Fact or Opinion? is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on telling a checkable fact from an opinion, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.8. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sort: Our class is the friendliest in the school., Water freezes when it gets cold enough., Honey tastes better than jam., Penguins cannot fly., The town hall was built in 1902., The town hall is the most beautiful building in town.
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2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: Winter is far too long and boring., The park has three swings and a slide., The Moon looks lovelier than any star., Spiders have eight legs., The park would be better with a bigger slide., Our school library opens at nine o'clock.
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3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?
Sort: The bridge over the river has four towers., Spiders are the creepiest animals on Earth., That bridge is ugly and should be painted., There are seven days in a week., Drawing triangles is more fun than drawing circles., Our class has twenty-eight children.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Fact or Opinion?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Honey tastes better than jam. — Opinion 2. Our class is the friendliest in the school. — Opinion 3. Penguins cannot fly. — Fact 4. The town hall is the most beautiful building in town. — Opinion 5. The town hall was built in 1902. — Fact 6. Water freezes when it gets cold enough. — Fact
2.1. Our school library opens at nine o'clock. — Fact 2. Spiders have eight legs. — Fact 3. The Moon looks lovelier than any star. — Opinion 4. The park has three swings and a slide. — Fact 5. The park would be better with a bigger slide. — Opinion 6. Winter is far too long and boring. — Opinion
3.1. Drawing triangles is more fun than drawing circles. — Opinion 2. Our class has twenty-eight children. — Fact 3. Spiders are the creepiest animals on Earth. — Opinion 4. That bridge is ugly and should be painted. — Opinion 5. The bridge over the river has four towers. — Fact 6. There are seven days in a week. — Fact
Questions about Fact or Opinion?
What does the Fact or Opinion? worksheet cover?
It practices telling a checkable fact from an opinion — 3 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core RI.4.8: Explain which reasons and evidence hold up each of the author's points. The instruction to students is “Sort each sentence into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Fact or Opinion? practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.8 — RI.4.8, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Fact or Opinion? is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on RI.4.8, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Fact or Opinion? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Fact or Opinion? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Fact or Opinion? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Fact or Opinion?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RI.4.8
Explain which reasons and evidence hold up each of the author's points.