Name: ___________________________________________ Date:________________

Grade and Section: _________________________________ Score: _______________

Activity 1:    Explore Me Up!

Most Essential Learning Competency: Identify claims explicitly or implicitly made in a
written text:
a. Claim of fact
b. Claim of policy
c. Claim of value
Directions: Identify whether the following texts state an explicit or implicit claim. Write EC on the
space before the number if the text states an explicit claim, and IC if it states an implicit claim.
_____1. It was one rainy night when Arnold arrived home from work. The front door was widely opened,
everything in the house was scattered, and the television, component set, and other appliances were all
gone. He also found his wife and children lifeless in the master’s bedroom.
_____2. Matthew asked his girlfriend to hold on tight and take the helmet from him and wear it. Moments
later, both of them were rushed to the hospital.
_____3. The doctor was optimistic, but his diagnosis tells them that Jane might not have much longer to
live.
_____4. Adrianna’s friends do not like Rodrigo for her. For them, Rodrigo is not good for her knowing
that he was a former member of a gang and has been convicted for robbery and
extortion. They are very much vocal of their dislike for Rodrigo.
_____5. Baguio, to many, is best known as the “Summer Capital of the Philippines”,
with its cool climate making this a spot to escape the chaotic scenes in Manila. The city
is also home to tropical pine forests, lending the city the nickname “City of Pines”. It serves as a tourist
hub in the Cordilleras, serving as a jumping point to other tourist spots like Mount Pulag, Sagada, and
Banaue.