<p>I took the Princeton SAT Review course, and they taught me that when a question in the CR Section asks for what can be inferred from the passage, you should write down exactly what is stated rather than an -actual- inference. However, I was going through the 11 Practice Princeton tests, and for one of the inference questions, I answered with what was directly in the passage, and missed it. Upon review, the answer explanation said that my answer was clearly stated in the passage and therefore wasn’t an inference. </p>
<p>I am really confused, and am realizing now, with about 2 days until I take the SAT (2nd time) that I should have invested the CB practices tests instead… but now that it’s pretty much too late to do that, I would appreciate any advice on how to approach the inferences questions, which questions can easily be elimated, anything of that sort. Thanks!</p>
<p>If a question wanted you to copy a statement, it would ask you to. Inference means writing an inference, not repeating a statement. Get a refund from Princeton Review.</p>
<p>When they ask you to infer something, it’s just what you can gather based on what the passage said, meaning you can elimnate incorrect choices by asking yourself this: What is this passage/part of the passage NOT suggesting at all?</p>
<p>Eg:</p>
<p>"I think that if he had tried to bully someone his own size, he would have gotten more than his feelings hurt . . . "</p>
<p>Q: From this statement, infer what the author is saying would have happened to the bully if he had bullied someone his own size.</p>
<p>(A) He would have fallen on his face and worshiped
(B) He would have eaten dinner
(C) He would have been emotionally hurt
(D) He would have become an organ donor
(E) He would have gotten injured by the person he bullied</p>
<p>The answer is obviously E, but when reading A-D it’s really easy to eliminate A, B, and D straight up. C is iffy, but when you read E the choice becomes obvious. I’d recommend you go to a bookstore and read through the CR inference passage explanations in the CB Official Study Guide (you don’t have to buy it, but it’s recommended if you still feel you can utilize more practice).</p>