Grade 5 · Reading · Challenge
Free Vocabulary, Fact & Opinion worksheet - version 12
Grade 5 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 5 · Stretch challenge · 8 questions · Version PG-XIZ93Z-HXS6
1.A budget lists expected income and expenses. Comparing them helps a family plan spending.
What does “expenses” mean here?
2.Warm ocean water adds energy to tropical storms. Cooler water usually weakens them.
Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.
3.A lever is a rigid bar that turns around a fixed point. Moving that point changes the effort needed.
What does “rigid” mean here?
4.Pollinators move pollen between flowers. Without this transfer, many plants make fewer fruits.
What does “transfer” mean here?
5.A lever is a rigid bar that turns around a fixed point. Moving that point changes the effort needed.
Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.
6.Pollinators move pollen between flowers. Without this transfer, many plants make fewer fruits.
Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.
7.Warm ocean water adds energy to tropical storms. Cooler water usually weakens them.
What does “weakens” mean here?
8.A primary source comes from the time studied. A secondary source interprets evidence later.
What does “interprets” mean here?
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 budget lists expected income and expenses. Comparing them helps a family plan spending. What does “expenses” mean here?Money that must be spent
- Warm ocean water adds energy to tropical storms. Cooler water usually weakens them. Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.Fact: Warm water can strengthen a tropical storm. Opinion: Storms are the most interesting weather.
- 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
- Pollinators move pollen between flowers. Without this transfer, many plants make fewer fruits. What does “transfer” mean here?Movement from one place to another
- A lever is a rigid bar that turns around a fixed point. Moving that point changes the effort needed. Give one fact and one opinion about this topic.Fact: A lever turns around a fixed point. Opinion: Levers are the most useful machines.
- 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.
- Warm ocean water adds energy to tropical storms. Cooler water usually weakens them. What does “weakens” mean here?Makes less strong
- A primary source comes from the time studied. A secondary source interprets evidence later. What does “interprets” mean here?Explains the meaning of
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.