the game?

• The girl and her mom got lost on the way to the game.

• The girl and her mom had car trouble on the way to the game.

• The coach was angry when the athlete showed up late.

• The girl was not an important player on her team.

Describe an inference from the stated observation.

You observe that the sky at noon is darkening.

• It is almost night time

• It may start raining soon

• It is daylight saving time

• The sun is rising

Select the inference that you can not draw from the stated observation.

A siren is heard going past the school.

• Someone might be injured and needs an ambulance

• There may be a fire nearby

• The police were called to help someone in the neighborhood

• The school bell is broken

Select the inference that you can not draw from the stated observation.

The classroom lights are off.

• The power went out

• There is a test today

• We are watching a movie

• The teacher is going over a slideshow

An Archaeologist working at a site in Arizona found pottery shards, corn cobs and squash seeds, and lengths of rough wooden polls in the structures. The archaeologist reported at a news conference that the ancient people were farmers. What evidence did the scientist use to support this report?

• the artifacts were found in a farm

• the artifacts are things commonly used to farm

• the archeologist is a farmer

• a farmer helped at the site