This Grade 2 worksheet helps kids tell the difference between a fact from the text and an inference. Students sort six short statements into two boxes: facts that the story says right out, and inferences that readers figure out using clues. Next, they fill in five short sentences about simple detective clues and answer four true or false questions. This is a gentle warm-up to help Grade 2 readers learn what inference really means.
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Making Inferences
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Text: 'Max held a wet umbrella.' Statement: Max held an umbrella.Text: 'Max held a wet umbrella.' Statement: It was raining outside.Text: 'Lily ate her cereal.' Statement: Lily ate cereal.Text: 'Lily ate her cereal.' Statement: It was morning time.Text: 'Ben packed his swim trunks.' Statement: Ben is going swimming.Text: 'Ben packed his swim trunks.' Statement: Ben packed swim trunks.
Fact from text
Inference
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A smart guess you make using clues from the text is called an inference.
2. Something the text says directly is called a fact.
3. If Tim puts on a coat, hat, and mittens, we can infer the weather is cold.
4. Good readers act like detectives and look for clues in a story.
5. If the ground is wet and the sky is gray, we can infer it just rained.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. An inference must match the clues in the text.
True False
2. A fact is a guess you make.
True False
3. Readers can use what they already know to help make inferences.
True False
4. Inferences are always wrong.
True False
Making Inferences
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Text: 'Max held a wet umbrella.' Statement: Max held an umbrella.Text: 'Max held a wet umbrella.' Statement: It was raining outside.Text: 'Lily ate her cereal.' Statement: Lily ate cereal.Text: 'Lily ate her cereal.' Statement: It was morning time.Text: 'Ben packed his swim trunks.' Statement: Ben is going swimming.Text: 'Ben packed his swim trunks.' Statement: Ben packed swim trunks.
Fact from text
Inference
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A smart guess you make using clues from the text is called an inference.
2) Something the text says directly is called a fact.
3) If Tim puts on a coat, hat, and mittens, we can infer the weather is cold.
4) Good readers act like detectives and look for clues in a story.
5) If the ground is wet and the sky is gray, we can infer it just rained.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) An inference must match the clues in the text.
True
False
2) A fact is a guess you make.
True
False
3) Readers can use what they already know to help make inferences.
True
False
4) Inferences are always wrong.
True
False
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