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Reading Skill: Making Inferences




                                                                                                                             An inference is a guess about something based on the
                                                                                                                             information in a story. An author may not explain everything
      Choose the sentences with the correct inferences.                                                                      or provide all of the necessary information. However, the
                                                                                                                             students can learn to “read between the lines” to make
                                                                                                                             inferences about a story or the characters in it.

         1. Bianca is not from                                            a     She prefers America to her own country.

                 America.                                                 b     She sees a Flag Day parade for the first time.





         2.      Some girls have                                          a     Stars are an important symbol.

                 blue dresses with


                 white stars.                                             b     The girls do not like their dresses.



         3.      Some boys are                                            a     The boys are Bianca’s friends.

                 wearing red, white,


                 and blue clothes.                                        b     The American flag has three colors.





         4. Uncle Sam has                                                 a     He is very kind.

                 a white beard.                                           b     He is an old man.






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