Inferences - Level 1

Easy

100

"I don't have to deal with anything," Jamie shot back. He grabbed his jacket off the back of the chair and walked out of the house slamming the door behind him. Jamie was _____________. 1. mad 2. curious 3. neat 4. polite

What is mad?

200

"Come in, Gus!" I call. My dog runs to me. I pick him up. He is my __________. 1. room 2. friend 3. pet 4. twin

What is pet?

300

Toad looked through the windows. He looked in the garden. He did not see Frog. Toad went to the woods. Frog was not there. He went to the meadow. Frog was not there. Toad went to the river. There was Frog. Toad _________ Frog. 1. carried 2. fed 3. hated 4. found

What is found?

400

Ashley's foot began a rhythmic tapping on the floor. Michelle gave her a startled glance. Her right hand caught Ashley's tray as it began to slide off the girl's lap. Michelle put her own onto her side table and put Ashley's dinner on the floor; her friends eyes never wavered from the movie on the screen. Ashley __________her tray. 1. ignored 2. cleaned 3. carried 4. prepared

What is ignored?

500

You could say that this sea creature, a red octopus, has a glowing personality!This type of octopus, found in the coast of Maine, is bioluminescent. Chemicals inside its body give off light. Each one of the animal's eight limbs has suckers, or round button-like bumps, that glow in the dark. Many fish are bioluminescent. Scientists realized just recently that the red octopus could also glow. This octopus was _________. 1. examined 2. surrendered 3. protected 4. challenged

What is examined?

Medium

100

The days grow short. The night grow long. It is getting colder. _____________ is coming. 1. summer 2. winter 3. team 4. circus

What is winter?

200

"I come from Hounduras," he says. "I have just come to America today. I am afraid of this city. I have all my money with me. I need to keep it safe. Help me, please!" He is ____________. 1. tired 2. lonely 3. worried 4. greedy

What is worried?

300

She had figured out her travel schedule. She calls Anne to give her the details of the trip. She tells Anne that she will leave Raleigh on the 81 train at 7:57 pm and arrive in Orlando the next morning at 7:55. Anne says she will be at the train station to meet her. They have made a ____________. 1. cake 2. picture 3. mess 4. plan

What is plan?

400

He heard a faint rumble in the distance. At first he thought it was heat thunder, and then he began to wonder if it was the beginning of an earthquake. He was halfway out of bed, about to dive under his desk, when the distant whistle sounded. He realized that the growing rumble was a train. The rumble ___________ him. 1. disgusted 2. relaxed 3. fooled 4. amused

What is fooled?

500

Over 200 years ago, President John Adams and his family moved into the White House. Adams was the second US president, but the first to occupy, or live in, the White House. The first president, George Washington, lived in New York City and then Philadelphia. The White House wasn't even completely finished when Adams moved in. It was finished while the third president Thomas Jefferson, lived there. The White House remains the home of the US president to this day. The White House took many years to ______________. 1. appreciate 2. construct 3. determine 4. inspect

What is construct?

Riddle Me This!

100

I have ink, but I am not a pen . . . not a bone in my body I have a beak, but I'm not a bird I can grow to be 28 feet I hatch from an egg I shake 8 hands at once I am a marine animal My arms have suction cups . . . a Mollusk I am a

What is an Octopus?

200

I am a season when . . . April showers bring May flowers . . . school might have a break I come right after winter . . . and you might fly a kite . . . and right before summer . . . and see cherry blossoms . . . and far away from autumn . . . or bunnies and eggs I am

What is Spring?

300

I have three rings, and no fingers I have a ringmaster I have a Big Top . . . and a trapeze I travel with elephants I am home to clowns My people fly in the air I'm the Greatest Show on Earth P.T. Barnum made me popular I am a

What is Circus?

400

I can look like a cone . . . and very explosive . . . but not the kind with ice cream I can be found in Hawaii I am part of the Earth I can erupt Mount Fuji is one of me Lava flows out of me I can be active or dormant I am a _____________

What is a Volcano?

500

What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three in the evening?

What is Man?

Hard

100

Holley pulls on the door. It will not open. It is locked. She needs a _______. 1. key 2. dish 3. nail 4. Card

What is key?

200

Will goes to sea. He swims. He plays in the sand. Will has _________. 1. boxes 2. school 3. fun 4. letters

What is fun?

300

Tom and I looked at each other.We thought of faces at the window and howls in the night.But these were footsteps.They went across the porch and down the steps at the end other end.Clump,clump,clump.Then three was silence. we the footsteps. 1.Recorded 2.Made 3.Heard 4.Stopped

What is heard?

400

There were billboards along the wall of the station.Harry walked down the platform and looked at each one for the clue number 2.He neared the middle.Nothing.He looked closely for any writing other than the sign's message.Still nothing. Harry's search for the clue was . 1.Tiring 2.Painful 3.Unsuccessful 4.Amusing

What is Unsuccessful?

500

In 1954, Ethyl Pane asked president Eisenhower about segregation, the separation of white people and black people on buses. Eisenhower got mad. His reaction was big news. Payne's question was _________. 1. Loud 2. Selfish 3. Important 4. Common

What is important?

Harder!!

100

Jesse loved to run. He was good at it. He won many races. He was ________. 1. tall 2. sick 3. fast 4. cold

What is fast?

200

Cindy was in luck. John, the driver, did know her uncle. They had both worked for Golden Foods for sixteen years. John listened carefully to Cindy's story and agreed to take her to center city. John would ___________. 1. Help 2. Sing 3. Hurry 4. Stay

What is Help?

300

My kite blew past a nest. It did not stop. It blew past a garden. It did not stop. It blew past a butterfly. It did not stop, it blew past a rainbow. It did not stop, it blew past my pup. He stopped it. Thanks,pup! My kite was ___________. 1. Flying 2. Jumping 3. Working 4. Hiding

What is Flying?

400

As Mrs. Hamma began to write the next week's assignment on the board, some students looked anxiously at their watches and others asked about the time. Then they all quickly copied the information into their notebooks. It was almost eight o'clock. Those who had to get to second jobs did not want to be late; some even hoped to have time for a bite to eat first. Others were just tired and want to get home. The students wanted to ____________. 1. leave 2. practice 3. exercise 4. study

What is leave?

500

Before kicking her TV habit, 11 years-old Meghan Kelley from Pembroke, Massachusetts, was like most Americans Kids.She spent much of her free time in front of the TV. Her days of tuning in ended when she and her classmates at North Pembroke Elementary School took part in National TV Turnoff week.That first week was long on."It was hard at first. I tried to keep myself busy so I wouldn't be temped. I read a lot and practiced the Keyboard,"says Meghan. Meghan ______________her habits. 1. Altered 2. Recorded 3. Admired 4. Memorized

Whar is Altered?