Exercise 3

COUNTING THE RAIN

I love counting the rain, Mother. As
they patter and as I see Do not all
the great men like Rizal Count
rain, too, when still young like me?
See the numerous dropping rains
How hard it is for little brains.
And I recall the children’s riddle
About the old man’s countless canes
How I love the fast falling rain
Like a thousand pounding pestles
And the little rushing water
Down the stream to see it nestles.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. The child is talking to his
a. Father b. Mother c. Sister
2. The child loves to ________ the rain.
a. count b. drink c. catch
3. The child wants to know if counting the rain has also been a part time activity of
a. great men b. old men c. sickly men
4. The rain nestles in the
a. dream b. stream c. street
5. The old man’s countless canes is a
a. riddle b. fiddle c. peddler
6. The water rushes to the team
a. brook b. stream c. street
7. In the riddle, the countless canes refer to the
a. little brain b. dropping rains c. stream
8. The rain
a. withers b. patters c. gathers
9. The child loves the _______ rain.
a. fast b. slow c. tumbling
10. The fast falling rain is also like
a. rushing water b. big waves c. pounding pestles

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 Exercise 4

THE ENCHANTED DEER

Once there were two warring tribes whose kingdoms were

divided only by a wide river. The king on the land north of the river had
a beautiful daughter named Mayumi; while the king on the land south
of the river had a brave handsome son named Bayani.
Both kings hated each other so much thet they even wanted
their children to hate each other, too.
But fate played a trick on them. Mayumi and Bayani felt so
madly in love with each other that they defied their parents wish. They
often met secretly in the nearby forest.
One early morning, Mayumi went to meet Bayani in the forest. She had some
enchanted power so she changed herself into a deer. She did not want anybody to see her.
Bayani waited for her. When he saw the deer, he was attracted to it. He quickly shot an
arrow not knowing it was Mayumi.
The deer fell bleeding. Bayani ran to see his prize, but he saw Mayumi instead. He
wept and in his grief, he stabbed himself to death.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. The two kingdoms were divided by
a. mountains b. seas c. a river
2. Mayumi was the daughter of the king of the
a. South b. North c. East
3. Bayani was the son of the king of the
a. South b. North c. East
4. The kings were
a. good friends b. enemies c. very old
5. Mayumi and Bayani a. hated each other
b. love each other c. envied each other
6. Mayumi and Bayani met in the forest
a. openly b. secretly c. very often
7. Mayumi
a. possessed some enchanted power b. was a witch c. was a magician
8. She could change herself into a
a. dog b. horse c. deer
9. Bayani _________ the deer.
a. shot b. did not see c. ignored
10. The story ended
a. happily b. sadly c. foolishly
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