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Reading Skill: Fact and Opinion Facts are details and other

information about a certain topic.
An opinion is what the writer of
the passage thinks or feels about
Complete the table with the correct sentences. a certain topic.

Fact The Amazon Opinion

• Large amounts of rain fall in the • b We must protect the Amazon .

Amazon every year. rainforest so that it can grow and .

• a Some people are cutting down . change .

trees in the Amazon rainforest . • d The destruction of the Amazon .

• c Many different kinds of plants and . rainforest could threaten people’s .

animals live in the Amazon rainforest . lives .

a Some people are cutting down trees in the Amazon rainforest.

b We must protect the Amazon rainforest so that it can grow and change.

c Many different kinds of plants and animals live in the Amazon rainforest.

d The destruction of the Amazon rainforest could threaten people’s lives.

Unit 5 | The Amazon Rainforest