Inference questions for 11 Plus

From this statement, “Sugar tastes sweet, but can have sour consequences,” we could infer that eating too much sugar is bad for your health.

11 Plus comprehension exams will include inference questions, and it is a skill that children can struggle with. Inference is a conclusion about a text based on the clues within. Your child’s conclusion will be reached based on evidence in the text and reasoning (so, their knowledge of the wider world).

Text clues are words or details that help you to figure out an unstated idea. To make an inference, a child would combine clues in the text with their own background knowledge to figure out what the author is really trying to tell us.

Examples:
*If a text says, “Jack Smith walked through the dark woods all by himself,” you could infer that he was very brave.
*If a text says, “Samir had sweaty palms,” you could infer that he was nervous.
*If you read, “Astrid got chills and began to cough,” you could infer that she was getting sick.

Sometimes, there are more contextual clues in the text immediately around key information or children are expected to have understood a whole text and use clues/evidence from a wide area.

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