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Making Inferences Entrance Ticket

Detective with magnifying glass reading clues

🔍 Part 1: Reading Detective Work

Directions: Read each passage carefully. Use clues from the text to make an inference. Choose the best answer.

1. Sarah rushed to her bedroom and slammed the door. She threw her backpack on the floor and flopped face-down on her bed. When her mom called for dinner, Sarah shouted, "I'm not hungry!" through her closed door.

What can you infer about how Sarah is feeling?

Sarah is excited about something good that happened

Sarah is upset or angry about something

Sarah is feeling sick

Sarah is tired and wants to sleep

2. Marcus wiped his sweaty palms on his jeans and took a deep breath. He looked at the stage where the microphone waited. His teacher smiled and nodded encouragingly. Marcus walked slowly toward the front of the auditorium.

What can you infer Marcus is about to do?

Take a test

Perform or speak in front of an audience

Help his teacher clean the classroom

Meet with the principal

3. The kitchen smelled like vanilla and cinnamon. Mom had flour on her apron and was checking something in the oven. Colorful sprinkles were scattered across the counter, and there were dirty mixing bowls in the sink.

What can you infer Mom has been doing?

Cooking dinner

Cleaning the kitchen

Baking something sweet like cookies or cake

Making bread for sandwiches

📝 Part 2: Inference Explanations

4. Jake looked out the window and groaned. He put away his baseball glove and called his friend to cancel their game at the park. Instead, he decided to read a book inside.

What can you infer about the weather? Explain your answer using clues from the text.

5. Emma's stomach rumbled loudly during math class. She kept looking at the clock and counting the minutes. When the lunch bell finally rang, she was the first one out the door and practically ran to the cafeteria.

What can you infer about Emma? Use evidence from the passage to support your inference.

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