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Reading comprehension: making inferences
Students practise making inferences by answering short questions after reading a short passage, using clue details to support conclusions (e.g., Maya’s notebook and weather references). Level 5th grade.
By Edform · English language arts · Grade 5 · Published Oct 28, 2026 · New
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- Read the passage, then answer the question. On Saturday morning, Maya arrived at the school garden carrying gloves and a small notebook. The seedlings near the fence leaned to one side. Maya pushed a thin bamboo stick beside each one and tied the stems loosely to the sticks. “Do you think another storm is coming?” her brother Leo asked. Maya looked at the dark clouds, then checked the weather chart inside the garden shed. “I don’t want these little plants to face another rough night,” she said.
- Use the passage in Question 1. Which detail best supports the inference that Maya was concerned about the plants facing bad weather?
- Use the passage in Question 1. Why does Maya most likely write in her notebook?
- Use the passage in Question 1. What can the reader conclude about Maya's attitude toward the Sunday garden crew?
- Use the passage in Question 1. Select the TWO details that best support the inference that Maya is careful about the seedlings.
- Use the passage in Question 1. Put the events in the order they happened.
- Use the passage in Question 1. Match each inference with the detail that best supports it.
- Use the passage in Question 1. Choose the best inference to complete the sentence.
- Use the passage in Question 1. Sort each statement into a category: a detail stated directly in the passage or an inference drawn from details.
- Use the passage in Question 1. Mark each statement True or False.
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