Making Inferences Question Bank — 48 Practice Questions (Grades 2-5)

Inference is the reading skill kids struggle with most because the answer is never spelled out on the page. This 10-page question bank pairs 8 brand-new short passages with 48 questions built for Grades 2-5. Each passage is a fresh 3-4 sentence scene — a dropped ice cream cone, a quiet classroom before a test, a dog waiting by the door, a messy art project, a birthday surprise, storm clouds rolling in, a tired hiker, and a nervous new student — followed by six questions asking readers to infer feelings, setting, what happens next, character traits, or reasons using clues instead of stated facts. Every answer in the key names the exact clue words that support it, so kids (and the adults marking their work) can see the reasoning, not just the answer. Use one passage a day for small-group instruction, a test-prep warm-up, or homework, and let the full answer key make checking work fast. Print-ready PDF in both US Letter and A4.