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Grade & Section: 8 – Mercy

ACTIVITY: ON ONE CONDITION

Directions: Analyze the following “what if statements” inspired by the Story of the Aged Mother. Then,
answer the question that follow.

 If I could talk to the son, I would express my admiration for him.

 If I could talk to the mother, I would congratulate her on having a son like him.
 If the son had left his mother in the mountain, then she would have died.
 If you were the son, would you also save your mother?
 I will express my admiration to people who do good despite of the diffculty if I will meet one.

Process Question:
1. What word is common among the given sentences? What does it express?
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Exercise A
Directions: COMLETE THE LINE with the most appropriate conditional statement or “if” statement.

1. KoNgai would not die a tragic death ________________________________________________________.

2. __________________________________________________ would you also jump into the boiling metal?
3. The farmer’s mother would die ____________________________________________________________.
4. ____________________________________________________________, the custom of abandoing aged
people would have continued.
5. _________________________________________________________, their parents would be very happy.

Exercise B
Directions: Write 2-3 sentences using conditional statements.

Example:
If the Chinese and Japanese value their families, the Filipinos love their families, too, as shown in the story
the Mats.

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“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.”
Roy T. Bennet