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Name:<br />

1.<br />

2.<br />

Fact or opinion?<br />

Date:<br />

Stowed away<br />

Interpretation<br />

A fact is a statement that can be proved or tested. An opinion is a statement of someone’s feelings<br />

or beliefs.<br />

Read these sentences from and about each event. Tick the appropriate box for either a fact or an opinion.<br />

(a) More than 170 Americans die from heatstroke each year.....................................<br />

(b) Transporting illegal immigrants is wrong..............................................................<br />

(c) Edson was trapped with two others, both of whom were dead.............................<br />

(d) Governments should tighten security around cargo..............................................<br />

(e) Juan felt his mother did not want him anymore...................................................<br />

(f) Living in America was the answer to all of Juan’s problems.................................<br />

(g) Juan stowed away in a wheel compartment, twice..............................................<br />

(h) Most people who stow away in a wheel compartment die during the flight..........<br />

(i) ‘Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.’...................................................................<br />

(j) I think stowaways are brave.................................................................................<br />

Write a statement of fact and an opinion you hold about an event in Stowed away.<br />

Fact<br />

Opinion<br />

Fact<br />

Opinion<br />

Viewing Sample<br />

Prim-Ed Publishing ~ www.prim-ed.com <strong>Astonishing</strong> headlines 81

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