INFERENCES BASED UPON DETAILS OF THE SITUATION. THESE QUESTIONS ASK...

7. Inferences based upon details of the situation. These questions ask you to draw a logical conclusion

based upon the specific information provided in the passage. The questions may ask you what a

speaker implies (suggests), what problem a speaker is facing, or what assumption a speaker is making.

Here’s an example:

Man: So, how’d you do on the physics midterm?

Woman: Let’s just say that I won’t be making the Dean’s List this semester.

Question: What does the woman mean?

a. She got the highest score in the class.

b. She’ll be too busy to be on the Dean’s List.

c. She didn’t take the exam after all.

d. She thinks she did very poorly on the exam.

Answer: d.

Tip: Remember that these questions are different from those that ask you to identify specific facts or details.

Here, you need to draw a conclusion based upon those specific facts or details in the passage. What inference

can you make based upon the situation or scenario?