FACT AND OPINION
A. A. Read each statement and then circle whether it is a fact or opinion. Explain your
answer.
1. 1.
Everybody should exercise at least twice a week.
2. 2.
The chicken burgers at Burger King are cheaper than double cheeseburgers. Fact /
3. 3.
This book is an enjoyable story of life in a small village. Fact / Opinion
4. 4.
Fact / Opinion
Plagiarism is a crime and students who are caught cheating in college can be kicked out of
the university. Fact / Opinion
5. 5.
People who listen to classical music are smarter than people who like to listen to pop music.
Fact / Opinion
6. 6.
7. 7.
Using the public transport is definitely more practical than taking a taxi. Fact / Opinion
George Clooney is the highest-paid actor in the world according to latest reports. Fact /
Opinion
8. 8.
Bruno Mars is a very talented entertainer. Fact / Opinion
9. 9.
According to the latest survey, families are buying more household items on credit. Fact /
Opinion
10. 10.
The Sony PlayStation 4 was the bestselling video game console last year. Fact / Opinion
11. 11.
For sure, it is worth sacrificing some personal liberties if we want to protect our country from
terrorism. Fact / Opinion
12. 12.
Polonium is a more dangerous substance than sodium. Fact / Opinion
13. 13.
In the United States, there are over 4,000 species of native bees. Fact / Opinion
14. 14.
Governments must invest more in the environment. Fact / Opinion
15. 15.
A human being will die sooner from lack of water than from lack of food. Fact / Opinion
16. 16.
There are more calories in a double cream latte from Starbucks than in a tuna sandwich. Fact /
Opinion
17. 17.
Mobile phones can help you learn a foreign language much faster. Fact / Opinion
B. Read the questions below and choose the correct option.
1. 1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which statement below is an opinion?
a.
The recent survey results revealed that there are more mobile phones than people in Japan.
b.
Hiroshima in Japan was devastated during the bombing on 6th August 1945.
c.
Because rice grows very easily in Japan, it is the most consumed food across whole country.
d.
For sure, Japan is a technological giant thanks to its education and social policies.
1. 2. Which statement below is an opinion?
a. a.
Carr (2012) revealed the emergence of reading encouraged our brains to be focused and
imaginative.
b. b.
A research shows that video games and other screen media improve visual-spatial capabilities.
c. c.
What’s certain that all of the new technologies, led by the Internet, are shaping the way we
think.
d. d.
There are many studies about how technology can be both beneficial and harmful in different
ways.
3. Which statement below is an opinion?
a. a.
Wolves, lions and other predators have inborn visual attention that enables them to spot their
prey.
b. b.
The effects of technology on children are highly complicated, with both benefits and costs.
c. c.
Studies show that reading uninterrupted text results in faster completion and better
understanding.
d. d.
With the advances throughout history, the technology determines how our brains develop.
4. Which option below is a fact?
a. a.
Immigrants who are in the U.S.A illegally are a very big problem for the country today.
b. b.
Recent reports show that health care costs per person in the U.S.A are high in developed
countries.
c. c.
The most important reason for unemployment is the poor quality of higher education in the
U.S.A.
d. d.
The federal system in the U.S.A. is the greatest factor in its economic success.
5. Which option below is a fact?
a. a.
In the past, children did activities that offered sustained attention, imagination, and memory.
b. b.
The children were most probably unhappy sparing their times reading uninteresting books in
the past.
c. c.
The advent of television altered the life of children dramatically and they became very
satisfied.
d. d.
With the invention of the Internet, children became addicted and seemed to lose their
imagination.
6. Which option below is a fact?
a. a.
It’s believed that without attention, other aspects of thinking doesn’t occur at all.
b. b.
It’s not possible that attention is highly influenced by the environment the people leave.
c. c.
There are selective attention skills in some of the animals which are inborn abilities.
d. d.
Some hunters have an opinion that that animals’ attentional abilities decrease in time.