Students practice making inferences about the time of day based on descriptive sentences in this educational worksheet.

Sure! Let’s solve each inference question by reading the clues in each sentence and figuring out what time of day is most likely.

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1. As George walked down the hall towards his own apartment door, he could smell his neighbors’ dinners.

🔹 Inference: People usually cook and eat dinner in the evening.
🔹 Clue: “Smell his neighbors’ dinners” — dinner is typically eaten around 5–7 PM.
✔ Time of Day: Evening

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2. A sound of birds chirping outside of his window, Barry slowly opened his eyes. Then he remembered. Today was the day.

🔹 Inference: Birds chirp most actively in the early morning — it’s a classic sign of dawn or sunrise.
🔹 Clue: “Birds chirping” + “slowly opened his eyes” = waking up.
✔ Time of Day: Morning

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3. Frank opened his bedroom door quietly and listened. He heard only the ticking of the old grandfather clock in the hallway. He tiptoed towards the kitchen, thinking about the last piece of pie in the refrigerator.

🔹 Inference: Quietness, ticking clock, tiptoeing — suggests everyone else is asleep. Pie in the fridge at night? Likely a late-night snack.
🔹 Clue: “Quietly,” “only the ticking,” “tiptoed” — implies it’s late and others are sleeping.
✔ Time of Day: Night (or Late Night)

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4. Mark sighed. He tried to concentrate on his math problems, but he couldn’t help glancing at the clock. Twenty more minutes. Nineteen more minutes. His teacher’s voice droned on.

🔹 Inference: Teacher’s voice droning on → school setting. Glancing at the clock counting down minutes → waiting for class to end.
🔹 Clue: “Teacher’s voice,” “counting down minutes” — typical classroom behavior near the end of a period.
✔ Time of Day: Afternoon (school hours, likely near dismissal)

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✔ Final Answers:

1. Evening
2. Morning
3. Night
4. Afternoon

These answers are based on common real-world associations with the described actions and sounds — this is what “making inferences” means: using clues to figure out something not directly stated.