WorksheetsPeter Norman Article - Fact & Opinion, Point of View, Verb Tense
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is the verb tense of paragraph 1?
The clenched fist and Black Power salutes of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the medal podium have become the defining image of the Mexico Olympics. It nearly didn't happen, because earlier in the year there had been a movement amongst African-American athletes calling for a boycott of the Games due to the continual racial discrimination that athletes suffered in the USA.
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Identify 3 "past tense verbs" in paragraph 1:
The clenched fist and Black Power salutes of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the medal podium have become the defining image of the Mexico Olympics. It nearly didn't happen, because earlier in the year there had been a movement amongst African-American athletes calling for a boycott of the Games due to the continual racial discrimination that athletes suffered in the USA.
Identify the point of view of the following quote:
I'm not saying that they didn't have the right to follow their dreams, but to me the medal was nothing but the carrot on a stick." - Tommie Smith
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Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Identify 2 "first person" pronouns in the following quote:
I'm not saying that they didn't have the right to follow their dreams, but to me the medal was nothing but the carrot on a stick." - Tommie Smith
Is the following quote a fact or opinion?
I'm not saying that they didn't have the right to follow their dreams, but to me the medal was nothing but the carrot on a stick." - Tommie Smith
Fact
Opinion
Identify the point of view of the following quote:
And it may have saved Tommie Smith's life - he was discharged from army service as a result of his 'un-American activities', which prevented him from being sent to vietnam.
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Third Person
Identify 2 "third person" pronouns in the following quote:
And it may have saved Tommie Smith's life - he was discharged from army service as a result of his 'un-American activities', which prevented him from being sent to Vietnam.
Is the following quote a fact or opinion?
There is some archive programming of coverage from 1968 available on the CBS site, and this YouTube clip shows by just how far Tommie Smith won his gold medal from Peter Norman of Australia.
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Opinion
Identify the verb tense of the following quote:
Peter Norman also faced controversy when he got back home to Australia, where he was criticized for wearing the same 'Olympic Project for Human Rights' badge on the podium as Smith and Carlos did.
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Identify 2 "past tense" verbs in the following excerpt:
Peter Norman also faced controversy when he got back home to Australia, where he was criticized for wearing the same 'Olympic Project for Human Rights' badge on the podium as Smith and Carlos did.
Is the following quote a fact or opinion?
Despite running the necessary qualifying times, he was excluded from the Australian squad which went to the 1972 Olympics, and he was not invited to take any part in the 2000 Sydney Olympic celebrations by the Australian organisers.
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Opinion
Is the following quote a fact or opinion?
Carlos and Smith both went to Norman's funeral in 2006 and delivered eulogies to the late sprinter, who still holds the Australian record for 200 metres which he set in that Mexico final.
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