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Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 13

Fact or Opinion?

Proven true or just a feeling?

What your child practises

Telling facts (which can be checked) from opinions (what someone thinks), and spotting opinion words like best and cutest.

Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Identify how a variety of texts can communicate ideas and information. · telling facts from opinions in texts

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which sentence is an opinion?

    • A spider has eight legs.
    • Cats have whiskers.
    • Whale watching is the best thing to do on a boat.
    Show answer

    Whale watching is the best thing to do on a boat.

    Hint: An opinion tells what someone thinks or feels. Other people might not agree. The other sentences can be checked and proven.

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence is a fact?

    • Winter is the best season.
    • Penguins are the cutest birds.
    • Strawberries grow on low plants.
    Show answer

    Strawberries grow on low plants.

    Hint: A fact can be checked and proven true, for example in a book or by measuring. The other sentences tell what someone thinks.

  3. Question 3

    Is this a fact or an opinion?

    A soccer ball is round.

    • 🔎Fact
    • 💭Opinion
    Show answer

    🔎 Fact

    Hint: A fact can be checked and proven true, for example in a book or by measuring.

  4. Question 4

    Is this a fact or an opinion?

    Canada has ten provinces and three territories.

    • 💭Opinion
    • 🔎Fact
    Show answer

    🔎 Fact

    Hint: A fact can be checked and proven true, for example in a book or by measuring.

  5. Question 5

    Which sentence is a fact?

    • Pizza is usually baked in an oven.
    • Rainy days are boring.
    • Z is the most interesting letter.
    Show answer

    Pizza is usually baked in an oven.

    Hint: A fact can be checked and proven true, for example in a book or by measuring. The other sentences tell what someone thinks.

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence is an opinion?

    • The Moon moves around the Earth.
    • Sunsets are prettier than sunrises.
    • A library lends books to people.
    Show answer

    Sunsets are prettier than sunrises.

    Hint: An opinion tells what someone thinks or feels. Other people might not agree. The other sentences can be checked and proven.

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