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Tell a checkable fact from a bare opinion, and both from a judgment that carries its own proof.
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Grace wrote about the new footbridge in Barangay Malinis. Which one is a fact-based opinion, that is, a judgment that carries checkable support?
Ms. Cruz wants one sentence about the canteen that gives a bare opinion, an opinion with no checkable support behind it. Which one is that?
A learner must copy one sentence about the school clinic that anyone could check in the clinic's own records. Which one is a plain fact?
Mia writes, 'Our Saturday reading club is helpful.' Which detail would turn her bare opinion into a fact-based opinion?
Read this notice: 'The library's quiet hour is the wisest new rule. It starts at one o'clock. It lasts thirty minutes. It began last June.' Which part of the notice is the judgment?
Ben writes: 'Our water station is a fine idea. It looks lovely. It is the pride of Grade 6. It filled two hundred bottles last Friday.' Which part can be checked?
Read Lea's letter: 'Please keep the extra bus trip. It is the wisest schedule change so far. Many riders feel calmer now. Late arrivals fell from fifteen a week to two.' Which one gives checkable support?
Karl claims the school's new path lamps were worth their cost. Which one supports his claim instead of simply repeating it?
A club poster reads: 'Join Green Hands today. Ours is the finest club in school, and it held forty meetings last year.' What kind of statement is the second sentence?
Rico says, 'The old electric fans in Room 6 are useless.' Why is his statement only a bare opinion?
Read this line: 'The new ceiling fans were the best buy this year, since the room temperature fell from thirty-four to thirty degrees.' The reason given can be checked with a thermometer.
Read this line: 'Volleyball is the most exciting sport in our school.' This is a fact, because most learners in the school would agree with it.
Ana argues that the school garden club is doing valuable work. Which detail does NOT support her judgment?
The Grade 6 class must write one judgment backed by checkable information about the new water station. Which one does that?
The school newsletter needs a judgment about the reading corner that carries its own proof. Which one belongs there?
A newsletter says the clinic treated one hundred twenty learners in August. Where could a reader check this fact?
Four learners talk about the new roof over the court. Which one gives a judgment backed by checkable information?
The canteen posted four sentences about its lunch service. Which one gives a judgment instead of reporting information?
Read this line from a school report: 'The new schedule is a good change, because tardiness dropped from thirty cases a week to six.' What kind of statement is it?
A poster says: 'Nine out of ten learners say our canteen food is delicious.' What can a reader actually check in that line?
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