Making Inferences in Nonfiction
A Grade 3 ELA worksheet focused on developing skills in making inferences from nonfiction texts.
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Read each passage carefully. Then, use the information from the passage and what you already know to answer the questions. You will need to make inferences, which means figuring out things that aren't directly stated.
Passage 1: The Busy Bee
Bees are amazing insects. They fly from flower to flower, collecting nectar. Nectar is a sweet liquid that bees use to make honey. As they fly, tiny bits of pollen stick to their fuzzy bodies. When they visit another flower, some of the pollen rubs off. This helps the plants make new seeds. Bees live in large groups called colonies, often in a hive. Each hive has thousands of bees all working together.
1. Why do you think bees visit so many different flowers?
They are looking for water.
They want to play with other bees.
They are collecting nectar and spreading pollen.
They are hiding from birds.
2. Based on the passage, what can you infer about the importance of bees to plants?
Passage 2: The Desert Fox
The fennec fox lives in the hot deserts of North Africa. It has huge ears, much bigger than other foxes. These big ears help the fox hear tiny insects and small animals moving under the sand. They also help the fox stay cool. Fennec foxes hunt at night when the desert air is cooler. During the day, they rest in underground dens to escape the sun's heat.
3. True or False: The fennec fox's large ears are only for hearing.
True
False
4. We can infer that the desert is a very place during the day, which is why the fennec fox rests in its den.
5. What can you infer about when a fennec fox is most active, and why?