56 Ld Making Inferences ‘What Is an inference? It's a way of guessing. When you make an formation and you guess more things inference, you have son from that information, You often make inferences in your life. You can make inferences on the bus, for example. You hear two people talking. You do not know what they are talking about. But after you listen allittle, you can guess what they are talking about, Making inferences is important when you read. It can often help you understand what you are reading. Good readers, in fact, make inferences all the time, In these exercises, you can learn to. make inferences Example: Look at the picture and answer the questions. You must make inferences from the picture! Work with another student.Comprehension Skills 1, Where are these people? __in.an airplane. 2, What are their jobs? _ They're both business people. 3. What are they doing? The man is showing something __ ‘tothe woman. : 4, What ate they saying? The man is saying, “Here isa photo of my family.” a Exercise 1 = Make inferences trom this picture and answer the questions. Work with ‘another student. 1. Where are these people? 2. What are their jobs? 3, What are they doing? 4, What are they saying? Talk to some other students. Do they have the same answers? 37Comprehension Skills Exercise 2 = Make inferences fom this picture and answer the questions. Work with ‘another student. 1. Where are these people? 2. What are their jobs? 3, What are they doing? 4, What are they saying? Talk to some other students. Do they have the same answers? 3) Hore are some riddies about food. In riddles you must make inferences. an you answer the questions? Exerci 1. Its brown, You can drink it, You can put milk or sugar init It isn’t tea, Wats ny cet es Se eens rete SO MP at 2comp: 2. First it’s red, After you cook it, it’s brown. What is it? 3. It’s orange. It’s often long and thin. Sometimes you cook it and sometimes you don't. ‘What is it? 4, Its white. It's sweet. You can put it in coffee or tea You often put it in cakes. jension Skills ‘What is it? 5. It's white, It’s not sweet. You can put it on meat or vegetables You don't put it in coffee. What is it? 6, It’s white or brown, You can make sandwiches with it. ‘You can put butter on it. You can eat it alone. What is it? 7. It can be red, green, or yellow. It comes from a tree. You can eat it anytime. You can cook it, too. ‘What is it? 8. Its white. You must cook it. You can put butter on it. You can eat it with meat or vegetables. What is it? Talk to another student. Do you have the same answers? 2960 Comprehension Skills Exercise 4 > Here are some riddles about places. Can you answer the questions? 1. Its a building. It’s for children. Some adults are there, too. ‘The children are studying. ‘The adults are teaching. What is it? 2. It's in a building. ‘There are lots of tables. Some people are eating. Some people are cooking, ‘Some people are bringing food to the tables. What is i? 3. It's not in a building. It has trees and it sometimes has flowers. Children like to play there. Dogs like to run there, People like to sit there. What is it? 4. Its in a building. People sit and work there. Other people stand and wait. Some want to get money. Some want to give money. ‘What Is it? 5. It's outside in the yard. t's small. It has a door but no windows. ‘Something lives there. Cats do not like to go near it. What is it? Talk to another student. Do you have the same answers?Comprehension Skills Exercise 5 Hero are some riddles about jobs. Can you answer the questions? 1, He sees lots of children. Some children are sick. He helps them get well. He listens to the mothers and fathers, He tells them what to do. ‘What is his job? 2, Sometimes she sits at a desk. ‘Sometimes she walks through the store. She answers some people's questions. She helps other people at work. She wants lots of people in the store. What is her job? 3, He works in a tall building. His office is on top. He has meetings in restaurants. He makes telephone calls in his car He has an airplane, too. What is his job? 4, She goes to different places around the world. Sometimes there are wars. Sometimes people are dying. She talks to the people in these places. ‘Then she tells their stories to the people at home. ‘Many people watch her in the evening. What is her job? 5. She sits down all day. But she moves around the city. She goes to the same places every day. She sees many different people. They pay to go with her. What is her job? ett en sdeeterrst set eee Talk to another student. Do you have the same answers? orComprehension Skills Exercise 6 Make inferences trom this part of a story. Read and answer the questions. ‘The sun is going down. Jonas cannot find the road. He listens to the river and stays near it. What is that? Jonas hears something. He listens, A man is near. A man is calling. A man wants help! “Where are you?” Jonas calls. “Here! Come herel Help me!” the man answers. Jonas looks behind a big stone. “Harry!” he says. “What are you doing here?” “I'm running from Bernie and Pete,” Harry says. "But my leg is bad. I can’t go on, Bernle and Pete are looking for me. They're angry. There isn’t any gold in this river.” “What?” Jonas says. “But you . .. in the bar...” “it’s not in the water,” Harry says. “It's here. Look.” He brings out the bags of gold. 1. Where are these people? 2, What Is Harry doing? 3. Why are Bernie and Pete angry? 4. What did Harry say in the bar? Talk to ancther student. Do you have the same answers? Exercise 7 Make inferences from this part of tho story. Read and answer the questions. Four days later, Jenny and Blue Sky are making the beds. Suddenly they hear something, Two men are shouting. Jenny looks out of the window. She can see Jack Crane and her father in front of the farmhouse. Jack Crane's face is very ted. “Do it!” he shouts. No, I'm not going to,” Sam shouts back. “It's Sunday and I don’t work on Sundays. You do it!” Jenny runs downstairs and out of the house. There isa strong wind and it is raining. “What's happening?” she asks her father. “We're leaving in the morning,” Sam answers. He is walking very fast. lenny looks at him. “But... . how are we going to eat? We don’t have any money.” Sam does not answer. His eyes are cold and hard.Comprehension Skills, 1. Where are these people? 2, What does Jack Crane want? 3. Why are Sam’s eyes cold and hard? 4, What does Jenny think? Talk to another student. Do you have the same answers? Exercise 8 = Make inferences from this part of a story. Read and answer the questions. Leaping Larry says, “We want to see the island.” “All right,” says Duncan, “We can go in my boat." Duncan, Larry, and Roxanne get into Duncan’s boat. Jock jumps in, t00. Roxanne is carrying Bobo. Duncan takes them around the island. The sun is shining and it’s a beautiful day. But Roxanne isn't happy. “What do you do all day?” she asks Duncan, “Well,” says Duncan, “I go for walks and I fish. And sometimes I go swimming.” “Is that all?” Roxanne asks. “Well,” says Duncan, “I'm also writing a book.” ““A book!” says Roxanne. “What about?” “About Lana,” says Duncan, “Oh,” says Roxanne. “That isn’t very exciting.” “Listen, honey,” says Larry. “We can make the island exciting. We can have pop concerts here. It’s just fine for concerts. Hundreds of people can come!” Duncan looks at Jock. Jock looks at Duncan. “Pop concerts!” they think. “Oh, no!” 1. Where are these people? 2. Where does Duncan live? 3, Does Larry like the island? Why or why not? 4, What does Duncan think? Talk to another student. Do you have the same answers?