1. Vocabulary Words
1. Flourishing – prosperous
2. Ceaselessly – endlessly
3. Peered – looked searchingly
4. Nobility - Admirable dignity
5. Hardy – strong
6. Racked – tried hard
7. Keen – sharp
8. Pursuit – chase
9. Enraged – angry
10. Sneer – scornful smile
11. Reckoning – problem solved
12. Auspicious – hopeful
13. Vinta – traditional boat in Mindanao
14. Prow – front part of the vessel
15. Incarnate – personified
16. Solitary – single
17. Eloquently – fluently
18. Transgress – break
19. Vexation – hatred
20. Incredulous – unwilling to believe
21. Slyly – with intention to deceive
22. Naught – nothing
23. Thrust – pushed with force
24. Junks – flat-bottomed ships
25. Chamber – bedroom
26. Imperious - arrogant

2. TAG QUESTIONS
Consist of a statement to be verified or rejected in the answer
and ends with a question mark (?).
The tag question is positive when the statement part is
negative.
Example:
Pauline is not here, is she?
A Negative Statement Postive Tag Question
If the statement is positive, the tag question must be in
negative form.
Example:
Tsunamis are very dangerous, aren’t they?
A Positive Statement
Negative Tag Question
If the verb in the statement is a form of the verb to be, the
tag question repeats the verb.
Example:
They are my friends, aren’t they?
They will come, won’t they?
If the verb in the statement part is any other verb in the
present tense, the tag question uses the verb DOES for third
person and singular and DO for plural and first and second
persons singular.

3. Example:
Mary likes ice cream, doesn’t she?
I don’t talk fast, do I?
Jude doesn’t want to go, does he?
If the verb in the statement part is any other verb in the past
tense, the tag questions uses the verb DID.
Example:
We lost the match, didn’t we?
You did not buy the materials, did you?
When the verb in the statement part is in the present or past
perfect tense, the verb in the tag question repeats the has or
have or had used in the statement.
Example:
You have seen her in the competition, haven’t you?
William haven’t paid his debts, have he?
The people have a lot to thank God for, haven’t they?
When the verb in the statement part uses can, could, may,
might, should or would, the tag question repeat these verbs.
Example:
They can’t do it, can they?
You could draw, couldn’t you?