2nd - 8th Grade Make Inferences Worksheets

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

Read up on the real-life Saint Nicholas, a man who did some good deeds way back in the day, and see what similarities he shares with Santa.

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

This reading comprehension worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," an origin story that offers a whimsical explanation for the elephant's long trunk.

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

Your child will love learning all about the exploits of the famous European explorer Marco Polo with this attractively illustrated worksheet.

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet!