Past tense statements
Fact or Opinion
Vocabulary
100

I _______the Great Wall of China when I was younger.

a. went

b. saw

c. didn't saw

saw

100

I believe the people who built the Great Wall of China were slaves.

Opinion:  I believe

100

an adjective meaning "where it is"

located

200

I __________to Turkey last year.

a. go

b. visited

c. went

went

200

It seems like there is a problem between Republicans and Democrats in the United States.

Opinion:  seems like

200

a noun meaning "a body of water that has land all around it"

a lake

300

They didn't _________in Dubai for very long.

a. lived

b. live

c. lives

live

300

Venice is the most beautiful water-based city in the world.

Opinion:  beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

300

a noun meaning a place with many trees crowded together

the woods

400

They ________houses there long ago.


a. put

b. putted

put

400

The cost of living in New York City has been reported as very high, so it's an expensive city to live in.

Fact:  the cost of living shows a fact (it was reported - someone researched it)

400

an adjective meaning "very old"

ancient

500

I _________the house myself in 1987.


a. build

b. built

c. builded

built

500

Obviously, I'm very smart.

Opinion:  BE CAREFUL!  Sometimes, signal words DON'T work!  Look at what the speaker is really saying after the signal word.

500

an extremely grand, expensive home, usually for kings and queens or other royals.

a palace

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