ENGLISH 4- Week 3

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LESSON: DISTINGUISH BETWEEN GENERAL AND SPECIFIC STATEMENT
A sentence is a group of words or phrases that form a statement. A statement that gives
information is classified into general and specific statement. General Statement is a sentence that defines
or declares some large and broad information. It does not describe one particular event. It is usually
express as the general idea of a piece of writing. Specific Statement refers to the exact and precise
description. It provides evidence to further define the general idea or general statement. Being able to
recognize whether a statement is specific or general is a key to understand how sentences operate in the
given statement.
In this module, you are going to distinguish the difference between the two. Activities given are
well provided for you to understand. There is guided information for you to catch up with the topic.

Read the following pair of statement:

1. a. The doctors are heroes of pandemic.
b. Dr. Salvador from Bataan Hospital treats Covid-19 patient.

2. a. Nurse expands lives as frontline members of health care.

b. Nurse Mary provides hope and care to their patient.

3. a. A teacher helps people to learn.

b. An English teacher is responsible for ensuring pupils learn proper grammar, writing and reading
comprehension.

What is the difference between the first and second sentences?

✓ The first sentences (a.) are more general than the second sentences (b.)

Let’s identify the what is general and specific statement.

Let’s start with no. 1 example. First sentence (a) is a general statement as it covers broad
categories or group of people like “doctors.” Second statement (b) is very specific as it talks about a
particular individual named “Dr. Salvador,” that supports the statement, “Doctors are heroes of pandemic.
Statements are classified as general and specific. General Statement expresses the main point. Specific
Statement provides evidence that define general statement.
When you read “The doctors are heroes of pandemic.”, you will know that this is a general statement and
“Dr. Salvador from Bataan Hospital treats Covid-19 patient.”, is a specific statement. It is because of the
word or group of words used and how the idea was presented.

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Study the table below.

Remember!
You can distinguish the difference between general and specific
statement by simply read through the sentence and identify the word or group of
words that the details relate to.

Learning Task 1: Identify which is general statement. Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank.
__________ 1. a. Reading adventure books is very interesting.
b. Reading books strengthens your brain.

__________ 2. a. A woman is a beautiful creation of God.

b. Mary as a woman has strong personality.

__________ 3. a. There are different kinds of turtle in the world.

b. Tortoise, is another kind of turtle that live on land.

__________ 4. a. Fruits are healthy.

b. Banana fruits gives us energy.

__________ 5. a. Wearing face mask protects us from virus.

b. Practicing proper hygiene can protect us from virus

Learning Task 2: Write the word general if the statement is general and specific if the statement
is specific.

__________________ 1. Nature is a man’s treasure.

__________________ 2. Mrs. Medina baked this sweet cake.
__________________ 3. The students do their exercises very well.
__________________ 4. Cats and dogs are my best friends at home.
__________________ 5. Humans are responsible to take care nature.
__________________ 6. Sampaguita is the Philippines’s national flower.
__________________ 7. Teachers lead their learners into a successful future.
__________________ 8. The world begins to cry because of the irresponsible people.
__________________ 9. My science teacher taught us how to be patient in chemistry class.
__________________ 10. A Grade 4 pupil from Mambog Elementary School won an award in
literature.

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