HOW TO INFER PROPERLY!

Have a read of the links here to do with INFERENCE and see how you get on.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/english/close_reading_exam/

The key is that you're not supposed to just be choosing quotations and then repeating exactly what is in the quotation.

To INFER, you need to add something extra or come to a judgement based on the information you've been given.

For example. If you have the quote:

"I always felt safest when I was at home in bed" don't say 'This shows us that he feels safest when he is at home in bed'

Instead, say we know that he is perhaps someone who feels nervous in places he doesn't know, as he "feels safest when he is at home in bed".

Try it yourself!