Practice

1. Write F before each statement of fact below; write O before each statement of opinion. Then underline the words that help tell you whether the statement expresses a fact or opinion.

1. Giant’s marketing efforts are prodigious. ( O )

2. It is spending half of its $12 million annual advertising budget this year on sponsorships of professional racing teams.( F )

3. Giant started out in the rice paddies of Taichung 26 years ago, producing bikes sold under other companies’ brand names in 1980.( F )

4. Within a decade, the company had carved a niche for itself in the mountain-bike market. ( O )

5. The FLExX kids bike looks especially promising.( O )

6. It has an adjustable frame, meaning the bike grows along with the child. ( F )

2. Read the first three paragraphs of the text in this unit and tell which paragraph gives more facts than opinions.

( Paragraphs 1 & 2 give more facts than opinions. )