Name: ___________________________
Fact and Opinion 6

Directions: Read each statement and then circle whether it is a fact or opinion.  Explain your answer.

1.  The history of ballet began in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

2.  Dancing is a safe and healthy activity.  

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

3.  Hip hop dancing has been featured in movies such as Step Up and Stomp the Yard.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

4.  People have been dancing for thousands of years.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

5.  Ballet dancing requires more training than hip hop dancing.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

6.  Dancing isn’t a real sport.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

7.  It takes two people to do the Tango as it was intended to be done.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

8.  In 2007 over 8,400 people were hospitalized in America for dance related injuries.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

9. Ballet dancing is more respectable than hip hop dancing. 

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

10.  The longest that anyone has played a dancing video game in one session is 24 hours and 2 minutes. 

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

11.  Dancing is a lot more fun when you have a partner.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

12.  Break dancing is a style of dance that originated in New York in the 1970s.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 
13.  Michael Jackson is one of the greatest dancers of all time.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

14.  Dancing is forbidden in some societies. 

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

15.  Kevin Bacon plays the leading role in the movie Footloose. 

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

16.  It is hard to dance without the right kind of music playing.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

17.  The waltz is danced in triple time.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

18.  The tarantella is a folk dance that originated in Italy.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

19.  The waltz is a classy dance.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

20. Tap dancing is one of the most difficult styles of dance to master.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

21 Tap dancing shoes have a piece of metal called a “tap” attached to the heel and toe.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

22.  Ballroom dancing is more sophisticated than krump dancing. 

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

23.  Choreography is an important part of the music industry.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

24.  Line dancers generally do not make physical contact with each other.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________ 

25.  More youngsters should settle their rivalries through competitive dance instead of fighting.

Fact  or  Opinion   Explain: _____________________________________________________________