making inferences
what is an inference?
sometimes that topic of a text may not be stated anywhere directly. You must look for clues and try to guess what the passage is about. This is called making an inference.
example: try to infer what it is in this passage.
I found in it in the middle of the sidewalk on my way home from school one spring tiny
morning. It was and it was hardly breathing when it up. I fed it raw meat and other treats
for several weeks. Soon, it because strong and started to hop around. One day, someone left a window open. When I came home from work, I discovered that it had disappeared.
What is "it?"
underline the ideas in the paragraph which helped you to make this inference.
The ability to make inference is very important in reading. You often need infer the topic or main idea of a text, the author's opinion, or other information.
Inferring missing information
There are many situations in real life when you need to make inference. Below are exercises based on real situations. Try to use the information that is given to guess what is missing.