Tham khảo tài liệu 'finding main idea 2', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION Practice 1 Try these questions on the following statements. Read them carefully and then write F in the blank if the statement is a fact and O if it is an opinion. The answers appear right after the questions. 1. The Academy Awards honor the film industry. 2. The Academy Awards are always fun to watch. 3. More independent films should win Academy Awards. Answers 1. Fact 2. Opinion 3. Opinion 4. Fact 5. Opinion Practice 2 Now try the same exercise with a complete paragraph. Underline the facts and use a highlighter or colored pen to highlight the opinions. Be careful you may find fact and opinion together in the same sentence. When you ve finished you can check your answers against the marked passage that follows. 4. The Academy Awards are an annual event. 5. Best director is the most interesting Academy Award category. There are many different ways to invest your money to provide for a financially secure future. Many people invest in stocks and bonds but I think good old-fashioned savings accounts and CDs certificates of deposit are the best way to invest your hard-earned money. Stocks and bonds are often risky and it doesn t make sense to risk losing the money you ve worked so hard for. True regular savings accounts and CDs can t make you a millionaire overnight or provide the high returns some stock investments do. But by the same token savings accounts and CDs are fully insured and provide steady secure interest on your money. That makes a whole lot of cents. 41 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION Answers How did you do Was it easy to distinguish between the facts and the opinions Here s what your marked-up passage should look like. The facts are underlined and the opinions are in boldface type. There are many different ways to invest your money to provide for a financially secure future. Many people invest in stocks and bonds but I think good old-fashioned savings accounts and CDs certificates of deposit are the best
