MCFI

English
SELF-LEARNING MODULE

READING
Content Standards
The learner demonstrates understanding of: Reading as an art form inspired and
influenced by nature; relationship of visual, sensory, and verbal signals in both literary and
expository texts; strategies in reading such as making connections, questioning, visualizing and
interfering are suitable to pattern the ideas of development.

Performance Standards
The learner transfers learning by communicating, comprehending and sharing a brief
and creative entertainment synthesis on what they have read featuring a variety of effective
paragraphs, appropriate grammatical signals or expressions in topic development, and
appropriate prosodic features, stance, and behavior.

Learning Competencies
Project R-CAFÉ – Reading with Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and to Expand
vocabulary.

What I Need to Know

This module will help you to realize and to love reading and makes you
wonder of the things that surrounds you.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Activate and reinforce other skills such as grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
2. Pleasure and enjoyment.
3. Develop a detailed and critical understanding
 What I Know

Directions: Read the instructions and items below carefully. Please answer neatly on the
spaces provided before the numbers. Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS.
A. Grammar Test
Instructions: Select the correct answer of the question or statement written. Write the CAPITAL
LETTER of your answer on the space provided before the number.

1. Jay want to follow his uncle’s ways.

A. don’t
B. doesn’t
C. do
D. could
________________2. Which one of these sentences below uses the correct plural form of the
word child?
A. Parents should prepare their childs every day for advance learning by letting them do
homework early.
B. Nutrients like taurine and choline help support excellent brain development in children during
the brain gain period.
C. Doctors advise mothers to give milk to their childrens for as long as they want because it
contains nutrients.
D. Parents should encourage their childes to play in order for them to develop their physical
growth.
3. shoes are worn out.
A. Dennis’
B. Denni’s
C. Dennis’s
D. Dennises’
4. It’s raining hard now, ?
A. wasn’t it?
B. hasn’t it?
C. isn’t it?
D. is it?
5. Which of these statements is a direct discourse?
A. Rico said I want to see the play
B. Rico said that he wanted to see the play.
C. Rico wants to see the play.
D. Rico said, “I want to see the play.”

________________6. Which of these phrases use the correct position of adjectives

appropriately?
A. Yellow, one, big room
B. Three, ripe, red apples
C. Tall, handsome, white man
D. Happy, a, rich man

7. Jacob is of all the male students in the class.

A. more tall
B. very tall
C. taller
D. the tallest

________________8. Ric, Randy, and Rio are the new of our school
publication.
A. editor-ins-chief
B. editors-in-chief
C. editors in chief
D. editor-in-chiefs

9. A band of robbers captured by a squad of policemen.

A. was
B. were
C. has
D. have

10. Mathematics my most hated subject.

A. are
B. were
C. is
D. be

11. Which of the following underlined words functions as an adverb?

A. She runs very fast.
B. My loving mother looks beautiful.
C. I am a fast runner.
D. Creative teachers motivate students.

12. The car was by me.

A. drove
B. drive
C. driven
D. driving

13. The nervous passenger was very angry the careless driver.
A. in
B. with
C. by
D. of

14. One of the candidates not have a good record.

A. does
B. do
C. are
D. is

15. John need extra help?

A. Do
B. Are
C. Is
D. Does

16. Jomari the Smokey Mountain for the first time.

A. is seen
B. have seen
C. has seen
D. is seeing

________________17. Which of the following sentences has the correct answer for the
question:
“Did you finish your homework?”
A. Yes, I am
B. No, I don’t
C. No, I didn’t
D. Yes, I will do

18. The parents of the child hope he walk alone.

A. did
B. could
C. has
D. do

19. Liz is as as Michael.

A. taller
B. tallest
C. more tall
D. tall

20. Are Rommel and Jeff to work?

A. enough old
B. not enough old
C. very enough old
D. old enough

B. Reading Comprehension Test:

Instructions: Read the text below, and answer all the questions that follow. Write the CAPITAL
LETTER of your answer on the blank provided before the number.

Hello! My name is Carlos Cortez. I am nine years old. I am a grade 3 pupil

at St. Francis School. My teacher is Miss Angela Barraquias. She teaches
Reading and Language. My best friend is Rene. He goes to St. Francis
School, too. Rene and I love to play basketball. We are both members of
the school team, and we attend practice diligently. The other members of
the team are Mikko, Ben, Paolo, and Bryan. They are also our friends. We
always do our best in all our games.

1. What is the name of the speaker?

a. Carlo Jose
b. Charlie Court
c. Carlos Cortez
d. Cartel Crude

2. What is the topic of the speaker?

a. about himself
b. about his friendship
c. about his parents
d. about his school

3. Who is the speaker’s best friend?

a. Rene
b. Renee
c. Revee
d. Ren

4. What sport does he play?

a. volleyball
b. football
c. basketball
d. lawn tennis

5. What subject does Miss Angela Barraquias teach?

a. Science
b. Reading and Language
c. Mathematics
d. Social Studies

Underwater, the twenty-eight-hectare Balicasag Island in Bohol looks like a

jagged Turkish fez rising some 400 meters from the coral-rich seafloor.
Balicasag means ‘an inverted seacrab’ in Cebuano. The island has been
attracting foreign and local divers.
Its rich marine life is well-preserved from destruction by its inhabitants.
The islanders composed mostly of marginal fishermen and ornamental shell gatherers,
guard its waters zealously from any form of destructive fishing which has turned large
areas of our seas into virtual marine wastelands.

1. What does Balicasag mean?

a. A full-grown seacrab
b. An inverted seacrab
c. A cooked seacrab
d. A hunted seacrab

2. How does Balicasag Island look like underwater?

a. An attractive sea creature
b. A jagged Turkish fez
c. A sponge-like coral
d. An ornamental wasteland

3. Does the island attract foreign and local divers?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe
d. All of the above

4. How is its rich marine life well-preserved?

a. It is safe-guarded by the Philippine Coast Guard.
b. The janitor fish clean the filth in the island.
c. Fishermen and ornamental shelf gatherers guard it from any form of destructive fishing.
d. Preservatives such as salt, spices, and vinegar are scatter on the island.

5. What will be the effect of destructive fishing?

a. Wastage of water
b. Extinction of fishes
c. Decrease in tourism
d. Growth of coal corals
 Good morning! This is your Grade School Student Activities Coordinator. I am happy to
announce that the grade school is sponsoring a Christmas card making contest this
month which will last for the whole month of September this year. All interested
participants from Grade 4 up to Grade 6 may submit their contest entries to their
homeroom adviser not later than the last Friday of September. Our Christmas theme is
“Uniting All Families for the Love of Jesus”. The entries can be laid out on a single-
folded oslo paper, colored and properly designed. The design should be made on the
front and inside part of the card together with the logo. The Christmas text should be a
message related to the theme. Join and win big prizes. The winning entry shall serve as
the design of the Marian Christmas card this year. This card shall be printed and made
available to all by the middle of October.

1. What is the type of text?

a. Lecture
b. Argument
c. Announcement
d. Definition

2. What is the purpose of the text?

a. To sell Christmas card
b. To announce about a contest and to encourage pupils to join it
c. To announce who are the winners in a contest
d. To give more information about how to make Christmas cards

____________________3.What is the synonym of the word ‘participants’ as used in the

selection?
a. winners
b. players
c. fighters
d. competitors

4. What is the theme for the Christmas card message?

a. Sharing the Love of Jesus
b. Uniting all Families for the Love of Jesus
c. Uniting all the Friends
d. Sharing the Gift of Jesus

5. What is NOT included in the text?

a. The activity and what it is all about
b. Specific date and persons involved
c. Judges involved
d. Purpose of the activity
 Every time I take my dinner in the kitchen alone after arriving home from work, I
can’t help but reminisce about the good old days when Mom and Dad were still
very much present in our lives. Those were the days when every one of us siblings,
including my sister-in-law and her son, our only nephew, were just so contented
that we didn’t really mind all the clutter we caused in the house because we knew
all along that Mom and Dad would do the cleanup. Now, that’s all over. There’s
no one to depend on. Each one should really keep the house for each other.
Otherwise, the whole house will be chaotic.

1. What is the meaning of the good old days in the text?

a. The days when the speaker’s parents worked hard in their field
b. The days when the speaker has good grades in his schooling
c. The days when the speaker’s parents were very much present in their lives
d. The days when the speaker’s siblings were with him

2. What is the importance of parents for the speaker?

a. The parents are providers of the need of children.
b. The parents always shout at the children.
c. The parents provide the children’s allowance.
d. The parents are the house keepers.

3. How did the writer feel when writing this text?

a. angry
b. happy
c. longing
d. excited

4. What is the synonym of the word ‘reminisce’?

a. think
b. recall
c. review
d. question

5. What is the antonym of the word ‘clutter’?

a. cleanness
b. disorder
c. flutter
d. noise
 C. Vocabulary Test
Direction: Read each statement carefully, and analyze the correct meaning of the italicized
word. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Receptors for the sense of smell are located at the top of the nasal cavity.
A. upper end
B. inner edge
C. mouth
D. division
2. Passenger ships and aircraft are often equipped with ship-to-shore or air-to-land
radio telephones.
A. highways
B. railroads
C. airplanes
D. sailboats
3. Dotting the marshy expanse of the Florida Everglades are little islands known locally
as hummocks.
A. generally
B. to all
C. in that area
D. occasionally
4. It is not possible for people to recall everything that they have thought, felt, or done.
A. remember
B. appreciate
C. repeat
D. discuss
5. When preparing a diet, a person should be aware that vitamin D acts to increase the
amount of calcium absorbed by the body.
A. schedule of exercise
B. nutritional plan
C. study of longevity
D. medicinal chart
 D. Stress Vocabulary Test

For each question, the correct choice is the one in which the stressed syllable is capitalized, as
in voCABulary. Put a check mark (/) on the right answer.

1. Can you pass me a plastic knife?

o PLAS – tic
o Plas – TIC

2. I want to be a photographer.
o PHO – to – graph – er
o Pho – TO – graph – er

3. Which photograph do you like best?

o PHO – to – graph
o Pho – TO – graph

4. He was born in China.

o CHI – na
o chi – NA

5. Whose computer is this?
o com – PU – ter
o com – pu – TER

6. I can't decide which book to borrow.

o DE – cide
o de – CIDE

7. Couldn't you understand what she was saying?

o un – DER – stand
o un – der – STAND

8. Voting in elections is your most important duty.

o im – POR – tant
o im – por – TANT

9. We had a really interesting conversation.

o con – VER – sa – tion
o con – ver – SA – tion

10. How do you pronounce this word?

o PRO – nounce
o pro – NOUNCE