Priya looked at the clock, then checked the hallway twice. The bus for the town hall trip would leave soon. Priya zipped the backpack and walked quickly toward the front office.
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Inference Reading Practice
Combine clues in a passage with what you know to draw a conclusion. This page draws from 16 unique questions in the English Grade 5 question bank.
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On the morning of July 16, 1969, nine-year-old Ruth sat on the roof of her family's station wagon along the Indian River, staring across the water at the tall white rocket on the launch pad. Thousands of people had crowded the roadsides since before dawn. Her father, an engineer who had helped test the rocket's fuel pumps, had barely slept all week. He didn't say much, but Ruth noticed he kept twisting his wedding ring around and around. When…
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Hector and Wren both ran for class president. Hector made dozens of colorful posters with slogans like "Vote Hector for More Fun!" and promised an ice cream party every Friday. Wren made just three plain posters. Instead, she spent her lunch periods asking classmates what they wanted to change. Many said the same thing: the water fountain by the gym had been broken for months, and the library didn't have enough graphic novels. In her speech,…
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