Introduction to English

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SRCC English Lesson
Week 30

Making Inferences
Making Inferences

Inference can be defined as the process of

drawing of a conclusion based on the
available evidence plus previous knowledge
and experience.

Example : daily life

If you see the sky it’s little dark, oh I Inference
rain
What is inferencing?
to make an educated guess, as the
answer will not be stated explicitly

Example: He placed his hand firmly on

her back and ushered her hurriedly out
the door. “Yes, yes, yes. I will call you
soon to set up another meeting. I will!”
George said, punctuating the end of his
sentence with a firmly shut door.”

What can you infer from this?

Why do we learn to infer?

The teaching of inference skills is

extremely important.
It is a higher-order skill that is essential
to access to the deepest levels of
comprehension.

Basic Expressions (30)

Practicing Inferring
Riddles:
What goes up and down stairs without moving?

Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.

What can you catch but not throw?

I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once
was red.
Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the
outside, throw away the inside.

What goes around the world and stays in a

corner?

What gets wetter the more it dries?

The more there is, the less you see.

They come at night without being called and are

lost in the day without being stolen.

Practice Inference
Carpet

Fire

A cold

A nose

A match

Corn

A stamp

Towel

Darkness

Stars