Inference Detective

Year 2 EnglishReading Comprehension5 pages

About this worksheet

Five pages of inference practice for Year 2 English, built around one story called The Missing Wellies. Maya's red wellies have gone, her brother Leo plays detective with a toy magnifying glass, and a trail of muddy paw prints leads to Buster the golden retriever under the kitchen table. Eight questions move from retrieval to inference to evaluation. A full answer key lists acceptable answers, including the phrases to accept for question 4. Written for the England National Curriculum reading comprehension objectives.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Reading - comprehension

โ€œMaking inferences on the basis of what is being said and doneโ€

Questions 3 to 6 ask how Maya and Buster feel and why Buster backs out of the kitchen.

Reading - comprehension

โ€œAnswering and asking questionsโ€

Every question needs an answer taken from the text, from the raincoat colour in question 1 to Leo's detective habits in question 8.

Reading - comprehension

โ€œExplain and discuss their understanding of books, poems and other material, both those that they listen to and those that they read for themselves.โ€

Questions 7 and 8 ask pupils to prove their answer with evidence from the story.

What's inside this worksheet

The Missing Wellies

The story runs from Maya at the drizzly window to Buster shuffling out of the kitchen, leaving one chewed-up red boot behind.

Detective Skill 1: Finding the Facts (Retrieval)

Two quick questions on the colour of Maya's raincoat and where the crunching sound came from.

Detective Skill 2: Reading Between the Lines (Inference)

Pupils tick how Maya felt and find a phrase that proves it. Then they explain what Buster's tucked tail and flat ears tell us.

Detective Skill 3: Chief Inspector Questions (Evaluate)

Pupils use evidence to say what made the muddy splodges on the rug, then find two things Leo says or does that make him act like a detective.

How teachers use it

Whole-class modelling

Read the story together and think aloud through question 5 about Buster's tail and ears. Then let pupils try question 6 alone.

Stretch task

Set the Chief Inspector questions as the independent task for pupils who already find retrieval easy.

Self-marking

The key lists the phrases to accept for question 4, so pupils can check their own clue against it.

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