Fact or fiction

Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Practice
A parent or tutor should read to the student and help the student to record their
answers.

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If something is real or true, it is a fact.

If something is make believe, it is fiction.
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Here are some things that are fact and some things that are
fiction.

Circle the word “fact” if it is real or true.

Circle the word “fiction” if it is make believe.

1. Duck asked Rooster why he crowed fact fiction

so loudly every morning. Rooster
said it was his job to get everybody
out of bed each day.

2. Eddy’s family went to the rodeo. fact fiction

They saw cowboys riding wild
horses. They saw other cowboys
roping calves.

3. On the day of the class play, the fact fiction

children all put on their costumes.
Tommy played the king, and Miles
played a magical wizard.

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4. Don and Ella have a magic fact fiction
playhouse in their back yard.
On the outside, it looks like any
other playhouse, but on the
inside it is a big as their real
house.

5. Kita practiced soccer whenever fact fiction

she could. She practiced with her
team, and she practiced at home.
She scored more goals than
anyone else that season.

6. Bubbles is a goldfish. He lives in fact fiction

a fish bowl. There is a toy castle
in his fish bowl, and he swims
in and out of the windows and
doors of the castle.
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7. What are 2 other things that are fact?

8. What are 2 other things that are fiction?

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Answer Key

1. fiction

2. fact

3. fact

4. fiction

5. fact

6. fact

7-8 Accept all reasonable responses.

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