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Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 16

True, Pretend and Opinions

What is real, what is pretend, and why people think differently.

What your child practises

Practises telling what could be true from what is make-believe, noticing that people see the same thing differently, seeing people like us in books, and giving an opinion with a reason.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 1.3; 6.2; 7.2 · telling what is real from make-believe, and giving an opinion with a reason

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which could be true?

    • Owls are made of ice.
    • Owls drive trucks.
    • Owls fly at night.

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence is false?

    • Snow is white.
    • Snow is cold.
    • Snow is warm.

  3. Question 3

    You see only one kind of family in a book. What can you say?

    • That family is wrong
    • I wish I could see my family too
    • Nobody else exists

  4. Question 4

    Which sentence shares an opinion about a story?

    • The book is on the shelf.
    • The cover is green.
    • I liked the ending.

  5. Question 5

    Two friends ride the same roller coaster. One loves it. The other does not. Why?

    • People can feel differently
    • One is wrong
    • One did not ride

  6. Question 6

    Which one might be true in a nonfiction book?

    • Bees drive buses.
    • Bees live on Mars.
    • Bees help flowers make seeds.

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