Practice Exercise 9 A
Facts vs. Opinion
- Read each statement. Write “F” for facts
beside factual statements. Write “0” for
opinion beside opinions.
- One hundred and twelve people from my high school graduating
class attended the ten-year high school anniversary.
- You can trust Fred, because he would never tell a lie.
- People should always put butter on a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich.
- I can see well with my new eyeglasses.
- I know it will be a dry summer, because the weatherperson said
it will be a dry summer.
- Skateboarding should be banned from all public spaces.
- My brother’s birth date is March 21, 1948.
- November eleventh is Remembrance Day.
- Tourists and residents can travel by ferryboat from Saint John,
New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia.
- Kelly should study to become a medical doctor.
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