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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: Private firms would have done better, The white paper proposed 300,000 homes a year, The House divided 310 to 246, Shortages rather than politics set the pace

FactOpinion
2.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The agreement fixed prices for five years, The villages were forgotten, The waiting list held 11,600 families, The minister was right to admit it

FactOpinion
3.Sort each one: Fact or Opinion?

Sort: The programme was a success, 41 per cent of those polled said housing, 140,000 homes were built last year, The councils build too slowly

FactOpinion

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Answer key — Checkable or Contestable?

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

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