ASSESS

Directions: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of your answer on the blank.


1. What is an opinion?
A. false statement that cannot be proven
B. a statement that is true and can be proven
C. an expression of belief or emotion on something
D. an expression of surprise, anger, and fear


2. Which states an opinion?
A. We had a great day at the beach.
B. Peanut butter comes from peanuts.
C. Summer has warm weather.
D. Christmas is in December.

3. What do you call the information provided to support an opinion?
A. evidence
B. fact
C. opinion
D. figures

4. Which opinion is supported by evidence?
A. There are too many punctuations marks and each one has many uses. I think this
is the reason why students always have a problem using them correctly.
B. Many student writers have difficulty with some aspects of punctuation. For
example, researchers (George et al., 2016) find that many students misuse
commas, mix up colons and semicolons.
C. If it is possible, I feel that having more grammar lesson in the elementary, focusing
on the use of different punctuation marks. This will greatly help in improving their
writing skills
D. I believe that continuous practice would really help students master the use of the
different punctuation marks. Having a writing activity everyday will definitely solve
this problem.

5. What evidence is used to support the statement "The Literacy Reference Group (2017,
para. 10) finds that more than 60% of the students who were assessed on their literacy
scale made errors in their punctuation."?
A. example
B. quotation
C. statistics
D. experiment​