STO. NIÑO SMART CHILD LEARNING CENTER, INC.

BAWO, SOGOD, CEBU

S.Y. 2022-2023
3RD MONTHLY EXAM IN ESP
GRADE 2
Name: ___________________________________________________ Score: ___________
Date: _____________________ Parent’s Signature: __________________

I. Read the story and answer the following questions below:

Icarus was a curious boy. He wanted to fly like the birds and did not obey
his father. Listen to your teacher as he/she reads the story below and see how
Icarus made wrong use of his curiosity.

Icarus and Daedalus

Icarus and his father, Daedalus, were imprisoned by King Minos in a tower.
This was because Daedalus freed the people who were to be fed to Minotaur, a
half-human, half-bull monster that was being kept by King Minos in his labyrinth.
A labyrinth is a place full of passages where one can easily get lost. To escape
from the tower, Daedalus made wings out of birds' feathers and beeswax. He and
Icarus would wear these wings to cross the ocean and fly back to their land. When
the wings were ready, Daedalus said to Icarus, "Son, we are ready to go. But,
remember, if you fly too low and too close to the waves, your feathers will get wet
and your wings will be too heavy to keep you up in the air. If you fly too high, the
heat of the sun will melt the wax that holds the feathers of your wings together."
Icarus said, "Yes, Father." But he was not really listening because he was very
excited to fly. He was so curious how it would feel to fly like a bird. As they
started to fly, Icarus enjoyed flying in the wide heavens. He flapped his wings
stronger and went higher and higher until he was close to the sun. The heat of the
sun was too strong that soon the wax in his wings started to melt. Suddenly, he
dropped straight down into the sea. It happened so quickly that his father could not
find where his son fell.

Answer the following questions:

1. Why were Icarus and his father, Daedalus, imprisoned by King Minos in the
tower?
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2. What did the father and son decide to do?

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3. What did Daedalus say about flying too high or too low?
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4. Why did Icarus fly too high?

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5. What happened to Icarus when he did not obey his father?

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II. Which of the following behavior can show that you have self-
control? Put a check mark ( ) before your answer.

____________ 1. Yelling at a groupmate

____________ 2. Pretending not to know one's task

____________ 3. Laziness in doing one's work

____________ 4. Cooperating with groupmates

____________ 5. Working cheerfully with groupmates

____________ 6. Observing silence in the library while doing one's

work

____________ 7. Singing loudly while working on a project with

classmates

____________ 8. Sleeping in class while others are working on a project

____________ 9. Asking a friend to do your work for you

____________ 10. Waiting for one's turn in the canteen

III. Draw a line to match the pictures in Column A with the signs in
Column B.

Keep right.
Watch your step.

Classes going on.

Walk quietly.

Wait for your turn.

Throw your trash

into the correct
garbage bin.

No picking up flowers
IV. Which of the following should you do? Answer Yes or No on the
blanks.

_____ 1. Pick flowers at the park when no one is looking.

_____ 2. Tell my friend about my favourite movie while we are in the

public library.

_____ 3. Go to the Internet shop and play computer games right after the
flag ceremony.

_____ 4 Practice painting and writing on walls.

_____ 5. Use the pedestrian lane when crossing the street.

_____ 6 Throw trash anywhere when no one is looking.

_____ 7. Wait in line at the grocery store.

_____ 8. Put my trash in the proper bin.

_____ 9. Look quietly at magazines about different places in the world

in the public library.

_____ 10. Cross the street only when the vehicles have stopped.