[Mary folded her arms and frowned at her little brother. His mouth was covered with cookie crumbs.] Which of the following is a factual question?

What was her brother's mouth covered with?

What do you think her brother did?

[Mary folded her arms and frowned at her little brother. His mouth was covered with cookie crumbs.] Which of the following is an inferential question?

What was Mary's expression like?

What was her brother's mouth covered with?

[Lucas beamed as he went on stage to collect his medal for coming in second at the annual cross-country event.] Which of the following is an inferential question?

Which position did Lucas place in?

What did Lucas collect on stage?

[The vice-principal warned the students sternly to sit down or else they would not be dismissed on time. Gingerly, the boys seated themselves down on the muddy ground.] Which of the following is a factual question?

Why did the boys not want to sit down?

How do you think the boys were feeling about sitting down?

Why did the vice-principal want the boys to sit down?

[The vice-principal warned the students sternly to sit down or else they would not be dismissed on time. Gingerly, the boys seated themselves down on the muddy ground.] Which of the following is an inferential question?

What was the consequence of not heeding the vice-principal's warning?

How do you think the boys were feeling about sitting down?

[Each time the journals were given back to the class, the students would open them eagerly. "Yay! A unicorn!" squealed Matthew. "I got a koala!" exclaimed Zechariah.] Which of the following is a factual question?

How did Matthew feel about the stamp he received?

Why did the students open their journals eagerly?

[Each time the journals were given back to the class, the students would open them eagerly. "Yay! A unicorn!" squealed Matthew. "I got a koala!" exclaimed Zechariah.] Which of the following is an inferential question?

Why did the students open their journals eagerly?

Inferential Comprehension

Quiz

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English

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3rd - 8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

RI.3.1, RI.4.1, RF.3.4B

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Standards-aligned

Margaret Anderson

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the two types of questions?

literal and actual

actual and fake

inferential and literal

predicting and summarizing

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the difference between the two types of questions?

one type asks for more detail in the answer

to sound really smart when speaking

to test how well we know the facts about the text

the ability to build our English vocabulary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An inferential question requires you to...

form your answer with clues given in the pasage

consult a friend

lift the answer from the passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A literal question requires you to...

have good background knowledge

pick the answer from the passage only

list down 3 random facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why do the trees look this way?

The trees are dying.

The storm covered them with ice and snow.

The trees are growing.

Someone painted them.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What might live nearby?

a giraffe

a crocodile

a monkey

a deer

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A comprehension question that can often be directly quoted from the text

Inferential

Literal

Tags

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4B

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What are the two types of questions?

What are the difference between the two types of questions?

An inferential question requires you to...

A literal question requires you to...

Why do the trees look this way?

What might live nearby?

A comprehension question that can often be directly quoted from the text

A comprehension question where you must "read between the lines."

Theme and Main Idea are considered a _________ comprehension question.

[Mary folded her arms and frowned at her little brother. His mouth was covered with cookie crumbs.]
Which of the following is a factual question?

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A literal question requires you to...

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A comprehension question that can often be directly quoted from the text

A comprehension question where you must "read between the lines."

Theme and Main Idea are considered a _________ comprehension question.

[Mary folded her arms and frowned at her little brother. His mouth was covered with cookie crumbs.]Which of the following is a factual question?

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