Debate Worksheet: Fact or Opinion

Debate lesson 2: Fact or opinion · Set 468 · 40 questions

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.

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

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