Ana works at Cellphones Plus, a kiosk directly in front of where the loose tile is in the mall. She saw the employee from Tech Shop trip and fall. Read the text from Ana’s description of what happened. Look for fact and opinion statements.
Determine which of the following phrases from Ana’s statement of what happened are fact and which are opinion.
I was at work on Saturday.
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I think that whatever was in the box probably broke because the crash was really loud.
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Ahmed from Tech Shop tripped and fell.
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He fell right in front of our kiosk.
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Ahmed’s a really nice guy.
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A person from Maintenance came about 15 minutes later to put up a safety cone.
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They really need to take better care of the floors here.
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I went to see if I could help Ahmed after I finished with my customer.
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I think he hurt his hand or wrist or something like that.
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I think it was a new stereo or computer.
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I was at work on Saturday. It was the 28th of August. I work every Saturday. I think it’s the busiest shift. Ahmed from Tech Shop tripped and fell. I felt really bad for him. He looked so awkward, and everyone seemed to be staring at him. He fell right in front of our kiosk. I was sure that someone was going to trip there because there’s a tile that was loose. I think someone was going to call Maintenance about it. Yeah, so Ahmed was carrying the box, chatting with a customer. Then all of a sudden there was a crash, and he was on the floor. I think that whatever was in the box probably broke because the crash was really loud. They had to take the box back to the store and get the customer a new item.
It was around 10:15 when it happened. Yeah, it must have been because I had only been working for a little while, and the mall opens at 10 o’clock. So, I was helping a customer. It was a super busy Saturday, maybe because it was a long weekend? Ahmed’s a really nice guy. He’s always helping customers. The box he was carrying looked pretty big. I think it was a new stereo or computer. There must have been a sale or something at Tech Shop because lots of people were shopping there.
They really need to take better care of the floors here. That was just an accident waiting to happen. I went to see if I could help Ahmed after I finished with my customer, but someone from Security came right after that. I think he hurt his hand or wrist or something like that because they called for paramedics. They had to take him to the hospital to get X-rays.
A person from Maintenance came about 15 minutes later to put up a safety cone. I guess they started to fix the floor today.
Notice that the statements that are facts
are all written in the past tense.