SAT CR Inference Questions

Murasaki
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:53:47 +0000

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?

Eg:

"I think that if he had tried to bully someone his own size, he would have gotten more than his feelings hurt . . . "

Q: From this statement, infer what the author is saying would have happened to the bully if he had bullied someone his own size.

(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

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).