Grade 3 · Reading · Challenge
Free Vocabulary, Fact & Opinion worksheet - version 3
Grade 3 vocabulary, fact & opinion practice with original questions, explanations, and difficulty-matched printable versions. This printable version includes 8 grade-appropriate questions and a separate answer sheet.
Vocabulary, Fact & Opinion
Grade 3 · Stretch challenge · 8 questions · Version PG-2BOJUF-N19G
1.A primary source comes from the time studied. A secondary source interprets evidence later.
What does “interprets” mean here?
2.A primary source comes from the time studied. A secondary source interprets evidence later.
Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.
3.Mina read two reports about one event. She checked their sources before trusting the details.
What does “sources” mean here?
4.Pollinators move pollen between flowers. Without this transfer, many plants make fewer fruits.
Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.
5.Pollinators move pollen between flowers. Without this transfer, many plants make fewer fruits.
What does “transfer” mean here?
6.The council compared three playground plans for cost, safety, and accessibility before voting.
Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.
7.A lever is a rigid bar that turns around a fixed point. Moving that point changes the effort needed.
What does “rigid” mean here?
8.Mina read two reports about one event. She checked their sources before trusting the details.
Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.
Answers and teaching notes
Use the answers to check the work after the learner finishes. For writing prompts, the guide describes what a strong response should include.
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- A primary source comes from the time studied. A secondary source interprets evidence later. What does “interprets” mean here?Explains the meaning of
- A primary source comes from the time studied. A secondary source interprets evidence later. Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.Fact: A primary source comes from the time studied. Opinion: Diaries are the best historical sources.
- Mina read two reports about one event. She checked their sources before trusting the details. What does “sources” mean here?Places where information comes from
- Pollinators move pollen between flowers. Without this transfer, many plants make fewer fruits. Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.Fact: Pollinators move pollen between flowers. Opinion: Bees are Earth's most important animals.
- Pollinators move pollen between flowers. Without this transfer, many plants make fewer fruits. What does “transfer” mean here?Movement from one place to another
- The council compared three playground plans for cost, safety, and accessibility before voting. Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.Fact: The council compared three plans. Opinion: The largest plan was clearly best.
- A lever is a rigid bar that turns around a fixed point. Moving that point changes the effort needed. What does “rigid” mean here?Stiff and not easily bent
- Mina read two reports about one event. She checked their sources before trusting the details. Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.Fact: Mina read two reports. Opinion: One report had a better title.
Worked example
Check whether a statement can be verified, then use evidence to interpret vocabulary.
Common mistake
Treating a strongly worded opinion as a fact.
Helpful hint
Ask what evidence could prove the statement.