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A one-page CAPS Grade 5 English poster on fact and opinion (Reading and writing), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
A fact can be checked and proved true.
Pretoria is in Gauteng.
A spider has eight legs.
An opinion is what someone thinks or feels. Other people may disagree.
Winter is the worst season.
Pizza is delicious.
The hall is 12 metres long: measure it.
Some sentences have a fact and an opinion. Find the part that can be checked. That part is the fact.
Sipho is a brilliant runner, and he won the 100 metres.
Words like everyone knows and obviously do not turn an opinion into a fact. A good opinion gives a reason.
Libraries are important because everyone can borrow books for free.
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