11. What is an amendment, revision, ratification, adoption?

 An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or

other legal document. It is based on the verb to amend, which means to change for better.
Amendments can add, remove, or update parts of these agreements.
 Revision is a process in writing that may involve rearranging paragraphs, sentences, and
words. It may involve adding, removing, or editing content in a piece.
 Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to
bind the principal legally. Ratification defines the international act in which a state
indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties intended to show their consent
by such an act.
 Adoption refers to the act of adopting or the state of being adopted. It also means to
take by choice into a relationship.
12. What are the methods of amending the constitution?
Under the common interpretation of the Constitution, amendments can be proposed by
one of three methods: a People's Initiative, a Constituent Assembly or a Constitutional
Convention.
1. People's Initiative (PI) is a common appellative in the Philippines that refers to either a
mode for constitutional amendment provided by the 1987 Philippine Constitution or to
the act of pushing an initiative (national or local) allowed by the Philippine Initiative and
Referendum Act of 1987. The appellative also refers to the product of either of those
initiatives.
2. The Constituent Assembly is a term describing one of the three methods by which
amendments to the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines may be proposed. The other two
modes are via People's Initiative and Constitutional Convention. All three require a
majority vote in a national referendum.
3. A Constitutional Convention is one of the three methods to amend the Constitution of
the Philippines. The others are a People's Initiative or a Constituent Assembly. Article
XVII, Section 3 of the Constitution says, "The Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of
all its Members, call a constitutional convention, or by a majority vote of all its Members,
submit to the electorate the question of calling such a convention.