Fact or Opinion

WALT identify what is fact and what is opinion.

Tell whether each sentence is a fact or opinion.  Write ‘fact’ or ‘opinion’ in a different colour next to each sentence.

Sunday is the best day of the week./Opinion

Waitangi Day is celebrated in February./Fact

Christmas is celebrated in Summer./Fact

Some families eat lots of food at birthdays./Opinion

Watching fireworks on the 5th of November is lots of fun./Opinion

April is a month with 30 days./Fact

There are 12 months in the year./Fact

This has been a terrible week./Opinion

Spring is the most beautiful season of all./Opinion

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are weekdays./Opinion

The first day of the school year is scary./Opinion

Everyone should make Valentine's Day cards./Opinion

Your birthday comes only one day a year./Fact

Now write 3 of your own factual sentences:

1. Apples only grow on trees.
2. Books are for reading.
3. Power makes netbooks work.

Now write 3 of your own opinion sentences:

1. People smell nice
2. People are caring
3. I sometimes Like girls