Opinion and Fact

Thomas Jefferson's face can be found on a nickel.

• FACT

• OPINION

Your birthday comes only one day a year.

• Fact

• Opinion

Computer games quickly become boring. What word makes this statement an opinion?

• quickly

• boring

• games

• computer

Basketball is the healthiest sport to play.

• FACT

• OPINION

What words are clues that something might be an opinion?

• Think

• Feel

• Should / Should Not

• All of the above

“The aquarium is the best place to go when it is hot outside. It is air-conditioned, you can get ice-cream at the snack bar, and you can learn about animals while you cool down. It’s way better than the pool.” Which of the following statements is true about these sentences?

• These sentences are all opinions.

• These sentences are all facts.

• These sentences have facts and opinions.

• There are no facts or opinions in these sentences.

Spitting in your hand before you pick up a baseball bat gives you good luck.

• Fact

• Opinion

Can opinions be supported by facts? (Can you use facts to help convince others that you have a strong opinion?)

• Yes

• No

Drinking orange juice right after brushing your teeth tastes bad. What word makes this sentence an opinion?

• bad

• right

• teeth

• Drinking

The stubborn Patriots refused to give up in the Revolutionary War.

• Fact

• Opinion