to play. So Lucy, Zeny, and Perla stayed in the house. “Let us cut out paper fruits for our store,” said Lucy.” So the girls got their papers scissors and crayons. Lucy cut out 5 apples. She colored them red. Zeny cut out 6 mangoes. She colored them yellow. Perla cut out 4 guavas. She colored them green. Then they counted their paper fruits. “Now we have many pretty paper fruits for our store,” said Perla. Reading Passages Exercise 2 A GIFT FROM UNCLE
Do you have an uncle living far away? Miriam
has. His name is Max. Miriam calls him uncle Max. He lives in New York. Last Christmas, Uncle Max sent Miriam a gift. It came in a big heavy box. Father helped open the box. Then they saw something very pretty. It had round blue eyes. It had a small red mouth. It had a blue lace dress and curly black hair. Miriam called it Curly. She loved to play with it. What Miriam liked best was the way Curly walked. Miriam would hold one of its hands and they would walk together around the sala. Curly made Miriam happy. Exercise 3 Taking care of Animals
Victor lives on a farm. He lives with his
parents in a little nipa house. Victor has an elder sister named Nora. Victor and Nora help their parents. They help take care of their animals. They have a carabao, a horse, a goat and a chickens. Father takes care of the horse. Victor takes care of the carabao. Mother takes care of the chickens. Nora takes care of the goat. Their animals are all fat and healthy. Each one takes care of his animals very well.