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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.

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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: Shortages rather than politics set the pace, The waiting list held 11,600 families, 140,000 homes were built last year, The villages were forgotten

FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year, The agreement fixed prices for five years, Private firms would have done better, The minister was right to admit it

FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The programme was a success, The House divided 310 to 246, 41 per cent of those polled said housing, The councils build too slowly

FactOpinion

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Answer key — Checkable or Contestable?

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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