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Grade 7 learners tell a judgment backed by verifiable support from a plain fact and from a bare opinion.
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"The new footbridge is a good investment. It cost PHP 1.2 million, and 400 students now cross the highway on it each day." Which part is the verifiable support?
Which statement is a fact-based opinion?
"Our barangay recycling drive is working. Collected plastic rose from 120 kilograms in June to 310 kilograms in July." How is this statement best classified?
"The jeepney fare from the terminal to the public market is 15 pesos." How is this statement best classified?
"Jeepney fares in our town are unfair to students." How is this statement best classified?
"Coach Rivera is the best trainer in the league. He has led our team for nine years." Why is the support weak?
"Our library is well used. Students borrowed 1,240 books last term." What would have to be checked to verify the support?
"The school clinic is understaffed. One nurse serves 1,800 students." Which part is the verifiable support?
Which addition turns "Our reading program is a success" into a fact-based opinion?
"Palay farming here is getting harder. The farmgate price fell from 23 pesos to 17 pesos a kilogram this year." How is this statement best classified?
"Our typhoon drill needs improvement. The last drill took 14 minutes to clear the building, above the 5-minute target." Which part is the verifiable support?
Which statement is a bare opinion, with no verifiable support?
"The court repair was worth its cost. It used PHP 250,000 and the court now hosts games six days a week instead of two." Which detail supports the judgment?
"Our tree planting was careless. Only 40 of the 500 seedlings were still alive after six months." What would have to be checked?
Three learners talk about the school paper. Who gives a fact-based opinion?
"The water station is reliable. It has not run dry on any school day for two years." Why is this a fact-based opinion?
"Waste segregation here is poor. Half the bins hold mixed waste." Which question best tests the support?
"Online classes hurt attendance. Daily attendance fell from 95 percent to 71 percent." How is this statement best classified?
"The health center reached its goal. It gave 1,000 doses in the drive." Which record would verify the support?
"That old bridge will surely collapse next year." Why is this not a fact-based opinion?
"The canteen line is too slow. It has served lunch since 2015 and uses two counters." Which detail bears on the judgment?
A fact-based opinion still expresses a judgment, not only a measurement.
A statement of fact and a fact-based opinion are the same kind of statement.
"Fewer pupils walk to school now. The count dropped from 300 to 180 in two years." How is this statement best classified?
"Our class is the hardest working in Grade 7." What must be added to make this a fact-based opinion?
"The market is cleaner since the new schedule. Complaints about garbage fell from 40 to 6 a month." Which part carries the support?
Which statement is a plain statement of fact?
"Our science club deserves the award. It has 60 members and meets in Room 4." Why does the support fail?
"The feeding program is working. Sixty of its 90 pupils gained weight in four months." Which reply questions the support fairly?
"Reading time should be longer." "Reading time should be longer, since pupils now read only 15 minutes a day." How do the two differ?
"The evacuation plan is sound. Every room is 40 meters or less from an exit." What kind of support is used?
"Bus travel here is unsafe. Most drivers seem tired." Why is this not yet a fact-based opinion?
The barangay put railings along all 200 meters of the mountain trail. Which sentence reports that work as a fact-based opinion?
"The e-jeepney saves money. It costs PHP 90 a day to charge, against PHP 400 for diesel." Which part is the judgment?
"Our town needs a second health center. The only one now serves 24,000 residents." How is this statement best classified?
"The school fair was well planned. It ran from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m." Why is the support thin?
Which support would best back the judgment "Our recycling bins are poorly placed"?
"Fish prices at the pier rose sharply. Bangus went from 180 to 260 pesos a kilogram in one month." Which part can be verified?
"Grade 7 needs more lockers. Enrollment rose by 120 this year, and the school has 40 lockers." Which part is the judgment?
"The park is better cared for now. Grass is cut weekly and the lamps were fixed in June." How is this statement best classified?
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