This easy Grade 5 fact and opinion worksheet asks students to sort short sentences into facts or opinions and explain their thinking. Learners spot signal words like best and beautiful, write a fact and an opinion about school, and answer short questions. The activities focus on clear, simple statements so Grade 5 students build confidence before moving on to longer reviews and editorials in later sheets.
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Fact and Opinion
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
The sentence 'Pizza is the most delicious food' are a fact.
Rewrite: The sentence 'Pizza is the most delicious food' is an opinion.
2. Fix the sentence:
Mount Everest are the tallest mountain on Earth, which is opinion.
Rewrite: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, which is a fact.
3. Fix the sentence:
The opinion 'Recess should be longer' don't have signal words.
Rewrite: The opinion 'Recess should be longer' does have signal words.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A statement that can be proven true with evidence is called a fact.
2. A statement that shows feelings or judgments is called an opinion.
3. The signal word 'I think' usually marks a sentence as an opinion.
4. The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth, so this is a fact.
Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1. Give one signal word that often appears in opinions and explain why.
The word 'best' shows opinion because it ranks something using personal taste, which different people may disagree about.
2. Write one fact and one opinion about your school day.
Fact: My school starts at 8:30 a.m. Opinion: Math class is the most fun subject of the day.
Fact and Opinion
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
The sentence 'Pizza is the most delicious food' are a fact.
Rewrite: The sentence 'Pizza is the most delicious food' is an opinion.
2) Fix the sentence:
Mount Everest are the tallest mountain on Earth, which is opinion.
Rewrite: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, which is a fact.
3) Fix the sentence:
The opinion 'Recess should be longer' don't have signal words.
Rewrite: The opinion 'Recess should be longer' does have signal words.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A statement that can be proven true with evidence is called a fact.
2) A statement that shows feelings or judgments is called an opinion.
3) The signal word 'I think' usually marks a sentence as an opinion.
4) The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth, so this is a fact.
★ Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1) Give one signal word that often appears in opinions and explain why.
The word 'best' shows opinion because it ranks something using personal taste, which different people may disagree about.
2) Write one fact and one opinion about your school day.
Fact: My school starts at 8:30 a.m. Opinion: Math class is the most fun subject of the day.
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