Fact or Opinion

​🔍 “Is It True or Just What You Think?”
Understanding Fact and Opinion

What Is a Fact?

Definition:
A fact is something that is true and can be proven.

✅ It can be checked in books, on a map, in real life, or with information.

Examples:

• The Earth orbits the sun.

• Penguins cannot fly.

• A triangle has three sides.

What Is an Opinion?

Definition:
An opinion tells what someone thinks or feels.
Different people may have different opinions.

⭐ Clue words: best, favorite, should, think, feel, believe

Examples:

• Pizza is the best food.

• I think summer is the most fun season.

• Dogs are better than cats.

Fact vs. Opinion

Compare:

Fact	Opinion
Can be proven	Cannot be proven
Always true	What someone believes
Uses numbers, dates, real info	Uses feelings, clue words

Multiple Choice

Decide if the sentence is a fact or an opinion.

Tigers have stripes.

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

Decide if the sentence is a fact or an opinion.

Tigers are the coolest animals.

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

Decide if the sentence is a fact or an opinion.

A year has 12 months.

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

Decide if the sentence is a fact or an opinion.

Vanilla ice cream tastes better than chocolate.

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

Decide if the sentence is a fact or an opinion.

Our school has a library.

• Fact

• Opinion

Categorize

Options (4)

Pizza is the best food.

A whale is a mammal.

I believe math is fun.

A desert gets very little rain.

Put each sentence into the correct category.

Fact:

Opinion:

Clue Word Helpers

Look for clue words that often show an opinion:

think • believe • best • worst • should • favorite • feel

Example:

• I think dolphins are the smartest animals. → Opinion

• Dolphins can swim quickly. → Fact

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is a fact?

• Cats are the cutest pets.

• Cats have whiskers.

• Cats are more fun than dogs.

• Cats should stay inside.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is an opinion?

• A bird has two wings.

• Rain falls from clouds.

• I think rainy days are boring.

• A week has seven days.

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph:

Sam rode his bike to the park. The ride was two miles long. Sam thinks it was the best trip ever.

Which sentence from the paragraph is an opinion?

• Sam rode his bike.

• The ride was two miles.

• It was the best trip ever.

• Sam went to the park.

Multiple Choice

Which one is a fact?

• Blue is the prettiest color.

• Everyone should play soccer.

• Soccer is played with a ball.

• Soccer is the best sport.

Multiple Choice

Which one is an opinion?

• The sun gives off light.

• The sun is way too bright.

• The sun is a star.

• The sun rises in the east.

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph:

Jill planted three flowers in her garden. They were yellow and grew to be six inches tall. Jill thinks the flowers made her yard look amazing.

Which sentence is a fact?

• The flowers were six inches tall.

• The flowers made the yard look amazing.

• The flowers were the most beautiful ever.

• Jill thinks the flowers are perfect.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is an opinion?

• A spider has eight legs.

• Spiders are creepy.

• Spiders can spin webs.

• A spider is an arachnid.

Multiple Choice

Which one is a fact?

• Apples taste better than oranges.

• Apples grow on trees.

• Apples are the best fruit.

• People should eat apples every day.

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph:

The class took a field trip to the science museum. They saw a huge dinosaur skeleton. Emma said it was the coolest thing she had ever seen.

Which sentence is an opinion?

• The class took a field trip.

• They saw a dinosaur skeleton.

• It was the coolest thing she had ever seen.

• The museum had a skeleton.

Multiple Choice

Which is an opinion?

• A shark can swim.

• A shark has fins.

• Sharks are scary animals.

• A shark lives in the ocean.