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Debate Worksheet: Fact or Opinion

Debate lesson 2: Fact or opinion · Set 130 · 40 questions
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Debater's tip (Can it be checked?): Fact: can be checked and proved, for example by counting, measuring or a reliable book. Opinion: a belief or feeling; people can sensibly disagree. Watch for best, worst, nicest, boring, should. In a debate, back every opinion with facts.

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  1. 1.🧐 How can you check a fact? (a) ask a stranger (b) trust a rumour (c) use a reliable source (d) guess
  2. 2.Which of these is an opinion — it is what someone thinks? (a) A year has 12 months. (b) Puzzles are great fun. (c) Kolkata is in India. (d) Bees make honey.
  3. 3.🧐 Which word often signals an opinion? (a) twelve (b) Tuesday (c) best (d) metre
  4. 4.🧐 What makes an opinion stronger in a debate? (a) saying it twice (b) shouting it (c) a rude word (d) facts that support it
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Samosas are tastiest. (b) Rainy days are fun. (c) Kolkata is in India. (d) Science is exciting.
  6. 6.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Earth orbits the Sun.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
  7. 7.Which of these is an opinion — it is what someone thinks? (a) A triangle has 3 sides. (b) Earth orbits the Sun. (c) Chess is boring. (d) A year has 12 months.
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Dogs beat cats as pets. (b) A triangle has 3 sides. (c) Chess is boring. (d) Pink is a lovely colour.
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Samosas are tastiest. (b) Chess is boring. (c) Spiders have 8 legs. (d) Puzzles are great fun.
  10. 10.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Frogs lay eggs.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
  11. 11.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Mangoes taste best. (b) Dogs beat cats as pets. (c) Spiders have 8 legs. (d) Cartoons are too silly.
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Puzzles are great fun. (b) Homework is dull. (c) Chess is boring. (d) Bees make honey.
  13. 13.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Pink is a lovely colour. (b) Kolkata is in India. (c) Mangoes taste best. (d) Dogs beat cats as pets.
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Mangoes taste best. (b) Science is exciting. (c) Pink is a lovely colour. (d) Frogs lay eggs.
  15. 15.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Samosas are tastiest.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
  16. 16.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Ice is frozen water.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
  17. 17.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Puzzles are great fun.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
  18. 18.True or false: “Kolkata is in India.” is a fact — it can be checked. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧐 Fact or opinion? “The Moon orbits Earth.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
  20. 20.True or false: “Kolkata is in India.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Plants need water. (b) Pink is a lovely colour. (c) Earth orbits the Sun. (d) Frogs lay eggs.
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Homework is dull. (b) Cartoons are too silly. (c) Dogs beat cats as pets. (d) A year has 12 months.
  23. 23.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Cartoons are too silly. (b) Chess is boring. (c) Earth orbits the Sun. (d) Mangoes taste best.
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) The Moon orbits Earth. (b) Spiders have 8 legs. (c) Samosas are tastiest. (d) Plants need water.
  25. 25.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Rainy days are fun.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
  26. 26.True or false: “Bees make honey.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧐 An opinion is… (a) a proven number (b) a measured result (c) always true (d) what someone thinks
  28. 28.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Spiders have 8 legs.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
  29. 29.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Bees make honey.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
  30. 30.🧐 A fact is something that… (a) is always funny (b) someone feels (c) is a guess (d) can be checked
  31. 31.True or false: “A year has 12 months.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Homework is dull.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
  33. 33.True or false: “Plants need water.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “Ice is frozen water.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is an opinion — it is what someone thinks? (a) Spiders have 8 legs. (b) Plants need water. (c) Dogs beat cats as pets. (d) Kolkata is in India.
  36. 36.True or false: “Chess is boring.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧐 Fact or opinion? “A year has 12 months.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Dogs beat cats as pets.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
  39. 39.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Pink is a lovely colour.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
  40. 40.True or false: “Spiders have 8 legs.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. use a reliable source
  2. Puzzles are great fun.
  3. best
  4. facts that support it
  5. Kolkata is in India.
  6. a fact
  7. Chess is boring.
  8. A triangle has 3 sides.
  9. Spiders have 8 legs.
  10. a fact
  11. Spiders have 8 legs.
  12. Bees make honey.
  13. Kolkata is in India.
  14. Frogs lay eggs.
  15. an opinion
  16. a fact
  17. an opinion
  18. True
  19. a fact
  20. False
  21. Pink is a lovely colour.
  22. A year has 12 months.
  23. Earth orbits the Sun.
  24. Samosas are tastiest.
  25. an opinion
  26. False
  27. what someone thinks
  28. a fact
  29. a fact
  30. can be checked
  31. False
  32. an opinion
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Dogs beat cats as pets.
  36. True
  37. a fact
  38. an opinion
  39. an opinion
  40. False

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