Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
DIVISION OF LEYTE

Project BRITE- Beginning Reading Insights for Teachers in Early Grades

GRADE I
My House
My house is small.
It is near my school.
There are two bedrooms.
There are a bathroom and a kitchen.
There is a small garden with nice trees and flowers.

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1. What does the story tell?
A. My Garden B. My House C. My School

2. Which word tells about the house?

A. Dirty B. Small C. Beautiful

3. How many bedrooms in the house?

A. One B. Two C. Three

4. What is near to the house?

A. Playground B. Church C. School

5. Where can we see nice trees and flowers?

A. In the small garden B. In the church C. In the school

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Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
DIVISION OF LEYTE

Project BRITE- Beginning Reading Insights for Teachers in Early Grades

GRADE II
Books are good friends. They make us happy. Some tell nice stories
and poems. Others teach beautiful songs. Still others teach us about many
1things in the world.
Books live long if we take care of them. We should cover them. We
should not tear their pages. We should not write on their pages, too.
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1. What were said to be our good friend?

A. Books B. Stories C. Poems

2. What do books do to us?

A. Makes us cry B. Makes us sick C. Makes us happy

3. What are found in books?

A. Cars B. Stories C. Airplanes

4. What will make books live long?

A. Coloring them B. Decorating them C. Taking care

5. Which is not good for books?

A. Reading them B. Covering them C. Tearing the pages

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Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
DIVISION OF LEYTE

Project BRITE- Beginning Reading Insights for Teachers in Early Grades

GRADE III
A NOTICE
June 11, 2004
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Attention Girl Scouts
All Girl Scouts must join the Independence Day parade tomorrow
afternoon. Come in Full Girl scout Uniform. The parade will start at 2:00 in
the afternoon from our school and end at the Luneta. Let us meet at 1:00 in
front of the school.
Miss Tan
Girl Scout Leader
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1. For whom was the notice written?

A. for the Girl Scouts B. for the Boy Scouts C. for the Cub
Scouts

2. When was the notice written?

B. June 11, 2004 B. July 4, 2004 C. January 11, 2004

3. At what time will the parade start?

A. at 1:00 O’clock B. at 2:00 O’clock C. at 3:00
O’clock

4. Where will the parade end?

A. At the City Hall B. at the Miranda C. at the Luneta

5. Who wrote the notice?

A. Girl Scout B. The principal C. Girl Scout leader
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Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
DIVISION OF LEYTE

Project BRITE- Beginning Reading Insights for Teachers in Early Grades

GRADE IV
A WAY TO HELP MOTHER
Ludy was playing with her friends in their front yard when he saw her
1mother coming from the market. She excused herself politely from her playmates
and run to meet her mother. She took the basket and curried it to the house. “You
can go back to your friends and play again.” “No, Mother. Ludy answered. “I have
already told them, I am going to help you prepare our food.”

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1. With whom was Ludy Playing?

A. with friends B. with mother C. with cousins

2. Where were they playing?

A. inside the house B. in the front yard C. in the market

3. Whom did Ludy see coming?

A. her Aunt B. her friends C. her mother

4. Why did Ludy did no go back to play?

A. to bring the basket B. to talk to her mother C. to help
mother prepare the food.

5. What kind of a child is Ludy?

A. Honest B. Helpful C. Thrifty

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Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
DIVISION OF LEYTE

Project BRITE- Beginning Reading Insights for Teachers in Early Grades

GRADE V
THE TRICYCLE BOY
At fourteen, Joselito was one of the youngest boy among the tricycle drivers operating
near the Sta Ana Market in Manila. His mother died when he was ten. When his father
1remarried and had other children of his own, Joselito preferred to stay with an Aunt rather
than join the new family.
His Aunt earned their living by washing clothes. Joselito became a tricycle driver in the
morning to help earn some money. He went to school in the afternoon.
Joselito had many customers. He was always pleasant and cheerful. He was very helpful,
too. He carried customer’s bags. Sometime he gave school children a free ride on his tricycle.
Through his efforts, Joselito did not only help his Aunt, but made her happy too.
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1. How old was Joselito?

A. 12 B. 13 C. 14

2. How did he help his Aunt?

A. by being a tricycle driver B. by shining shoes C. by selling news paper

3. Where did he drive his tricycle?

A. in Sta Ana B. in Quiapo C. in Makati

4. When did his mother die?

A. when he was still a baby B. when he was five C. when he was ten

5. What did his father do?

A. He run away with another woman B. He became cruel to Joselito
C. He married again

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Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
DIVISION OF LEYTE

Project BRITE- Beginning Reading Insights for Teachers in Early Grades

GRADE VI
PLANT FOR LIFE
Nestor looked happily at his rows of vegetable plants with their green, fresh and healthy
leaves. There were rows of lettuce, tomatoes, eggplants and pechay. On one side of the yard
1were trellises of patola, squash and Amargosa. Nestor remembered that their backyard was
once a dumping place of garbage, empty cans and trash. Then the government launched the
“Plant for Life” project. With the help of his father, they cleaned the backyard and dug the
stumps and roots of old trees. They cultivated the soil, got vegetable seeds from the Bureau of
Plants and planted them in their backyard. Now all are ready for harvest. The vegetables will be
more than what they need so Nestor will take some to the market. That will be extra money for
the family

1. Where did Nestor plant the vegetable seeds?

A. In their garden B. in the backyard C. in front of their house

2. What made Nestor happy?

A. his row of toysB. his row of vegetables C. his row of flowering plants

3. Where were the climbing vegetables planted?

A. in front of the backyard B. on one side of the backyard
C. in the middle of the yard

4. What was Nestor’s backyard before?

A. a storeroom B. a playground C. a dumping place

5. What project did the government launch?

B. Save a Life B. Plant for Life C. Help the Typhoon victims

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