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Hello! How are you today? Are you set for another lesson? I hope
that you will learn a lot from today’s activities.
This module deals on predicting outcomes. You will learn today
how to make guesses based on the data given.
Directions: Give the possible outcome of the following situations. Copy
the letter of the correct answers.
1. Mang Loreto got up very early in the morning he got the
jeepney’s key and hurriedly went to the garage.
a. He had to drive the jeepney to earn money for the family.
b. He had to catch the early flight at the airport.
c. He had to reach the school to fetch the children.
d. He had to go to school early to study.
To the Learner
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Lourdes opened her piggy bank. She counted her money
carefully and went straight to a downtown store. She looked
with longing at the bright new sweater on display at the store
window. She wanted to inquire about the price but as she was
about to go in, she stopped and hesitated. She counted her
money again, then shook her head. At last, she looked at the
sweater with regret and returned the money in her pocket.
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2. How did Lourdes feel about the sweater?
a. She just wanted to look at it.
b. She liked it very much.
c. She disliked it.
3. What did she intend to do?
a. She wanted to buy it.
b. She wanted to ask Mother to buy it for her.
c. She wanted to ask for it.
4. Did she finally get the sweater?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe
Are your answers same as these?
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. No.
If not, don’t worry because we will learn how to arrive at a correct
answer.
The story of Lourdes presents a series of events. These events are
clue to the guesses that you can have. Read the short paragraph below
and answer the questions that follow.
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- Why do you think Lino cried with pain?
Ans.
Maybe, the cat scratched his arms.
- In which paragraph can you find the clue?
Ans.
The last sentence “Lino tried to soothe the cat’s injured foot
when Lino jumped and cried with pain.
- The sentence above gives you the clue or signal that Lino’s hands
were scratched.
- Out of the clue or signal you can arrive at a certain answer. Be
sensitive with the clues because they will help you make right
conclusions and outcomes.
- Your guesses are based on facts or events that are presented in the
paragraph.
- The guesses are called outcomes. Sometimes they are also called
inferences and consequences.
Lino’s Reward
One day, Lino was passing by a clump of bamboo
trees on his way home from school when he heard the
meowing of a cat. He was about to pass by but the
meowing continued as if in pain. He put his bag down
and went to the bamboo clump. He found a cat whose
paw was caught on a bamboo stump. He freed the cat,
but still it lay moaning painfully. Lino tried to soothe the
cat’s injured foot when all of a sudden Lino jumped and
cried with pain.
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Directions: Read the story and answer the questions that follow.
1. Which of the boys did the manager choose?
a. Jun
b. Arturo
c. Nilo
2. Why do you think did the manager need a boy just before
Christmas?
a. They were short of help.
b. There were more shoppers during the Christmas
season.
c. They wanted to train a boy.
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Just before Christmas, the Happy Place
Supermart advertised for a boy with a bicycle to help
deliver orders for a few hours each morning. Three
boys presented themselves to the manager. Nilo was
neatly dressed and well-groomed. Jun came with a
bright colored shirt. Arturo wore tight red jeans
which matched his long hair and mustache. When
they entered the manager’s office, Nilo greeted the
manager with a courteous “Good Morning,” while Jun
sat astride on a chair. Arturo stood by the table
smoothing his long hair. The manager looked closely
at the boys. Who do you think was hired?
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3. What was the manager’s work?
a. supervising a store
b. selling in the store
c. watchman in the store
Proceed to the Answer Key.
Check your answers.
This time you answer the next activity.
Saving our wild plants is a great concern of the government. Some
of our wild orchids and ornamental plants are rare and command a
high price. If they are properly conserved and cultivated they will add
to our country’s wealth. Wild orchids, roses and lilies are a joy.
They make our homes beautiful and help cheer us up. They make
beautiful decoration. Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen
which men and animals use in order to live. Birds keep down the
number of insects and rats that destroy farmer’s crops.
1. Do you think we really need to conserve our wild plants?
a. yes
b. no
c. maybe
2. Why do you think so?
a. They make our country forested.
b. They are useful.
c. They are of no value.
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3. What do you think would happen if there were no plants around us?
a. Our world would even be more beautiful.
b. Our surroundings would be brighter.
c. No animal could live.
Mang Toribio was very poor and had many children. One night he
told his wife that his friend Katindig had asked him if he wanted to join
him in putting up a little slipper store. His wife encouraged him to do
so. With a little capital Mang Toribio and Katindig put up a slipper
store. At first they made a few pairs of slippers. Then more orders
came in. The two friends were very happy when the slippers sold fast.
Time came when they included shoes in their store. The store
prospered until the owners became millionaires. Mang Toribio became
known as Don Toribio of “Ang Tibay.”
4. Why do you think did the shoes sell fast?
a. There were no other kinds of shoes.
b. They were strong.
c. They were found everywhere.
5. What was another reason why the shoes sold fast?
a. They were nicely made.
b. They were expensive.
c. They were of low quality.
Well, this time you are now ready to check your answers against
the “Answer Key.”
What is your score?
Before you go to the next activity you should remember this.
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An outcome is the result of a consequence of an issue.
Predicting an outcome is making a guess or giving a final
decision, based on the summing up of the main points or
clues.
This time you are now ready to answer the next activity.
Directions: Read the story and answer the following questions.
Father woke up Miguel early so he could go to the rice field with
him.
“Why are we early, Father?” asked Miguel.
“We will select and pick rice seeds for our planting next year,”
answered Father.
Miguel was happy he could help his Father select the seeds. When
they reached the rice fields, Miguel asked, “How do we select the
seeds, Father?
“Pick only the biggest and fullest heads from the tallest and
strongest plants. They will give the fullest and biggest grains. Big and
full seeds will give us plants that will bear big and full grains,”
explained Father. “You see, that’s why we had a good harvest last
year.”
Let’s Test Ourselves
Let’s Remember This
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1. Why do you think did Father have a good harvest last year?
a. The seeds of palay he planted were selected.
b. He planted many seeds.
c. He had many palay plants.
2. Why do you think will Father select the seeds for next year’s
planting?
a. to have a good harvest
b. to have plenty of seeds to give away to his neighbors
c. to share the seeds with his friends.
3. Why should seeds for planting be selected?
a. to ensure good harvest
b. to get just enough food
c. to have poor seedlings
Not so long ago, a group of grade six boys and girls kept a
careful record of all cuts, bumps, falls and other accidents that
happened to them for a period of three months. A study of their
accident record showed that many of the accidents took place in
school. Some of these accidents occurred in the classrooms and in the
halls of school buildings. But more injuries took place in school shops
and on playgrounds.
4. Why accidents are likely to occur in the playground?
a. They are having cuts from pieces of glass, tin cans and scrap iron.
b. They bump against posts.
c. They are being hit by a jeep.
5. Why do injuries often take place in school shops?
a. Pupils do not keep away their tools.
b. Pupils do not bring their tools.
c. Pupils do not use their tools.
Check your work. If you got 1-3 do the next activity. If you got 4-5
you proceed to the new module.
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A.
1. From where are Mike and Johnny?
a. from the city
b. from America
c. from the farm
d. from the school
2. What do you think did Mike and Johnny do?
a. They bought the fish.
b. They told the fisherman to set the fishes free.
c. They helped the fisherman sell the fish to the market.
d. They cook the fish.
3. Why do you think did Mike and Johnny want the fisherman to set the
small fish free?
a. The fish did not taste good.
b. They wanted the fish to grow bigger.
c. The small fish would not get a good price.
d. The fish could not be seen in a kettle.
City boys Mike and Johnny were taking their vacation on their
Uncle Joe’s farm. One morning the two boys were sitting on the river
bank as they dipped their hook and line in the water.
“Let’s make a bet,” Mike suggested. “Let’s see who will have the
first catch. Ah! I spoke too soon, here it comes.” Mike pulled up his
line. True enough there was a fish at the end of the hook.
“Ha! Ha! laughed Johnny. Don’t tell me you will bring home that
tiny fish.”
“No. I will set it free,” Mike said. “We don’t catch little fish.
Some people catch fish that are still very small.
Just then they saw a fisherman pull up his net. It was full of
fish. Yet they were all still very small. So Mike and Johnny
approached him.
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Ourselves
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Well, you are now ready to refer your answers against the answer
key.
If you got 3 correct answers, you have already mastered the skill.
But it you get only 2 correct answers or below, you Activity B.
B.
Directions: Pick out the letter of the correct answer.
1. The young man is kind hearted. One day, he heard a little boy crying
outside his window. The young man found out that the child was being
teased by the bigger boys. The young man went out. He will probably
_________.
a. join the teasing
b. stop the naughty boys
c. call a police
2. Totoy needs a new school bag. He did not have enough money to
buy the bag. Then he heard that their neighbor was looking for a baby-
sitter. It is safe to guess that.
a. Totoy applied for the job.
b. Totoy spent the whole year without a bag.
c. Totoy begged money to buy the bag.
d. Totoy cried in front of the store owner.
3. The dogs were playing wildly in the yard. Father drove them away.
However, the dogs ran towards the patch of vegetables where they
continued lunging each other.
a. Father went on with his work.
b. They hit and damaged the crops.
c. Father got mad and stopped working.
d. Father called a police to stop the dogs.
4. It had not rained for months. The rice lands had dried up. The crops
had started to die. The farmers were getting worried.
a. They would plant better crops next year.
b. They knew there would be rice shortage.
c. They would beg rice from other places.
d. They would store rice for their consumption.
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Let’s Do This
1. c
2. b
3. a
Let’s Do More
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. a
Let’s Test Ourselves
1. a
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. a
Let’s Test Ourselves
A.
1. a
2. b
3. b
B.
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
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