2. DRILL
tin -thin tank - thank
true -through tie - thigh
taught - thought
team - theme
tick - thick
torn - thorn
3.
4. 1. Sleeping is a good way
to rest. When you sleep,
your muscles relax. Your
bodily functions slow
down. Your heart beats a
little slower – it does not
work so much. You feel
refreshed after sleeping.
5. 2. Filipinos are ready to help
one another especially in
times of need. They help one
another in building houses.
They help one another when
there are calamities like
floods, earthquakes and
volcanic eruptions. Filipinos
are very helpful people.
7. The Dove and the Ant
An ant once fell from the
edge of a brook in a
forest when a dove
stepped on it to drink.
The ant floated
helplessly, for to it, the
little brook was an ocean.
8. The dove saw the poor
ant and so she took a
blade of grass and
threw it towards the ant.
The ant drifted ashore
on the leaf.
9. One day, a hunter
happened to pass by.
Seeing the pretty dove, he
set his gun and aimed at
the dove. The timely bite
of the ant on his heel
saved the dove from
death.
10. The dove flew away
safely as the ant looked
happily.
16. The Proud Flower
Many, many years ago,
when the earth had only the
sun and the moon, the
flowers and the animals, the
rose was thought to be the
most beautiful flower.
It was so beautiful that all
the animals that lived during
that time admired it greatly.
17. One day, a butterfly got tired
flying. It perched on the lovely
rose to rest. The rose became
mad. It did not like any
butterfly or insect to perch on
its petals or leaves. It thought it
should do something about it.
At last it came up with an idea.
Thorns! It could surround itself
with thorns.
18. The rose plant became a dangerous
plant to touch. Many could admire it
but only a few could touch it. God did
not like this. He did not like the rose
plant to be proud. So He created
other beautiful flower-bearing
plants. He created other flowers that
are more beautiful than a rose. God
created orchids, tulips,
chrysanthemum, and many other
more beautiful flowers.
19. 1 .Who is the main character?
2. Where and when did the
story take place?
3. What was admired by all
the animals?
4. What perched on the lovely
rose to rest?
21. A good reader is skilled in
noting details and also in
selecting details relevant to
the main idea. Details
usually answer the
questions that begin with
who, what, when, where and
why.
22. Noting details is determining
and identifying the specific parts
of a story or selection. To do
this, you should be able to
identify the important elements
of a story: title; characters
(primary and secondary);
setting; important events
(climax); and the ending.
23. The Learned Son
A son once returned from
the city to his father, who
lived in the country.
“We’re moving today,”
said the Father. “Take a
rake and come and help
24. But the son was so lazy
and did not want to
work, so he said, “I’m a
scholar and I have
forgotten all those
peasant words. What is
a rake?”
25. As we walked across the
yard, he stepped on a rake
that was lying in his way, and
it struck him on the forehead.
He suddenly seemed to recall
what a rake was and,
clutching his head, he cried,
“What fool left a rake lying
here?”
33. Armed robbers broke
into the Equitable Trust
Bank in Calapan City
yesterday. The security
guard was shot dead
while a bystander was
wounded in the chest.
34. A witness told
investigators that four
armed men entered the
bank while four others
acted as look-outs. They
got away in a red Toyota
Corolla with four million
pesos in cash.
35. 1.Who broke into the
Equitable Trust
Bank?
2.Where is the bank
located?
3.How many men
36. 4.Who was killed by
the bank robbers?
5.How much money
were the robbers able
to get?
6.What getaway car
did they use?
39. Read the paragraph. Then answer the
given questions:
Planets are bodies in space which are
not luminous. In the solar system, there
are nine planets that revolve around the
sun. The planet nearest to the sun is
Mercury, while the farthest is Pluto (which
is considered now as dwarf planet and no
longer part of the solar system). Pluto is
the smallest planet and the largest is the
Jupiter. Earth, the third planet from the
sun, is the only planet where life exists.
40. 1.What are planets?
2.How many planets are there
in the solar system?
3.Where do the planets
revolve around?
4.What is the smallest planet
and the farthest from the
sun?
5.Which of these planets is
