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Standard 5 · SEA English Language Arts

Inference, Cause and Effect

Read clues, work out what is not said, and explain why things happen in stories, fact texts, notices and poems. Each exercise marks itself as your child goes, explains the answer, and awards stars.

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Finding facts stated in a textFinding causes and effectsFollowing a chain of causes and effectsWorking out what the text does not sayWorking out how someone feelsWorking out why someone actsChoosing the proof for an inferenceWorking out meaning in a poem
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The late maxi
The scarlet ibis
Faces, actions and clues
Sports Day moved indoors
Waiting at the stop
The dry garden
Cause, effect and traps
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