Fact or Opinion

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Fact or Opinion

• Read the sentences and decide if they are fact or
  opinion. To begin the quiz, make sure you are in
  slide show view and click start. Take notes on
  what makes a sentence a fact or an opinion.
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Lawyers are rich.
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Great! Good job. This is an overgeneralization.
Also, one persons definition of rich may be
different from another persons.
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Governments should not use the death penalty to
punish criminals.
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Great! Good job. Should is a word that often
shows that the sentence is an opinion.
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The U.S. government is the largest government in
the world.
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Great! Good job. This is a fact because largest
can be measured. We can count how many people
work for the U.S. government and how much money
the U.S. government spends.
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An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a
toilet.
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Great! Good job. We can check research to see if
this is true. After we check the research, we can
answer yes or no. In other words, we can
verify or prove this.
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Golf is more relaxing than soccer.
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Great! Good job. Relaxing is an adjective that is
an opinion. For example, What I think is
relaxing, you may think is boring.
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Mexico is the best place for a winter vacation.
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Great! Good job.Best is the superlative of
good. One persons definition of good may be
different from another persons.
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Chicago is the third largest city in the U.S.
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Great! Good job. This is a fact because largest
can be measured. We can prove this.
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People should not be allowed to get tattoos until
they are 18 years old.
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Great! Good job. Should is a word that often
shows that the sentence is an opinion.
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It is illegal to smoke cigarettes in public
places in Chicago.
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Great! Good job. We can check the law to see if
this is true. We can verify this.
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High school students should wear uniforms.
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Great! Good job. Should is a word that often
shows that the sentence is an opinion.
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Eating a vegetarian diet is the best way to stay
healthy.
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Great! Good job. Best is the superlative of good.
Good is an opinion.
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Smoking should be banned in public places.
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Great! Good job. Should is a word that often
shows that the sentence is an opinion.
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93 of all greeting cards are purchased by women.
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Great! Good job. We can check the research and
verify this percentage.
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The U.S. government is too large.
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Great! Good job. One of the meanings of too is
that there is a problem. I may think something is
a problem, but you might disagree.
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Security alarms are the most effective way to
protect homes from burglaries.
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Great! Good job. The adjective effective is an
opinion.
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It is best to get married when you are 30 years
old or older.
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Great! Good job. Best is the superlative of good.
Good is an opinion.
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Medical marijuana should be legal.
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Great! Good job.
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Americans are fat.
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Great! Good job. This is an overgeneralization.
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The Nile River splits into the White Nile and
Blue Nile in Sudan.
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Great! Good job.
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The single life is better than married life.
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Great! Good job.
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Pets improve your life.
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Great! Good job.
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One study shows that heart attack survivors who
have pets live longer than those who do not.
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Great! Good job.
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Soccer is a much more interesting game to play
than golf.
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Great! Good job.
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A nurse is busy.
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Great! Good job.
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John F. Kennedy's rocking chair was sold for
453,500.
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Great! Good job.
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You are cute.
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Great! Good job. (You are cute though!)
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When there is no pet in the home 33 of children
have allergies, but if there is a pet in the home
only 19 of the children have allergies.
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