ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH VI

3rd Quarter

NAME: _________________________________ Grade & Section:____________________________

Read the passage.

The Educated Man and the Peasant

From “Stories to Get” by G.D. Morris
Once upon a time, there was a young man from Bucharest who had just finished university. He was proud of
his knowledge and smarts, and so decided to leave the big city and make his way teaching peasants in the countryside.
Immediately, he was met with difficulties. He found that people didn’t take too kindly to being considered more stupid
than he, for he was twenty-two and most of the people that he meet were much older.
If he was to teach them, he would have proved that he was smarter. Feeling confident of his powers, he made
a wager with a peasant. If the peasant couldn’t answer the educated man’s question then the peasant would have to
hand over three Lei. The educated man chuckled to himself. “This is going to be easy money.” The entire village
gathered to witness the quiz. The educated man asked the first question, “What is the capital of England?” The peasant
answered, “I don’t know. I will give you three Lei.” “London.” The people gasped; they were impressed. The
educated man pocketed the money and asked a second question, “What moves very fast but doesn’t look like it is
moving at all?” The peasant answered, “I don’t know. I will give you three Lei.” “The earth.” The educated man
pocketed the money and asked a third question, “What goes up in the day and down at night?” The peasant answered,
“I don’t know. I will give you three Lei.”
The educated man had taken from the peasant a total of nine Lei. Now the peasant was poor and his wife
started to cry. However, at his turn, the peasant also wished to ask the educated man a question but if he could not
answer it, he would have to hand over thousand Lei to the peasant. The educated man quickly agreed and thought to
himself. “This surely a fool!”
“What goes in the morning with two legs, at noon with four legs and in the evening with six legs?” There was a long
silence and everyone was staring at the educated man. He searched his brain for a long time but to no avail. He did not
know the answer and had a choice but to hand over five thousand Lei, which was everything he had. Afterwards, the
educated man was curious and so asked, “So what goes in the morning with two legs, at noon with four and in the
evening with six?” The peasant answered, “I don’t know. I will give you three Lei.”

Activity 1: Enumerate at least three (3) characters from the given story. (In any order)
1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________
Activity 2: Answer the questions by explaining your answer based on the given selection. Write your answers
on the blanks. (4 pts.)
1. Who was smarter, the educated man or the peasant? And why?
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Let’s Find It!

DIRECTIONS: Identify what is described and complete the puzzle.
Across:
6. feeling or emotion that is created in the events of the story
7. tells where and when the story happened
8. tells how the character acts or behaves throughout the story
9. tells the order of events
10. reveals what the character says and how the character says it
Down:
1. the person, animal or animated object that interact in the story
2. technique generally used by authors to reveal and develop the traits of story characters to
the readers
3. antagonist, opposition or "enemy" of the main character
4. the central message, idea or purpose of a narrative text
5. the hero or the main character of the story

1. While heading home from school, Seth saw and old woman struggling while carrying her
bag full of heavy loads. He immediately approached the old lady and offered to help. Seth is
___________________.
a. approachable
b. grateful
c. helpful
d. industrious
2. It was reported last Tuesday that a taxi driver found a black bag containing Php
100,000.00 cash. He noticed the pouch inside his cab while on his way home. Everyone was
delighted when he returned it to its rightful owner. The taxi driver is, indeed,
___________________.
a. helpful
b. concerned
c. grateful
d. honest
3. Joshua always tries to do his best in all his tasks. Oftentimes, he wanted to learn in his
own ways and discover new things all by himself. Even without being reminded by his
mother, he managed to remember and accomplish his everyday tasks at home and in school.
Joshua is ___________________.
a. industrious and caring
b. obedient and honest
c. independent and responsible
d. polite and helpful
4. Unlike many other teenagers, Frank is not fond of wasting his money every now and then.
He saves part of his school allowance every day and keeps it in his piggy bank. Besides that,
Frank also spends his money wisely and buys only things that he needs. Frank is
___________________.
a. extravagant
b. spendthrift
c. careful
d. thrifty
5. Mark has been a pet lover since he was young. One day, he felt very worried when his pet
became badly ill. So, he carefully carried his sick puppy to the veterinarian’s clinic. Mark is
___________________.
a. caring and concerned
b. caring and industrious
c. polite and helpful
d. polite and grateful