Meningsvraag
A question asking what someone in the text thinks — the writer, or a named person quoted in it.
18 of our 291 B1 reading items. The whole question is usually whose opinion is being asked for. B1 texts quote people — a researcher, a resident, a spokesperson — and each of them holds a position that is not the writer's. Reading the opinion correctly and attaching it to the wrong person is the failure mode, and it costs the mark just as completely as not finding it.
How the exam tests this
About 35–36 multiple-choice questions over roughly 6 texts in 110 minutes, computer-marked. Phrased "Wat vindt de schrijver van …?" or "Wat is de mening van mevrouw De Boer?". Every option is an opinion the text contains — that is how the set is built. One belongs to the other person quoted, one is what the writer reports without endorsing, one is the opinion made stronger than it was, and one is right. At B1 opinions are stated fairly plainly, so the difficulty is attribution rather than interpretation.
What is wrong with this sentence?
De schrijver vindt de situatie onhoudbaar.
Most candidates write it exactly like this and lose the mark without knowing why.
The rest of this lesson
The rule, the worked examples, the exceptions and what to do in the exam room open with Mastery, together with every other lesson for this exam.
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