Read the passage then answer the questions that follow.
As Alicia enters the cafeteria, she fiddles with the drawstring on her sweatshirt. The room is buzzing with students. They all look as if they’d known one another forever. Alicia spots an empty table at the back of the room. She quickly sits down and glues her eyes to the table.
What can you infer about Alicia? *
1 point
She is wearing a sweatshirt.
She is new to the school.~~
She is in the cafeteria.
Alicia is sitting by herself.
What words or phrases in the paragraph helped you figure out your inference about Alicia? *
1 point
As she enters the cafeteria
They all look as if they’d known one another forever.~~
spots an empty table
glues her eyes to the table
yes
Both are right.
To infer information about Alicia based on the passage, we need to look for specific clues in the text.
From the passage, we can infer that Alicia is new to the school. The phrase "As Alicia enters the cafeteria" indicates that she is arriving at a new place. Additionally, the sentence "They all look as if they’d known one another forever" suggests that the other students in the cafeteria are familiar with each other, further implying that Alicia is not.
The words or phrases that helped us figure out this inference are "As she enters the cafeteria" and "They all look as if they’d known one another forever." These phrases provide the context and description necessary to conclude that Alicia is new to the school.