Use Inference Skills

Take a look at the sentence below.

Jack screamed and hugged his arm as he fell over.

How is Jack feeling here?

To answer this question, you used your inference skills.

Inference is where we use clues and evidence from a story to help us answer a question.

Lots of people call it reading between the lines as the answer isn’t actually written down.

To infer something, you must think like a detective.

Can you see the clues telling us that Jack is in pain?

The sentence doesn’t use the words pain or hurt, but he’s doing things people do when they are in pain.

He is screaming and hugging his arm after falling over.

In this activity, we will make inferences from short sections of text.

Make sure you've got your detective hat on!