Report Writing Skills

What is an opinion?

• This is based on someone's points of view about something and cannot be tested because it's always changing.

• A certain form of questions about things.

• The reaction when someone feels when they're really excited.

• None of the above.

Which sentence is an opinion?

• A ‘coronavirus’ is actually quite common and you’ve likely been infected with one before.

• You can protect yourself from Covid-19 by injecting, swallowing, bathing in, or rubbing onto your body bleach, disinfectants, or rubbing alcohols.

• The virus spreads the way other colds and the flu are spread, coughing, sneezing, and touching.

Which sentence is a fact?

• The new coronavirus was deliberately created or released by people.

• Ordering or buying products shipped from overseas will make a person sick.

• You can get a face mask exemption card so you don’t need to wear a mask.

• A vaccine to prevent COVID-19 is available.

Which one of these would most likely be filled with facts?

• Encyclopedia

• Fictional stories

• Diary

• all of the above

Is this sentence a fact or opinion?

"COVID-19 only affects old people, meaning young people don’t have to worry."

• Fact

• Opinion

In October 2019, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that the Philippine economy would grow by 6.2 per cent this year.

• Factual Information

• Subjective Content

America is a continent.

• FACTUAL INFORMATION

• SUBJECTIVE CONTENT

I think it is better to eat in a restaurant.

• FACTUAL INFORMATION

• SUBJECTIVE CONTENT

The capital city of America is Washington DC.

• FACTUAL INFORMATION

• SUBJECTIVE CONTENT

There are still species in the world that we have never encountered.

• FACTUAL INFORMATION

• SUBJECTIVE CONTENT