Page 224 - BR_5-1

Reading Skill: Fact and Opinion

Facts are details and other information
Complete the table with the correct phrases. about a certain topic. An opinion is what

the writer of the passage thinks or feels
Electricity about a certain topic.

Fact Opinion

• Electricity has been used in • Heat from electricity is better than

people’s homes since 1882. heat from a fireplace.

• Food can stay fresh longer . • People have more fun .

thanks to electricity. today because of electricity.

• Electricity can save people’s lives . • Cell phones are convenient devices .

in hospitals. for most people.

have more fun are convenient devices

save people’s lives stay fresh longer

Unit 7 | Electricity Makes the World Better