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Module 39
A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development
INFERRING DIFFERENT OUTCOMES
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Hello dear learner. Here is another day given to us to learn
another skill. We shall be together as we learn this skill.
This module is still on inferring. In the previous modules you
learned how to make guesses and to predict outcomes. This time you
will learn more about the skill.
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
To the Learner
Let’s Try This
Let’s Learn This
In form and feature, face and limb,
I grew so like my brother
That folks got taking me from him
And each for one another
One day (to make the matter worse)
Before our names were fixed,
As we were being washed by nurse,
We got completely mixed.
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1. Why do you think the two children are mistaken for the other?
a. They are twins.
b. They are both boys.
c. They have the same dresses.
2. What do you think will happen if they will be baptized?
a. They will be exchanging personalities.
b. They will not be baptized.
c. They will both enjoy.
3. What do you think will happen if they will grow older?
a. They will both have the same fate.
b. They will be successful.
c. They will be mistaken for the other.
The answers are:
1. a 2. a 3. c
• Is it easy to make guesses?
o It can be very easy if you will make use of the pattern of
events.
o They will serve as clue.
Let’s read the paragraph below.
Let’s Study This
Chona read the notice on the bulletin board about a
tryout for a National Heroes Day play. She wanted to be in that
play! She was in grade six and wanted to graduate with
honors. Her grades from grade one had often been the highest
in her class, and she knew she had a chance to graduate as
one of the top three. But it was not enough to have high
grades. She had to show leadership and be active in curricular
activities. She wasn’t worried about leadership. She was the
president of the Reading Club.
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• What will Chona do after reading the notice?
o She will probably proceed to the tryout.
• Why do you think she will do this?
• What if she will not be in the honor list?
The phrase/sentence that says:
She wasn’t worried about leadership.
She was the president of the Reading Club.
The two sentences give us the signal that she is assured of the
leadership award.
So, even if she will join the tryout she would still be in the honor
list.
You have drawn guesses based on the events presented. These
are called conclusions. The skill is on drawing conclusions.
This time let us try if you can draw conclusion out of the events.
Let’s Do This
The boys fell on the food. They ate as they did at
home where everyone sat on the floor and ate from
banana leaves. The boys reached out across each other
for food, smelled the strange foods first, and spat out
what they didn’t like.
Efren was just as ignorant as the other boys. But
one swift glance had assured him that there was more
than enough food-that there was no need to grab. He
looked at the queen. Why, she was spreading a white
square of cloth on her lap! She was using the metal
tools near her plate to cut the meat and put a piece into
her mouth.
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1. What did Efren do after observing the queen?
a. He followed as the boys did.
b. He followed what the queen did.
c. He did not eat at all.
2. If the queen were to choose a boy who would live in the palace to
be trained as the prince, who would she choose?
a. the boys
b. neither of the boys
c. Efren
What’s your score?
Here’s another exercise for you!
Read the situation and answer the questions that follow.
1. What must have caused the sound of tiny scurrying feet?
a. mice
b. cats
c. dogs
Let’s Do More
Nena climbed the ladder toward the trapdoor
and slowly pulled herself inside. She saw the sacks
of rice all about and when she tried to stand, there
was a loud bang behind her. Then all was dark. A
sound of tiny scurrying feet and squeking from
behind the sacks made her jump on top of the
nearest thing she could feel.
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2. What do you think Nena will do once more once she finds out
what made the sound?
a. She would sleep.
b. She would run outside the room.
c. She would cry.
Finished? Try checking it against the Answer Key.
This time we are going to answer the final test.
But before that, let us remember this.
Directions: For each of the situation, you give your conclusion. Write
the letter of the correct answer.
1. “You should have swept the floor first before dusting the tables
and chairs. Now, you have to dust them again.” The speaker is
trying to say ___________.
a. Your idea is wrong.
b. You made the correct choice
c. What you did was wrong.
d. My way of working is better than yours.
Let’s Test Ourselves
A conclusion is a final decision, based on the events
presented. It is the summing up of the main points.
Let’s Remember This
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2. “Mrs. Lopez stood by the windows in her duster and looked at her
watch. Then she looked out at the passers-by and gave a big
sigh.” What could have happened?” she wondered.
a. Mrs. Lopez is angry.
b. Mrs. Lopez is anxious.
c. It is getting late.
d. The family is waiting for an expected guest.
3. Mrs. Ramos said loudly, “Rene when are you ever going to learn?
That is the third time you promised not to eat shrimp. Now, look
at those rashes all over your body!
a. Rene made promises that he did not keep.
b. Mrs. Ramos is angry with any person who did not keep his
promise.
c. Mrs. Ramos is angry because Rene had committed three
mistakes.
d. Rene is allergic to some seafood.
4. The keeper rushed angrily toward a group of children. The girls
were feeding the baby monkeys and the boys were teasing the
mother monkey with a long stick.
a. The children went for a walk in the forest where there were
many monkeys.
b. The class was on an educational trip.
c. The children were disobeying the rules.
d. The keeper scolded the naughty children.
5. “If only I had listened to Mommy, I would not have lost my ten
pesos.” The speaker ___________.
a. Lost a big sum of money.
b. Is afraid that his parents would scold him.
c. Regrets being disobedient.
d. Promises to be obedient next time.
Check your answers now!
What’s your score?
To check for mastery, let us answer this activity.
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Direction: Pick out the possible ending or situation.
1. When a child is very diligent on his studies,
a. His teachers will like him.
b. He will lose eyesight.
c. He will become thin.
d. He will not get good grades.
2. When a person believes he is the wisest on earth,
a. People will like him.
b. He is likely to become powerful.
c. He will have many friends.
d. He will be humbled.
3. When a child is not always neat and clean,
a. He will be the brightest in the class.
b. People will not like him.
c. He will seldom get sick.
d. He is likely to get sick.
4. When a child does not know how to save money,
a. He will not buy anything.
b. He will soon have savings.
c. He will be unhappy.
d. He will likely have nothing to spend later.
5. When there are no moon and stars,
a. The night is happy.
b. The night is dark.
c. The fireflies will not wander around.
d. The world is happy.
Let’s Enrich
Ourselves
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Let’s Do This
1. b
2. c
Let’s Do More
1. a
2. b
Let’s Test Ourselves
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. c
Let’s Enrich Ourselves
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. d
5. b
Answer Key