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ENGLISH
Quarter 22 –– Module
Quarter Module 22
Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines
English – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 2: Electronic Search Engine
First Edition, 2020
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English
Quarter 2 – Module 2
Electronic Search Engine
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 Introductory Message

For the Learner:

Welcome to the English 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module 2 on
Electronic Search Engine!
How was your experience with technology? Does it make your work easier
and faster?

Nowadays, your knowledge in the use of the internet is already a must. This
would help you search for information especially that we are now in the world of
technology.

As you go through, you will experience different individual activities and

encounter texts that will help you answer the question: How does electronic search
engine help you in doing your research activities?

Likewise, your skills in reading, vocabulary development, viewing, listening,

language fluency, and grammar awareness will be enhanced.

In the end, you will be compiling all your electronic search engine activities.

In this module, you are guided with a set of learning icons that will help you
understand on how to recognize the beauty in others. This module has the following
parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills
or competencies you are expected to
learn in the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims

to check what you already know about
the lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help

you link the current lesson with the
previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief

discussion of the lesson. This aims to
help you discover and understand new concepts
and skills.
What’s More This comprises activities for
independent practice to solidify your
 understanding and skills of the topic. You may
check the answers to the exercises using the
Answer Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving
the learning competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be

given to you to enrich your knowledge
or skill of the lesson learned. This also tends
retention of learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.
At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing

this module.
The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use your English answer sheets in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not
alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
What I Need to Know ---------------- 1

What I Know ---------------- 2

Lesson 1: What is Electronic Search Engine ------ 4

What’s In ---------------- 4

What’s New ---------------- 4

Activity 1 ---------------- 8

Lesson 2 How to Use the Electronic Search Engine - - - 8

What is It ---------------- 8

What’s More ---------------- 13

Activity 2 ---------------- 13

What I Have Learned ---------------- 13

What I Can Do ---------------- 14

Activity 3 ---------------- 14

Assessment ---------------- 14

Additional Activity ---------------- 15

Answer Key ---------------- 16

References ---------------- 17
 What I Need to Know

Welcome to a new year of discovery and exploration! This module is designed

for you to meet your unique needs and interests. This aims at the comprehensive
development of your reading, vocabulary development, viewing, listening, language
fluency, and grammar awareness. As a 21st century learner, you must be fully
equipped with knowledge on how to use a search engine to make learning more
effective.
An electronic search engine allows you to find the information that is valuable
to you. It eliminates the need to move through numerous amounts of irrelevant web
pages. Specifically, it allows you not only quickly, but also easily, find the information
that is essential for your progress.
As you go along with this module, you will find out that electronic search
engine can provide you with search results that lead to relevant information on high
quality websites.
This module is divided into two lessons, namely:
• Lesson 1 – What is Electronic Search Engine
• Lesson 2 – How to Use an Electronic Search Engine

After reading this module, you should be able to use a search engine to
conduct a guided search on a given topic (EN7SS-II-c-1.5.3). Specifically, you
should be able to:
1. define electronic search engine;
2. identify the five most commonly used search engines; and
3. compile all research activities on electronic search engines.

We encourage you to take good care of this module, so be responsible in using it.
Have a meaningful journey!

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 What I Know

Let us see what you already know about electronic search engine and how to
use it in searching for information. Write your answers in your English answer sheet.

Test A
Directions: Read and answer the following questions. Copy the letter of your answer.
1. What software system is designed to search for information in the World Wide
Web?
A. Epson C. search engine
B. Smadav D. Microsoft Office

2. What search results are generally presented in a line of results?

A. Search Engine Databases C. Search Engine System
Results
B. Search Engine Results Pages D. Search Engine Program Results

3. What does WWW stand for?

A. World Web Wide C. Western Wide Website
B. World Wide Web D. Wide Western Website

4. Below are some of the most popular search engines EXCEPT:

A. Bing B. Google C. Hyperlink D. Yahoo!

5. What should a user type in the search bar to receive a list of websites,
images, videos, or other data?
A. Keywords B. Query C. Subject D. Topic

6. What symbol will you use when you want to EXCLUDE certain words in your
search?
A. dash or minus sign C. fewer words
B. quotation marks D. and/or

7. What is the most commonly used search engine?

A. AOL B. Bing C. Google D. Yahoo

8. What symbol will you use when you want to emphasize a certain topic in your
search?
A. dash or minus sign C. fewer words
B. quotation marks D. and/or

9. Where will you enter the URL if you are searching for a specific topic?
A. Insert tab C. Return Key
B. Search bar D. Address bar

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 10. Why is electronic search engine important?
A. It can narrow your search down to the exact information you need with a
search engine.
B. It makes it easier to find information rather than linking it to yourself.
C. It sorts through information; kind of like a library card catalog.
D. All of the above.

Test B. 11-15.
Directions: From the word pool below, choose five words which you think are
examples of electronic search engine.

AOL Bing Google Ask Yahoo! Facebook

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Lesson What is Electronic Search

1 Engine

What’s In

In your everyday life, you always encounter questions that need to be

answered. Who can answer your questions? Where can you get answers to your
questions?
In your class, when your teacher asks you to research, where do you usually
go?
Watch the video “Libraries in the Internet Age” using this link
https://bit.ly/35MiHQc . After watching the video, you need to answer the questions
below to check your understanding. Write your answers in your English answer sheet.
1. Where can you find sources of information aside from the library?
2. How important is the internet in searching for information?

What’s New

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 Look closely at the picture. What do you think is the student doing? Like most
of the students these days, she is probably doing research using different search
engines. What do you think is an electronic search engine?
This lesson will help you maximize the use of electronic search engines most
especially in conducting a guided search on a given topic.

Electronic Search Engine

 A software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide
Web.

 The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to
as Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs).

 It is a computer program that searches databases and internet sites for

documents containing keywords specified by a user.
Source: www.slideshare.net

Listed below are the top 5 most commonly used search engines according to
eBizMBA, a guide to the web's best resources, in October 2015. This ranking is
continuously updated using various factors.
1. Google
• estimated 1,100,000,000 unique monthly visitor
• originally known as BackRub
• a search engine that started development in 1996 by
Sergey Brin and Larry Page as a research project at
Stanford University to find files on the Internet.

Source: www.google.com

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2. Bing
• estimated 350,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• a search engine was created and operated by Microsoft, replacing its
former Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search offerings.

Source: www.bing.com/
3. Yahoo!
• estimated 300,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• short for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle! Yahoo! was
created in February 1994 by two Stanford University Ph.D. candidates
David Filo and Jerry Yang.

Source: www.yahoo.com

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4. Ask
• estimated 245,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• common name for the Ask.com search engine, which allows users to
perform a search in the form of a question to find relevant results.
• started in 1996 by Garret Gruener and David Warthen.

Source: www.ask.com

5. AOL (America Online)

• estimated 125,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• founded in 1985 and is considered an early Internet pioneer, providing
many Internet services in the 1990s.

Source: www.aolsearch.com

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 These search engines will help you search for different topics that you can
think of. These will also provide you information on current news and events around
the world.
This time, let us check your understanding by answering the questions.

Activity 1
Directions: Read and answer the questions in your English answer sheet.
1. What is an electronic search engine?
2. What are the five most commonly used search engines?
3. Which of the five most commonly used search engines have you tried
using?
Did you find what you are looking for?
4. As a student, how do electronic search engines help you in providing
answers to your questions?

Well done! You have successfully answered the activities in Lesson 1. Now,
brace yourself as we move to Lesson 2. This time, you are going to learn how to use
or navigate a search engine in searching for a specific topic. Since Google is the
most commonly used search engine as mentioned earlier, you will be exploring it. Are
you ready?

Lesson How to Use Google as an

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Electronic Search Engine

What Is It

Searching the web requires both skills and patience but where should we
start? To enter the World Wide Web (WWW), you need to have either of these two:

• Internet connection or WIFI (it can be a modem or pocket wifi), or

• Data subscription (cellphone load)

There are two ways to search for information:

A. Using keyword/s

B. Using Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Searching Using Keyword/s

Follow the steps provided wholeheartedly for you so you can arrive at the correct
output.

Step 1. Open the browser first

using Google Chrome and enter
the texts or keywords in the search
bar pointed by the arrow to find
relevant information.

Step 2. Type in the search bar

the word “COVID-19”. There,
you will find out vast
information about the topic.

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 Step 3. Click the first search
result inside the box and copy
the information about COVID-
19 in your English notebook.

Step 4. Click the Back Button to go

back to the Home Page.
A. If you are using a cellphone,
touch the x button as pointed
by the arrow.
B. If you are using a computer,
click the Back Button
enclosed in a box as shown
in picture B.

A B

Step 5. To explain more, open

the page shown below and type
this URL https://bit.ly/3vQGMQ8
in the address bar pointed by
the arrow.

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 Remember!
To better get specific results:
• Use minus sign or hyphen (-) to exclude a word.
• Use quotation marks (“ ”) to find pages that have the exact term.

This time, you will research using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). It is the
page address that you will find in the long bar at the top of your web browser.

Searching Using URL

Step 1. Click Google Chrome on your

screen.

This will appear on your

screen.

Step 2. Type the name of the website.

https://bit.ly/3qhZwae in the
address page as pointed by the
arrow.

You are now about to explore the content of the URL.

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Step 3. Press  Enter Key if
you are using a computer.
Press the Search icon as
 Step 4. Read the contents of the page and write in your English answer sheet at
least 5 unfamiliar words that you have encountered.

Step 5. Click the Back Button as

pointed by the arrow to go back
to the Home Page.

Congratulations! You have successfully followed the steps in conducting a

guided search using Google. If you wish to gather more information, you are free to
explore more by following the same steps.

What’s More

Electronic search engines like Google can be a resource that saves your time.
In this activity, you will learn how to search on your own using a given topic. Follow
the steps that you have learned from the previous activity so you can arrive at the
correct answer. Write your answers in your English answer sheet.

Activity 2
A. USING KEYWORDS
Directions: Find answers to the questions below by typing in the keyword “K-POP”.
Use Google as your search engine.

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 1. What is K-Pop?
2. What are the styles and genres that influenced K-Pop music?

B. USING URL
Directions: Go to https://bit.ly/3do475J and list down the ten (10) new places of the
Philippines to visit in 2019.

What I Have Learned

After going through a series of challenging activities, have you realized the
importance of using Google as an electronic search engine in doing a guided search?
Write your understanding by completing the sentence below.

I have learned that electronic search engine allows me to_______________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________.

What I Can Do

Activity 3
This time you will be looking for information using Google as your electronic
search engine.
A. Type in the keyword “ANIME” and copy its description.
B. Type the URL https://rdcrss.org/3gLUFuK in the address bar. Copy
the important details in your English answer sheet.

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 Assessment

As you are about to end this module, your knowledge

will be tested by applying all the things that you have learned
from your previous activities.

You are assigned to search information about your municipality and you
need to gather the following information:

1. original name of your place 4. festivals

2. number of barangays 5. economy
3. population

Copy the URL of your chosen search result and provide a short
description about the topic. Write your answers on the table provided in the
next page.
Keywords URL Short Description about the
Used Keyword
Example: https://zamboanga.com Calamba was a forested area were the
Calamba Subanens or Subanons frequented.
They called the place “Solinog,” after
the deep river bank.
1. original
name of your
place
2. number of
barangays
3. population
4. festivals
5.economy

Additional Activity
As a Grade 7 student, you like to explore many things especially that
we are in the world of technology. Usually, when there are things that interest you,
you immediately surf the internet for a wider understanding.

Keywords URL Short Description

1.
2.

3.

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5.
In this activity, you will search for topics that you like. List five (5) possible
keywords, the URLs used, and short description. Write your answers in your English
answer sheet.

Congratulations! You have successfully completed Module 2. Please

proceed to Module 3 and learn about navigating a website using
essential features.

Answer Key

What I Know What’s New

1. C Activity 1 (Answer may
2. B vary)
3. A
4. D What’s More
5. A Activity 2
6. A A. (Answer may vary)
7. C B. (Answer may vary)
8. B
9. A What I Can Do
10. D 15 Activity 3
11. – 15 (In any order) A. (Answer may vary)
Google Ask B. (Answer may vary)
Yahoo! AOL
 References

American Red Cross. “COVID-19: Safety Tips For You.” Published May 13, 2020.
https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2020/coronavirus-
safety-and-readiness-tips-for-you.html

Fermin, Edison A., and Marla C. Pampango. English 7 Learner’s Material.1st ed.
Pasig City, Philippines: FEP Printing Corp. 2017.

GCF Global. “Internet Basics: Using Search Engines.” Accessed June 1, 2020.
http://edu.gcfglobal.org./en/internetbasics/using-search-engines/1/.

Google. “COVID-19 PH Official Website. ”Accessed June 15, 2020.

http://www.covid19.gov.ph

Health Harvard. “COVID-19 Basics.” Updated on June 1, 2020.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-basics.

Slideshare. “Using Search Engines to find information to prepare resources and

worksheets. Accessed on June 1, 2020.
https://www.slideshare.net/youlki22/using-search-engines-to-find-information-to-
prepare-resources-and-worksheets

Solution. “Why Are Search Engines Important?.” Published October 16, 2015.
https://www.solutio-inc.com/why-are-search-engines-important/.

Visit-philippines. “The 10 New Places of the Philippines to visit in 2019. Accessed

June 17, 2020.
https://visit-philippines.fr/en/the-10-new-places-of-the-philippines-to-visit-in-
2019/

Wikipedia. “K-pop”. Accessed June 17, 2020.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop.

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