Use Inference Skills in a Fictional Text

Look at the sentence below.

Katie swung the door open, skipped into the room and whistled a tune.

How is Katie feeling?

We can use clues from the sentence to help us answer this question.

This is called inference.

We can infer that Katie is feeling happy because she is skipping and whistling.

People often skip or whistle when they are happy. The sentence didn't actually use the word happy but we can infer this.

Inferring things from a story is a lot like being a detective as you have to use clues to help you work out the answer.

In this activity, we'll answer inference questions about extracts from a story called 'Five Children and It' by E. Nesbit.