Journeys Lesson 28 Comprehension

Read this sentence from the article.

A ten-year-old boy Jared Post had made a fantastic find.

Which phrase in the sentence above indicates that the statement is an opinion?

• "ten-year-old"

• "boy named"

• "had made"

• "fantastic find"

A fact expressed in the article is that the rock Jared found

• was amazing.

• had weird markings.

• was a fossilized tooth.

• created big news from Alaska.

The section under the heading "Imagine a Woolly Mammoth!" states the opinion that woolly mammoths

• walked around Jared's neighborhood.

• most likely used their tusks to scrape snow.

• are thought to be related to today's elephants.

• left fossils that tell us they once lived in certain areas.

What is the author's opinion of woolly mammoths?

• They are fascinating.

• They ate plants for food.

• They only left behind their teeth as fossils.

• They are the only extinct mammals that left fossils.

Which heading expresses an opinion?

• "Traces of the Past"

• "Nature's Memory Keepers"

• "Imagine a Woolly Mammoth!"

• "One Girl's Remarkable Finds"

You can tell that the author has the opinion that children who discover fossils

• will become scientists.

• are interesting to learn about.

• are smarter than other children.

• know a lot about extinct animals.

What could prove that the idea that 2007 was a great year for finds is a fact?

• if Jared, Sierra, and Kaleb wrote a book about finding fossils in 2007

• if Mary agreed that 2007 was one of the great years fro finding fossils

• if the author compared the 2007 fossil finds to every other year's finds

• if the fossils found in 2007

The phrase that says fossils help us understand what the world was like is an opinion because it

• gives a clue.

• defines a word.

• expresses a belief.

• gives an approximation.

An opinion express in the article is that Mary Anning

• was born in England.

• found a fossil of a sea reptile.

• was the greatest fossilist in the world.

• discovered a fossil when she was eleven.

Which statement from the article expresses an opinion?

• "The Ice Age occurred between 1.6 million and 10,000 years ago."

• "She discovered the skeleton of a giant sea creature when she was about eleven years old."

• "Another super-successful young fossil hunter was Mary Anning, who was born on the south coast of England."

• "Although mammoths roamed throughout much of North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, their bones and teeth are found mainly in areas with very cold weather."