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The Borrowers Inference Detective

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The Borrowers Inference Detective

Detective magnifying glass examining tiny objects

🔍 Part 1: Detective Clues

Read Chapter 1 carefully and use your detective skills to find clues about the characters!

1. What can we infer about Arrietty's feelings towards the human world?

She is frightened and wants to avoid it completely

She is curious and wants to explore it

She finds it boring and uninteresting

She thinks it's too dangerous to think about

2. From the text, what can we infer about how Borrowers feel about being seen by humans?

They don't mind being seen

They think it would be exciting

They believe it would be extremely dangerous

They want to make friends with humans

3. Which Scottish words from the chapter help us understand the setting? (Check all that apply)

"wee" (small)

"bairn" (child)

"tattie" (potato)

"bonnie" (beautiful)

4. What can we infer about the relationship between Arrietty and her parents?

They don't care about her safety

They are very protective and worried about her

They encourage her to take risks

They ignore her completely

📝 Part 2: Evidence Detective

5. Write one inference you can make about Arrietty's character and provide evidence from the text to support it.

My inference: Arrietty is ________________________________

Evidence from the text:

6. The author doesn't directly tell us how Arrietty feels about borrowing. What can you infer about her feelings? Use evidence from Chapter 1.
7. What can you infer about the size of objects that Borrowers use? Give two examples from the text.

Example 1: _________________________________________________

Example 2: _________________________________________________

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Part 3: Scottish Café Detective

8. Imagine Arrietty visits a Scottish café. Based on what you've learnt about her character, what do you think she would be most interested in? Explain your reasoning.
9. Using the Scottish vocabulary from the chapter, write one sentence that Arrietty might say about visiting a "wee" Scottish café.
10. What can you infer about why Mary Norton chose to include Scottish elements in this chapter? What effect does it have on the story?

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