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Quarter 2 - Module 2
Use Opinion-Making
Signals
to Share Ideas

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Quarter 2 - Module 2: Use Opinion-Making Signals to Share Ideas
Second Edition, 2021

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English
Quarter 2 - Module 2:
Use Opinion-Marking
Signals
to Share Ideas

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Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear
learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities,
questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you
to understand each lesson.

Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you
step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in

each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module
or if you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better
understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer
the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each
activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.

In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are
also provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on
how they can best help you on your home-based learning.

Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on
any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises
and tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.

If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in

answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher
or facilitator.

Thank you.

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The aggressiveness you feel when you have expressed your opinions is actually
making you a stronger person. You are opening your door in the world of self-
confidence. Use every opportunity to open dialogue and to really listen to what other
person says.
Having your own opinion helps you build authority. Sharing or expressing your
opinion is making your own identity.
This lesson will guide you on how you can share your own opinion and make
your stand about issues that affect your daily life. As you go through this Alternative
Instructional Resource, you will understand that sharing and listening to one’s
opinion is one way of gaining information.

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

Use opinion-marking signals to share ideas

Define opinion
Enumerate opinion-marking signals
Distinguish opinion from fact
Write a composition about a certain issue using opinion-marking signals

Jumpstart

You often hear somebody says in my own opinion, or others might

say in my own understanding when they express their own opinions. In
this lesson, you will learn how you can express your opinions and how
you can make others believe in your opinion.

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(Pre-test) Activity 1: Directions: Analyze the following sentences. Write the letter
of the sentence that expresses opinion on your answer sheet.

1. A. Eat Bulaga is the best entertaining noon time show.

B. President Rodrigo R. Duterte is the 16th President of the Philippines.
C. Dengue fever is fatal not only among children but also to adults.
2. A. Bees have stings.
B. He was born on January 4, 2005.
C. Christmas is the happiest holiday in the whole year.
D. Proteins from meat, poultry, and milk build and repair tissues.
3. A. Gibran died at the age of 48 in New York City.
B. No force on earth can separate soul mates.
C. The WHO recognized the spread of COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11,
2020
D. The COVID-19 is caused by a new coronavirus that has spread throughout
the world.
4. A. My father makes the most delicious spaghetti in the world.
B. Internet in the Philippines first became available on March 29, 1994.
C. The most popular vlogger has 103 million subscribers.
D. A video blog or video log, sometimes shortened to vlog, is a video with
supporting text and images.
5. A. Philippines is a tropical country.
B. Green eyes are the rarest color.
C. It is impossible to sneeze with your eye open.
D. The classroom looks comfortable because of its plain curtain.

Activity 2: Directions: Determine whether the sentence about COVID 19

expresses opinion or fact. Write F if fact; O if opinion.

1. The most common symptoms of COVID 19 are cough, fever, and tiredness.
2. Most people think that the immediate risk of becoming seriously ill from the
virus that causes COVID-19 is low.
3. I think people who were infected of the disease will no longer catch the virus.
4. I know you will have to agree that only children and the seniors are at risk of
getting the virus.
5. The best home remedy for COVID 19 is gargling with salt.
6. Based on what I know, COVID 19 is a pulmonary disease.
7. Some people strongly believe that drinking lots of water flushes out the new
coronavirus.
8. The new coronavirus was first identified on December 31, 2019.
9. I am convinced that coronavirus can be contracted from food or packaging from
grocery stores.
10. Garlic might slow down the growth of coronavirus.

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Opinion-marking signals

What is an opinion?

An opinion refers to a personal belief or judgment. It relates to how someone feels

about something. Others may agree or disagree with an opinion, but they cannot
prove or disprove it.

What is opinion-marking signals?

Opinion-marking signals introduces one’s personal point of view, in a specific time
with his own viewpoint and style about a topic or issue which complements the
sentence.

Here are commonly used opinion-marking signals:

I think … From my point of view …
I believe … It’s my belief …
I feel … Based on what I know …
In my opinion … Speaking for myself …
My favorite … I know you will have to agree that…
The best… It seems to me that …
As far as I understand … My personal view is that …
In my experience … I am confident that…
I strongly believe … As far as I know …
I am convinced … From what I know …

Examples:

1. I strongly believe that the Provincial Government of La Union is strictly

implementing health protocols amidst COVID 19.
2. In my opinion, the event of distance learning is an opportunity for family
bonding.
3. As far as I understand, playing Mobile Legends can be profitable.
4. It seems to me that millennial learners prefer face-to-face learning rather than
distance learning.
5. I know you will have to agree that Filipinos are the happiest people in the
world.

These words are also opinion markers:

Always/Never Definitely Inferior/Superior

Awful/Wonderful Enjoyable/Horrible Oppose/Support
Beautiful/Ugly Favorite Terrible
Better/Best/Worst For/Against Unfair
Delicious Good/Bad Worthwhile
Disgusting

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Examples:

1. Christmas is definitely the happiest season of the year.

2. My mother is the best mother in the world.
3. Cats are better pets than dogs.
4. The year 2020 is the worst year for Filipinos.
5. Reading is more enjoyable than playing mobile legends.

Note: The sentences above are opinions because the readers might have other
point of view.

Opinions cannot be proved, however, they can be supported by

facts and other knowledgeable opinions. Facts can be proven with
evidence, statistics, records, photographs, data, etc. Facts tell us what
happened, and can be verified to be true or false. Opinions are
judgments that cannot be proven true or false.

OPINION
1. The “Gods Must Be Crazy” is a
very funny movie. (This statement
expresses an opinion or own
judgment of the writer which may
not be true to others)
2. More learners prefer modular
distance learning than online. (This
is only the point of view of the
writer and has no data to support
its truthfulness)
3. In my own point of view, Filipinos
are the happiest people in the
world. (The statement is marked by
“In my own
point of view”.)
FACT
1. The “Gods Must Be Crazy” was
awarded the funniest movie. (This
statement expresses fact because it
happened and the award given is an
evidence of the truthfulness of the
idea.)
2. The Learner’s Enrolment Survey
Form showed that 7.2 million
enrollees prefer to use modular
distance learning, only 2 million
enrollees prefer online for school
year 2020-2021. (The use of data or
numbers signal facts.
3. According to the 2019 Happiness
Report, Finland is the happiest
country in the world. (The speaker
has a source
in stating the fact)

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 Explore

Activity 3 : Let’s play Fact or Bluff

Directions: Read and analyze the following sentences. Then draw smiley if
the sentence states a fact and sad face if it is an opinion. Write your answers
on a separate sheet of paper.
1. I strongly believe that playing Mobile Legends is harmful to health.
2. Sunday is the best day of the week.
3. The bats in the cave are very scary.
4. This has been a terrible week.
5. Italian bread tastes best when it is dipped in spaghetti sauce.
6. Vigan City is more colorful at night.
7. Jennifer had passed by the junction when the accident occurred.
8. Studies show that low back pains is the second most common problem
among people aged 30 above.
9. I know you will have to agree that the classroom looks comfortable because
of its plain curtain.
10. The world Health Organization affirms that COVID-19 virus spreads
primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an
infected person coughs or sneezes.

Activity 4: Practice Makes Perfect

As you go on with the activities, add in your word bank the fact-signal words
like numbers, dates, and statistics, while opinion- signal words include "prefer,"
"think," "feel," "should," and "best."

Directions: Read the sentences below then copy the words that make
the sentence fact or opinion.

1. There are 44 learners in the class.

2. “Friendship is the best soil for love to germinate.”
3. She thinks that her life is useless without a friend.
4. Irish Ediva belongs to the top 20 of the graduating class.
5. You should sanitize your hands with alcohol so that you
will not be infected by the virus.

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Activity 5 : Distinguish Fact from Opinion
Directions: Compare Fact and Opinion by completing the table below.
Choose from the descriptions inside the oblong. Each column has five (5)
descriptions. Write your answer in your paper.

Refers to something that can be proven.

Refers to judgment or belief about something that
cannot be proven.
Based from personal view.
Based from research.
Differs from person to person.
True to all.
Something really happened.
A perception about something.
Possible to prove.
Impossible to prove.

FACT OPINION
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

Gauge

Assessment
Directions: Choose the correct answer. Write the letter of your answer in your
paper.
1. How do you know if a statement is an opinion?
A. It uses adjectives.
B. It asks you a question.
C. It includes information.
D. It tells what someone feels.
2. How do you know if a statement is a fact?
A. It includes statistical data.
B. It gives you a new idea about a topic.
C. It tells you information you have not known.
D. It makes you feel differently about the topic.
3. Which of these is an opinion?
A. La Union is the best place to live in.
B. La Union is the fairest province in the North.
C. San Fernando City became a transportation center.
D. By 2020, La Union was becoming known as the nation’s milk tea shaker.

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4. Which words make this statement an opinion? “ For me, she is the best English
teacher in the province.”
A. best, teacher
B. best, for me
C. best, province
D. best, English
5. “The government should make arrangements with various schools for the use of
their grounds for tents and portable toilets to be set up for displaced families.”
What word in this statement of Eddie Ilarde from @inquirer.net signal an opinion?
A. displaced
B. families
C. portable
D. should
6. Which of the following statements about Mobile Legend is a fact?
A. Rafaela is the strongest support.
B. Mobile legend is better than Dota 2.
C. I feel exhausted every time I play Mobile Legend.
D. Currently, Mobile Legends has 53 Hero that we can play.
7. Which of the following statements is an opinion?
A. April is a moth with 30 days.
B. There are 12 months in a year.
C. Summer is the most beautiful season of all.
D. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are weekdays.
8. Which of the following statements is a fact.
A. Pizza tastes better than hamburger.
B. It is best to cook pizza in low temperature.
C. The modern pizza was invented in Naples, Italy.
D. It is easier to cook pizza at home than to get it in pizzeria.
9. What words make the statement a fact? “The average slice of deep-dish cheese
pizza has between 300 to 400 calories.”
A. average slices
B. deep- dish
C. cheese pizza
D. 300 to 400
10. Which of the following statements is an opinion?
A. Module 2 has 18 pages.
B. Assessment has 15 items.
C. There are 8 weeks in each quarter.
D. Modular learning is better than online learning.
11. Which of the following statements is a fact?
A. Coke adds life.
B. Water is more relaxing than tea.
C. She drinks eight glasses of water a day.
D. Drinking cold water in the is best way to quench thirst.
12. Which of the following words signals an opinion?
A. always
B. dates
C. numbers
D. statistics

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13. Which of the following words signals a fact?
A. better
B. definitely
C. inferior
D. percentage
14. What word in the sentence signals opinion? “The lion is truly the king of the
jungle.
A. king
B. jungle
C. lion
D. truly
15. What word in the sentence signals fact? “Cars and other means of
transportation produce almost 80 % of the carbon monoxide in the air.
A. air
B. cars
C. 80%
D. produce

Additional Activities

There are crisis and constant challenges. Even if it's hard, we

need to do it. We cannot wait any longer. We are Filipinos, resilient
and strong. We will not allow pandemic to stop us from schooling.
Now, write your own opinion about schooling during this
pandemic? What are your views about the use of modules as our
platform of distance learning? What do you feel when you receive your
modules?
Be guided by the rubrics below. Write your paragraph in your pad paper.

Features 10 8 6 4
Quality of Piece was Piece was Piece had Piece had
writing written in an written in an little style no style
extraordinary interesting Gives Gives no
style style some information
Very Somewhat information and poorly
informative informative but poorly organized
and well and well organized
organized organized
Grammar No spelling, Few spelling, A number of So many
Usage punctuation, punctuation, spelling, spelling,
Mechanics or or punctuation punctuation,
grammatical grammatical , or or
errors errors grammatic grammatica
al errors l errors

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 Answer Key

Jumpstart
Activity 1 Activity 2
1. A 1. F 6. O
2. C 2. O 7. O
3. B 3. O 8. F
4. A 4. O 9. O
5. D 5. O 10. O

Activity 3

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

Activity 4
1. 44
2. Best
3. Thinks
4. 20
5. should

Activity 5
FACT OPINION
1. Refers to something that can be proven. 1. Refers to judgment or belief about
something that cannot be proven
2. Based from research. 2. Based from personal view.
3. True to all. 3. Differs from person to person.
4. Something really happened. 4. A perception about something.
5. Possible to prove. 5. Impossible to prove.

Assessment
1. D 6. D 11. C
2. A 7. C 12. A
3. D 8. C 13. D
4. B 9. D 14. D
5. D 10. D 15. C

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