Inference 1
A: Look at the long line! Do you think we’ll get in?
B: I think so. Some of these people already have tickets.
A: How much are the tickets?
B: Only nine dollars for the first show. I’ll pay.
A: Thanks. I’ll buy the popcorn.
Where are these people?
Outside a movie theater
A: Look at the long line! Do you think we’ll get in?
B: I think so. Some of these people already have tickets.
A: How much are the tickets?
B: Only nine dollars for the first show. I’ll pay.
A: Thanks. I’ll buy the popcorn.
What are they talking about?
Getting tickets to see a movie.
A: Look at the long line! Do you think we’ll get in?
B: I think so. Some of these people already have tickets.
A: How much are the tickets?
B: Only nine dollars for the first show. I’ll pay.
A: Thanks. I’ll buy the popcorn.
Who are these people?
Two people who know each other ie. Friends, boyfriend and girlfriend, etc.
A: This is one of the reasons I hate working in a big city.
B: I know. Every day, it’s the same thing.
A: This is terrible! We may be here all night! I hope we don’t run out of gas.
B: No, I think there’s enough.
A: Let’s turn on the radio. Maybe there’s some good music.
B: Sorry, the radio’s not working.
A: I think I’ll take the train tomorrow!
Where are these people?
In a car
A: This is one of the reasons I hate working in a big city.
B: I know. Every day, it’s the same thing.
A: This is terrible! We may be here all night! I hope we don’t run out of gas.
B: No, I think there’s enough.
A: Let’s turn on the radio. Maybe there’s some good music.
B: Sorry, the radio’s not working.
A: I think I’ll take the train tomorrow!
What are they talking about?
The bad traffic
A: This is one of the reasons I hate working in a big city.
B: I know. Every day, it’s the same thing.
A: This is terrible! We may be here all night! I hope we don’t run out of gas.
B: No, I think there’s enough.
A: Let’s turn on the radio. Maybe there’s some good music.
B: Sorry, the radio’s not working.
A: I think I’ll take the train tomorrow
What do you think will happen next?
Not sure but maybe they will run out of gas, start to fight, or decide to pull over and wait for the traffic to get better.
A: When did this happen?
B: Yesterday. I was playing soccer and I fell down. A: Can you move it at all?
B: Only a little.
A: Can you walk on it?
B: No. It hurts too much.
A: I think we’ll have to take an X-ray.
B: Will I be able to play in the game tomorrow?
A: I’m afraid not.
Where are these people?
Hospital or doctor’s office
A: When did this happen?
B: Yesterday. I was playing soccer and I fell down. A: Can you move it at all?
B: Only a little.
A: Can you walk on it?
B: No. It hurts too much.
A: I think we’ll have to take an X-ray.
B: Will I be able to play in the game tomorrow?
A: I’m afraid not.
Who are they?
Patient and a doctor or nurse
A: When did this happen?
B: Yesterday. I was playing soccer and I fell down. A: Can you move it at all?
B: Only a little.
A: Can you walk on it?
B: No. It hurts too much.
A: I think we’ll have to take an X-ray.
B: Will I be able to play in the game tomorrow?
A: I’m afraid not.
What are the people talking about?
An injured leg, ankle or foot
Blood cholesterol used to be thought of as a problem only for adults.
(A) Blood cholesterol is no longer a problem for adults.
(B) Only children have a problem with blood cholesterol.
(C) Blood cholesterol affects both adults and children.
(C) Blood cholesterol affects both adults and children.
When apple growers talk about new varieties of apples, they don’t mean something developed last month, last year, or even in the last decade.
(A) Apple growers haven’t developed any new varieties in recent decades.
(B) Some varieties of apples can be developed in a short time, but others take a long time.
(C) New varieties of apples take many years to develop.
(C) New varieties of apples take many years to develop.
In all cultures, gestures are used as a form of communication, but the same gestures may have very different meanings in different cultures.
(A) No two cultures use the same gestures.
(B) One gesture will never have the same meaning in two cultures.
(C) A person from one culture may misunderstand the gestures used by a person from another culture.
(C) A person from one culture may misunderstand the gestures used by a person from another culture.
Although sheepherding is an older and more beloved occupation, shepherds never caught the attention of American filmmakers the way cowboys did.
(A) There have been more American films about cowboys than about shepherds.
(B) Films about shepherds were popular before films about cowboys.
(C) Cowboys are generally younger than shepherds.
(A) There have been more American films about cowboys than about shepherds.
As an architect, Thomas Jefferson preferred the Roman style, as seen in the buildings of the University of Virginia, to the English style favored by Charles Bullfinch.
(A) The architecture of the University of Virginia was influenced by the Roman style.
(B) Bullfinch was an English architect.
(C) Jefferson preferred to build in the English style of architecture.
(A) The architecture of the University of Virginia was influenced by the Roman style.
Even spiders that do not build webs from silk use it for a variety of purposes, such as constructing egg sacs and nursery tents.
(A) All spiders build webs.
(B) Spiders that build webs don’t build egg sacs or nursery tents.
(C) Silk is used by all spiders.
(C) Silk is used by all spiders.