Cut, sort and stick these into fact or opinion on the A3 sheet (fold A3 in half and label one

side Fact
and the other side Opinion):

East is opposite to west.
Most people prefer the colour green because it is Humans kill an estimated one billion sharks
a natural colour.
Eight out of ten cats prefer 'Whiskas'.
Usain Bolt is the fastest 100m sprinter in the
world.
'There will be a permanent Lunar base and a
manned exploration of Mars sometime this
century' – M. Rees, Royal Society Astronomer,
Cambridge.
Poverty should not exist.
The adult human body has 206 bones.
There are more clouds in the sky today than
yesterday.
every year.
Susan Boyle (last year's X Factor winner) is the
best singer in the world.
Manchester are a better football team than
Liverpool.
The Sahara Desert is the hottest place on Earth.
Humans need water every 40 hours to live.
The use of animals in laboratory testing is wrong
and should be stopped.

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Now, with your partner, think of 3 facts and three opinions for each of the following:

School

Television

Maths

How can you tell if a text or person is using facts or opinions?