Inferential Questions Worksheet
This worksheet helps grade 9 students practice answering inferential questions based on provided text passages, developing their reading comprehension skills.
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Read each passage carefully and answer the inferential questions that follow. Remember, inferential questions require you to use clues from the text and your own reasoning to determine what the author implies but does not state directly.
Passage 1: The old house stood silent on the hill, its windows like vacant eyes staring out over the overgrown garden. No smoke curled from the chimney, and the once vibrant paint now peeled like sunburnt skin. A rusted swing set groaned softly in the breeze, a lone reminder of laughter that had long since faded. Locals whispered tales of its former inhabitants, a family that had vanished overnight, leaving everything behind.
1. What can you infer about the current state of the house and its surroundings?
2. What emotions or feelings does the author intend to evoke in the reader by describing the house in this way?
Passage 2: Sarah clutched her worn textbook, her eyes darting between the clock and the complex equations on the page. A half-eaten sandwich lay forgotten beside her, and the faint scent of coffee lingered in the air. Outside, the sky was already darkening, painting the window a deep indigo. She sighed, running a hand through her disheveled hair, knowing she still had three more chapters to review before morning.
1. What can you infer about Sarah's current situation?
She is enjoying a relaxing evening.
She is preparing for an important event.
She has just finished her homework.
She is about to go to bed.
Read the following sentence and infer a character trait based on the action described. Then, fill in the blank.
1. Despite failing the audition twice, Mark continued to practice tirelessly for the lead role in the school play. This suggests Mark is .