inference. inference: take what you know and make an educated guess about what you have read, seen...

Inference

• Inference: take what you know and make an educated guess about what you have read, seen or heard.

What happened here?

What is the message of this picture?

What is this picture telling us?

If you are going to a Mexican Restaurant, what can you infer?

• A. They will sell hot dogs.• B. It will be the best restaurant in town.• C. It will be delicious.• D. They will specialize in Mexican food.

If you go to a new school, you can infer that…

• A. No one will like you• B. All the teachers will be nice to you• C. You will have to learn how to get around• D. You will fail your first test.

If you forget to bring back you library book, you can infer that…

• A. You will have to pay a fine• B. You are a bad reader• C. They will take your library card• D. The library is closed

If the teacher is out of school today, you can infer that…

• A. You will have no homework• B. You will have a substitute teacher• C. The rules do not apply today• D. The teacher does not work at the school

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If you see a fire truck in your neighborhood, you can infer that…

• A. A cat is stuck in a tree• B. Someone accidently burnt themselves• C. The police will come too• D. There has been an emergency

If you are going to a birthday party you can infer that…

• A. There will be cake• B. There will be lots of people there• C. You will not have fun• D. The person is turning 10

Make up a question and 4 possible answers. What can we infer?

Inferring is what we do when we solve riddles!

We also can infer the meaning of words and sayings by looking at

the context.

Idiom: a saying that has a special meaning.

• The test took me only 5 minutes to take and I got 100%. It was a piece of cake.

• What do you think piece of cake means?

A piece of cake: something that is very easy

It drives me up the wall when my roommate is loud and I am trying to sleep.What does drives me up the wall mean?

Drives me up a wall

• makes you very angry or annoyed

• Today I said I would run 10 miles, do 10 hours of homework and go see my friend in New York City. I think I bit off more that I could chew.

• What does bite off more than you can chew mea?

Bite off more than you can chew

Idiom Assignment:

• Find an idiom that you like on www.idiomsite.com Draw a picture of itWrite it’s definitionShow how it can be used in a sentence