Preliminary Activity: Unscramble Game

The teacher will post scrambled letters on the board. The students will arrange .

the letters to form a word, right after the teacher gave its meaning.
( o c a s h ) – complete disorder and confusion

( t x a y n i e ) – a painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind

( s a g r i n h ) – to decorate a dish or a food

( p n t o p e n o ) - a person you are playing or fighting against in a game or a

Competition
( g f l e a r i )- easily broken or damaged

Activities:
Task 1: Contextual Clues
Encircle the letter of the group of words that can replace the word in bold in
each sentence.

1. The elderly are advice to avoid strenuous exercises.

a. complex b. easy c. expensive d. time- consuming

The criminal shows no repentance even though he was convicted of the crime.
a. feeling of regret b. gratefulness c. fearfulness d. worry

3. She felt remorse over the death of her pet that she left when she had her
summer vacation.
a. sad b. happy c. angry d. a feeling of being sorry

4. This imitated bag resembles the original one I saw I the department store.
a. looks like c. looks different
b. has the same price d. made from the same company
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originated?
a. came from c. tents alphabet orderly Uni
were first taught majority devastation permanent Gro
b. were first popularized d. destroyed opportunity chaos con
were first documented

The computer key- board must be

covered after use so that dust will not I returned to school soon after the war was
accumulate. over. The entire place, where the school used to be,
a. gradually increased c. was in ____________________. The previous
greatly increase school building had been
b. unlawfully acquired d.
__________________ during the war, but still had a
secretly saved
place to study. Later I found out that people from all
I feel nauseous every time I pass by over the __________________ had kindly donated
the pile of garbage dumped on the school ___________________ to us so that we could
sidewalk. continue with our education.
a. like drinking c. like
vomiting My friends and I spent the first school day in
b. like eating d. like __________________. These were only temporary.
sleeping We would be in a more ___________________
place once the buildings were rebuilt. Despite the
8. The sudden tremor brought the ____________________ around us, people went
moviegoers in chaos.
about picking up their lives. Everything else was
a. fire b. sudden dizziness c.
strong waving d. _______________________ in our school. There
slight shaking were textbooks, pencils, and erasers. We had to sit
on the ____________________, but we did not
9. She always carries along with her a mind. T least we were back in school.
portable computer.
a. can be operated c. That summer I learned English. I learned the
can be sold ___________________ and how to
b. can be carried easily d. _________________ with my friends. I was told that
most up- to- date
it was __________________ to know this language
when I grow up. It was a _____________________
10. The kidnap victim belongs to a
prominent family in Manila. language, something that was spoken by the
a. rich b. political c. popular ________________ of people in the world. I was
d. notorious certainly enjoying school. I was glad that I was given
the ___________________ to study.

Application/Assessment:

Unscramble the jumbled letters to form an

appropriate word that will complete the
sentence.

In the past, knowledge was often

passed down from one generation
to another by word of
Task 2: Have your own Dictionary ____________. ( o m u h t )

Read the words and look up their meanings
in the dictionary. Then, read the passage
carefully. Fill in the blanks with the
appropriate words from the box. Use each
word once only.
If you are tied to your mother‟s apron
strings, it means that you are being
____________ and influenced by her.
(oocdertlln)
Children should be taught life
______________ so that they will be
able to earn a living in the future. ( i s l l
sk)

In Japan, certain days have been

_______________ for children to show
how
important they are to the adults. ( t s e
aeids)

All children have the right to

______________. They should learn
how to read and write. ( I o n c h s o l
g)
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