Fact and Opinion

Choose the fact.

• Chocolate candy is the best desert.

• Everyone should eat peanut butter.

• George Washington was the first president of the United States

Green Eggs and Ham is the best book written by Dr. Seuss

• Fact

• Opinion

Choose the sentence that is an opinion

• The ocean is a large body of water.

• San Francisco is in the state of California.

• The color blue is the prettiest color of the rainbow

We had a great time at the park.
Is this sentence a fact or opinion

• fact

• opinion

McDonalds sells  hamburgers and french fries.
Is this sentence a fact or an opinion

• fact

• opinion

Michael Jordan has a career average of 30.4 points per game.

• Fact

• Opinion

Which sentence is a fact

• Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won eleven Oscars (Academy Awards). 

• The whale is the greatest fish on earth.

Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?
People should not be allowed to talk on cell phones in a movie theater.

• Opinion

• Fact

Which sentence is is a fact?

• The chicken sandwiches are more expensive than double cheeseburgers.

• Sometimes curly hair looks better than straight hair. 

• Rock music lyrics are more poetic than rap music lyrics

• People who graduate from college are smarter than people who drop out of high school. 

A fact is a statement that is true and can be verified objectively, or proven.

• True

• False

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