Fact or opinion
General Questions
Vocabulary
100
Fact or Opinion: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Fact
100
In the selection, how are most of the inventions the SAME?
They fill a need.
100
Which vocabulary word means, "stepped on very hard and damaged?"
Trampled
200
Which sentence from the selection states a FACT?
- Wouldn’t Henry Ford be amazed at what he had started!
- Your invention might scare people.
- If you want to be an inventor, be a dreamer.
- Garrett Morgan came up with traffic lights.
Number 4
200
What is the author's purpose?
To give information and facts about inventors
200
Which vocabulary word means, "someone who plays tricks on people?"
Hoaxer
300
Which sentence is an OPINION from the selection?
- “It will never fly!”
- They called him “Moon Man.”
- Even Presidents can be inventors.
- Mary Anderson invented windshield wipers.
Number 1
300
The author compares an inventor to a bulldog to show that
an inventor must be determined
300
Which vocabulary word means, "putting something together with great effort and hoping it will last a long time?"
Forge
400
What is a fact?
Answers may vary
400
Look at the sentence on page 417 which says, "He probably needed them!" Is this a fact or opinion?
Opinion
400
Which vocabulary word means, "objects or people that keep you from moving ahead?"
Barriers
500
What is an opinion?
Answers may vary
500
What is the MOST LIKELY reason people laughed at the steamboat?
It looked unusual
500
Which vocabulary word means, "to try to fix or adjust something?"
Tinker