Inference with Evidence

Year 3 EnglishReading Comprehension4 pages

About this worksheet

Four pages of Year 3 inference work built around one story. Toby spends three wet lunchtimes on a cardboard castle for the Summer Fayre, and Sam knocks it to the floor. Pupils start with two retrieval questions, then infer feelings from actions such as Toby's red face and Sam staring at his muddy shoelaces. The last question uses a Point, Evidence, Explain frame. The answer key lists every quote it accepts. The sheet matches the England National Curriculum objective on drawing and justifying inferences.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Reading - comprehension

โ€œDrawing inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidenceโ€

Questions 3 to 9 each ask for an inference, and questions 5, 6, 8 and 9 ask pupils to back it up with words from the story.

What's inside this worksheet

Read the Story

A classroom story on a rainy day. Sam skids on the lino, trips over a stray PE bag and breaks Toby's castle, then says sorry.

Section 1: Retrieval Check

Two quick questions: how long the castle took to build and what Sam tripped over.

Section 2: Inferring Feelings from Actions

Pupils explain what Toby's tongue poking out tells us, say how he feels when his hands curl into fists, and copy a phrase that shows him holding back.

Section 3: How Do You Know?

Pupils give two pieces of evidence that Sam was moving too fast, decide True or False on whether he feels guilty, then copy two actions that prove it.

Section 4: Point, Evidence, Explain

One longer answer on whether Toby will forgive Sam, set out with the P.E.E. frame.

How teachers use it

Modelled writing

Model question 9 on the board with a point of your own before pupils write theirs. The answer key has a full example you can borrow.

Guided reading

Read the story aloud and pause at "Crunch." Ask the group to watch what Toby does next, since he says nothing at all.

Assessment

Compare each pupil's answers to questions 1 and 2 with questions 6 and 8. A pupil who retrieves well but cannot find evidence needs more inference work.

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