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Checkable or Contestable? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using fact and opinion to judge credibility, aligned to Common Core standard D3.2.3-5. 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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Checkable or Contestable?

D3.2.3-5

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Sort each sentence into fact or opinion.

1.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The agreement fixed prices for five years, Shortages rather than politics set the pace, The House divided 310 to 246, The villages were forgotten

FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The councils build too slowly, Private firms would have done better, 140,000 homes were built last year, The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year

FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The waiting list held 11,600 families, The minister was right to admit it, 41 per cent of those polled said housing, The programme was a success

FactOpinion

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Answer key — Checkable or Contestable?

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Shortages rather than politics set the pace — Opinion 2. The agreement fixed prices for five years — Fact 3. The House divided 310 to 246 — Fact 4. The villages were forgotten — Opinion
  2. 2.1. 140,000 homes were built last year — Fact 2. Private firms would have done better — Opinion 3. The councils build too slowly — Opinion 4. The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year — Fact
  3. 3.1. 41 per cent of those polled said housing — Fact 2. The minister was right to admit it — Opinion 3. The programme was a success — Opinion 4. The waiting list held 11,600 families — Fact

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.