Debate Worksheet: Fact or Opinion

Debate lesson 2: Fact or opinion · Set 617 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Puzzles are great fun. (b) The Moon orbits Earth. (c) Science is exciting. (d) Dogs beat cats as pets.
2. 2.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Pink is a lovely colour. (b) Dogs beat cats as pets. (c) Chess is boring. (d) Frogs lay eggs.
3. 3.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Samosas are tastiest.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Chess is boring. (b) Puzzles are great fun. (c) Science is exciting. (d) Plants need water.
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Ice is frozen water. (b) Spiders have 8 legs. (c) A triangle has 3 sides. (d) Pink is a lovely colour.
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Cartoons are too silly. (b) Frogs lay eggs. (c) Samosas are tastiest. (d) Science is exciting.
7. 7.🧐 An opinion is… (a) always true (b) what someone thinks (c) a proven number (d) a measured result
8. 8.Which of these is an opinion — it is what someone thinks? (a) Spiders have 8 legs. (b) Samosas are tastiest. (c) Earth orbits the Sun. (d) Frogs lay eggs.
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Ice is frozen water. (b) Bees make honey. (c) Frogs lay eggs. (d) Rainy days are fun.
10. 10.True or false: “Bees make honey.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧐 Which word often signals an opinion? (a) Tuesday (b) metre (c) best (d) twelve
12. 12.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Cartoons are too silly.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
13. 13.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Chess is boring. (b) Bees make honey. (c) Puzzles are great fun. (d) Mangoes taste best.
14. 14.🧐 What makes an opinion stronger in a debate? (a) saying it twice (b) shouting it (c) a rude word (d) facts that support it
15. 15.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Earth orbits the Sun.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
16. 16.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Spiders have 8 legs. (b) Samosas are tastiest. (c) Mangoes taste best. (d) Chess is boring.
17. 17.🧐 Fact or opinion? “A year has 12 months.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
18. 18.🧐 How can you check a fact? (a) ask a stranger (b) trust a rumour (c) guess (d) use a reliable source
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Ice is frozen water. (b) Mangoes taste best. (c) Homework is dull. (d) Science is exciting.
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Science is exciting. (b) The Moon orbits Earth. (c) Earth orbits the Sun. (d) Kolkata is in India.
21. 21.🧐 A fact is something that… (a) can be checked (b) someone feels (c) is always funny (d) is a guess
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Spiders have 8 legs. (b) Frogs lay eggs. (c) Cartoons are too silly. (d) Bees make honey.
23. 23.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Samosas are tastiest. (b) Mangoes taste best. (c) Homework is dull. (d) Kolkata is in India.
24. 24.True or false: “Samosas are tastiest.” is a fact — it can be checked. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Science is exciting.” is a fact — it can be checked. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Mangoes taste best. (b) Earth orbits the Sun. (c) Rainy days are fun. (d) Puzzles are great fun.
27. 27.Which of these is an opinion — it is what someone thinks? (a) Rainy days are fun. (b) Ice is frozen water. (c) Frogs lay eggs. (d) Bees make honey.
28. 28.True or false: “Pink is a lovely colour.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Kolkata is in India.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a fact — it can be checked? (a) Samosas are tastiest. (b) Chess is boring. (c) A year has 12 months. (d) Puzzles are great fun.
31. 31.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Ice is frozen water.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
32. 32.🧐 Fact or opinion? “Dogs beat cats as pets.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) A triangle has 3 sides. (b) Bees make honey. (c) Spiders have 8 legs. (d) Dogs beat cats as pets.
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) The Moon orbits Earth. (b) Kolkata is in India. (c) Spiders have 8 legs. (d) Homework is dull.
35. 35.True or false: “Dogs beat cats as pets.” is a fact — it can be checked. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is an opinion — it is what someone thinks? (a) The Moon orbits Earth. (b) Spiders have 8 legs. (c) Frogs lay eggs. (d) Chess is boring.
37. 37.True or false: “Ice is frozen water.” is a fact — it can be checked. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Chess is boring.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Homework is dull. (b) Samosas are tastiest. (c) A triangle has 3 sides. (d) Cartoons are too silly.
40. 40.True or false: “Spiders have 8 legs.” is an opinion — it is what someone thinks. (a) True (b) False

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