"Fact vs Opinion: Mastering Critical Thinking for Grade 7" 

This Grade 7 worksheet focuses on helping students distinguish between facts and opinions. It uses engaging reading comprehension exercises, such as multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank tasks, and true/false checks, to strengthen their understanding of factual statements versus personal beliefs. The lesson is designed to develop critical thinking, with activities such as underlining key words that signal opinions and completing passages to clarify the difference between verifiable statements and subjective views. By mastering these concepts, students will improve their ability to evaluate information accurately, especially when it involves media, news, or academic writing.

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🔹 Answer Key

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions

1. a) pollu harms
2. a) provable
3. a) best solution
4. a) best method
5. a) reduces
6. a) cause harm
7. b) act now
8. a) high levels
9. a) clear view
10. a) data shows

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks

1. fact
2. opinion
3. evidence
4. feelings
5. facts
6. negatively
7. pollution
8. biased
9. truth
10. verified

Exercise 3 – True/False Statements

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
6. False
7. True
8. True
9. False
10. True

Exercise 4 – Underline the Words Showing Viewpoints

1. harmful
2. future
3. serious
4. harms
5. should
6. causes
7. can
8. serious
9. should
10. harms

Exercise 5 – Passage Completion

1. facts, opinions
2. fact, evidence
3. opinion, beliefs
4. personal
5. biased
6. facts
7. always
8. feel
9. objectivity
10. unsupported

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