Fact or Opinion?What is the difference?

FactsFacts can be all or some of the

following:

• can be proven • real for all people and places• can be checked or measured• can be observed (seen)• are historical• are 100 % true

Opinions

• Opinions refer to a particular person’s (or group’s) feeling

• Thoughts• judgments• beliefs• estimations• anything that is not 100 % true and can’t

be proven.

CHALLENGE!

You need to decide which of the following statements are FACTS and which are

OPINIONS

For people who give an answer

All people must breathe to live.

All people love football.

Blue is the best colour.

He is clever.

Abraham Lincoln was a United States

president.

Portsmouth is in the south of England.

I don’t like broccoli.

Fire needs oxygen to burn.

Pizza tastes great.

And the last one……

Spiders have eight legs.

Talk Partners!

Can you think of any books where you

might find FACTS?

Encyclopedia dictionary

atlas

text books

Guinness Book of World Records

Talk Partners!

Can you think of any books where you

might find OPINIONS?

Autobiographies

self-help books

novels

DIARIES

Story books