More fact, opinion and news

Here is the second part of an article from the BBC's news website. The facts are highlighted in bold and the opinions are in italics.

The facts are taken from a survey which can be verified. The opinions are taken from comments made by various people such as journalists and writers. They express the viewpoint of that particular person.

Look at the sentences that are not in bold (facts) or italics (opinion). Are they fact or opinion?

Time spent on reading meant fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio - India came fourth last in both.

Mr Sriram says social changes have also made a difference: "Earlier people could turn to their parents and grandparents for advice. Now they turn to books." Indian writer and editor, Tarun Tejpal, said the survey only made sense if it excluded the high numbers of illiterate Indians.

The National Readership Survey shows more than one-third of rural Indians and about 15% of the urban population is still illiterate. "A lot of book reading is aspirational, getting ahead in the rat race, getting admission into schools and colleges etc. It has less to do with reading, more to do with rote," Mr Tejpal said.

This is fact, then opinion: The first part is a fact as this can be confirmed in a survey. The second part is opinion as this is a point of view.

Leading columnist, Venkateshwar Rao, told Britain's Sunday Times newspaper he could not see Indians flocking to book stores.

"Reading books just isn't a habit with them because they're not into cultural pursuits. It's not a part of their make-up. All they want to do is consume."

Mr Tejpal said: "A good book in India will sell only a few thousand copies, in the UK or US it could sell tens of thousands.

This is a fact: This could be verified by checking the sales figures for bestsellers in both countries.