Inferencing
Your friends mom is having a baby and they didn't know if it was going to be a boy or a girl. Your friend wants it to be a girl. You are outside when the phone rings. Your friend goes inside and you watch through the window as she answers the phone. Her face gets a huge smile and she screams, 'Yes!' Why do you think she did that?
The girl's mom is having a baby girl.
My mom like/likes pizza and tacos
Likes
My brother went to college
My parents went to college.
My brother and parents went to college.
i am going to italy in july for independence day.
I am going to Italy in July for Independence Day.
I didn’t do my homework, and because of this I wasn’t allowed to go outside for recess.
Because I didn’t do my homework, I wasn’t allowed to go outside for recess.
Jenna was shocked when she opened the door to her apartment. There were long rips in the couch, as though someone had run knives down the front of it. A lamp was shattered on the floor. Some picture frames were hanging crookedly, some of them had fallen off the wall and the door to her cat's travel cage was open. Not only that, but the door to the birdcage was swinging back and forth and there were feathers on the floor. She could have sworn that she had locked her cat in the travel cage before she left for work. At first Jenna thought it might have been burglars. Oh no, she thought. Someone broke into my apartment, trashed the place, and stole my cat! Then she heard the cat meowing in her bedroom. She ran to the bedroom and saw the cat patting one of Jenna's favorite shoes with its claws. "That's it!" Jenna yelled. "I'm done with this." She threw the cat back into its travel cage and tried to shut the door, but the lock wouldn't catch. Jenna huffed and then grabbed some duct tape.
What happened to Jenna's apartment?
Why is there an empty birdcage in Jenna's apartment?
Jenna's cat ate the bird.
My brother and sister play/plays basketball.
Play
The policeman ran fast.
The policeman caught the criminal. The policeman was strong.
The strong policeman ran fast and caught the criminal.
my sister wore her nike sneakers to school.
The little, baby girl, who looked lost, wasn’t paying any attention to her mother who was trying to talk to her.
The little, lost, baby girl wasn’t paying attention to her mother.
Emilio took the cap off his head, dropped the baseball bat, and rested his elbows on the fence. It wasn't that he couldn't find the ball. It was sitting right in the middle of the lawn, just beyond the fence. The fence was not very high either. Emilio could probably get a running start, grab the top of the fence, and flip right over it. But there was a dog, a large Rottweiler with a spiked collar. He sat under an awning a few feet away from the ball. He looked at Emilio and let out a menacing growl. Archie, Scotty, and Dutch ran up to Emilio and surveyed the situation. Archie was the first to speak, "So, are you going to do it, Emilio?
What can you infer?
He was scared of the dog. He should not go get it, it could be dangerous
My team lose/loses games all the time.
BONUS: The players on my team lose/loses games all the time
Loses
BONUS: Lose
Did you eat the pizza?
My mom made the pizza.
My mom made the pizza today.
Did you eat the pizza my mom made today?
I don't know nothing.
I don't know anything.
You cannot go to the park unless you have a permit, which you have to buy from the sheriff’s office that is nearby.
You cannot go to the park unless you buy a permit from the nearby sheriff’s office.
Mr. Ericson was a manager at a small insurance company in Minnesota. One cold winter day, April McKenzie, one of his employees, approached him about some time off from work. "This job is very important to me, Mr. Ericson, but I've been called into jury duty. When my government asks for my help, I have to answer the call." Mr. Ericson rubbed his forehead. "We really need you here, April, but the government needs you more. Take the time. We'll be alright." Mr. Ericson had thought that they needed her there at the office, but they managed fine without her. When April returned a week later, Mr. Ericson noticed that most of her skin was bright shade of red except for around her eyes. Pale white circles ran from the top of her eyebrows to the bottom of her cheeks. These pale circles were surrounded by sunburned flesh. That's when Mr. Ericson knew. "April, step into my office. There are some things we need to discuss," Mr. Ericson said ominouslv.
Where was April? What does Mr. Ericson want to talk about with April?
April went somewhere sunny (probably on vacation), not at jury duty.
Mr. Ericson will probably discipline or dismiss April for lying.
We ____ (was/ were) at the park, when the birds were flying in the sky. They ____ (was/were) flying together as one.
Were
Amanda wants to be a doctor.
Amanda studies hard in school.
Amanda wants to be a doctor, so she studies hard in school.
I don't want no homework.
I don't want any homework.
The car that was blue and green sped down the street where my friend lives with his family.
The blue and green car sped down my friend’s street.
Mr. Thomas sat on the front porch of his house in a bathrobe and bunny slippers with his head in his hands. He was holding the daily newspaper. The sun shined brightly in the sky. His neighbors were coming out of their houses and getting in their cars. Mr. Thomas sighed. His neighbor Mr. Rosencrantz stepped out on his porch and saw Mr. Thomas. "Did it again, huh?" said Mr. Rosencrantz. Mr. Thomas replied, "Yep." Mr. Rosencrantz chuckled and said, "Here, Mr. Thomas, you can use my cell phone. I could even keep a key over here if you wanted." Tom thankfully grabbed the cell phone and called his wife. "Honey, I did it again." Mr. Rosencrantz heard Mrs. Thomas yelling at Mr. Thomas in a distorted high-pitched squeal. "Yes, dear. I'm so sorry. I'll see you soon," Mr. Thomas returned the phone, sighed deeply, and ran his fingers through his hair.
what can you infer?
He locked himself outside the house.
Marcos and Amanda love playing sports. They ____ (was/were) playing basketball together.
Were
We saw the movie.
The movie was playing at the cinema downtown.
We saw the movie that was playing at the cinema downtown.
I don't know anything about President Lincoln.
The girls’ dance moves were fantastic because they practiced their dance just like professionals practice
The girls’ dance moves were fantastic because they practiced like professionals.