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 1. How does literature reflect to someone’s disposition in life?
2. How can literature helps in communication?

Literature has a major role in resolving various issues

of society. Through literature, people can understand
each other the way they express their feelings,
emotions, or sharing of experiences in life.

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By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
• differentiate fantasy from reality.
• distinguish fantasy from reality.
• use the past and past perfect tenses correctly
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in varied contexts.

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 MOTIVATIO
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Solve the crossword puzzle below.

Across- Past Tense of Down- Past Tense of

2 find 13 bite 1 rise 10 shoot

4 write 14 become 2 feel 11 lost (base form)

5 spend 16 meet 3 do 12 come

6 spend 17 run 4 be 13 bet

8 take 18 set 5 hit 14 bend

7 put 15 meet
9 keep

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 FANTASY VS REALITY

FANTASY
-tells about things that could not happen in
The relationship of word
reality.
meaning illustrated by the diagram
Examples: above is called hyponymy, or
genus-species relationship.
Note that species include its genus
when it is defined. For example, you
say, “An apple is a fruit.” However, the
genus may not necessarily include
the species when it is defined. You
The genie flew out of the lamp. don’t necessarily say, “A fruit is an
apple.” Therefore, apple is a
Genies are not real, so a genie couldn’t
hyponym of fruit.
come out of lamp.

Take not of the following genus-

species relationship of words.
genus species
color red, blue,
yellow, green
flower sampaguita,
gumamela,
daisy, rose
The ant carried the entire hotdog away from dog terrier, spaniel,
the picnic. cocker,
An ant can’t lift an entire hotdog. bloodhound
insect ant, walking
stick, flea, bug
mathematical addition,
REALITY operations subtraction,
multiplication,
-a realistic story about things that could really division
happen. countries Philippines,
Japan,
Indonesia,
Korea

TRY IT!
Provide three hyponyms for each
word below.
Andy bought four volcano books.
1. fabric ______________________
Andy could buy books about volcanoes
2. plant ______________________

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 Activity 1.

Read the excerpt, The Kite of Satrs by Dean Francis Altar. Underline the part of the
excerpt below that depicts conventions of a fantasy and encircle the part that depicts
reality.

The Kites of Stars (An Excerpt)

By Dean Francis Altar

The night when she thouht she would finally be a star, Maria Isabella du’l
Cielo struggled to calm the trembeling of her hands, reached over to cut the
tether that tied her to the ground, and thought of that morning many years
before when she’d first caught a glimpse of Lorenzo du Vicenzio ei Salvadore:
tall, thick-browed and handsome, his eyes closed, obviously to the cacophony of
the accident waiting to occur around him.
Maria Isabella had just turned sixteen then, and each set of her padrinos
had given (along with sequined brida du caballo, the dresses of rare tulle,
organza, and seda, and the diadema floral du’l dama-the requisite floral circlet
of young womanhood) a purse filled with coins to spend on anything she
wanted. And so she’d gone past the Calle du Leones (where sleek cats of
various pedigrees sometimes allowed themselves tp be purchased

though if so, only until they tired of their

new owners), walked through the Avenida
du’l Conquistadores (where the statues of
the conquerors of Ciudad Meiora lined the
entirety of the broad promenade) and
made her way to the Encantu Iu Caminata
(that maze-like series of interconnected
streets, each leadinng to some wonder or
marvel for sale), where little musical
conch shells from the islets near Palao’an
could be found. Those she liked very
much.
In the vacinity of the Plaza
Emperyal, she saw a young man dressed
in a coat embroded with stars walk almost
surely to his death. In that instant, Maria
Isabella knew two things with conviction
reserved only for the very young: first, that
she almost certainly loved this reckless
man; and second, that if she simply
stepped on a dog’s tail- the very dog
watching the same scene unfold right next
to her- she could avert the man’s
seemingly senseless death.

PAST AND PAST PERFECT

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TENSES
 Simple past tense of the verb

 is used to express an action that happened and ended in the past.

 for regular verbs, past tense verbs end with –d or –ed
 while irregular verbs form their past usually by either changing or retaining their
spelling.
 commonly, simple past is signaled by time indicators in the past, e.g. last week,
yesterday, a year ago, etc.

Examples: Victoria and Hilario visited their grandparents yesterday.

Adoracion and Mauro bought grocery items.

Past perfect tense

 provides two actions in the past wherein the first past action or condition is completed
ahead of another past action.
 It is usually formed using the following structures:
Ordinary Form : had + past participle of the verb
Continuous Form : had been + verb –ing

Examples: Mercy had eaten her breakfast before Juanito asked her to do so.
past perfect tense simple past tense

In the given example, both actions happened in the past. However, one action took place
first before another one happened. In this context, the past perfect tense portrays an earlier
action before another action happened as portrayed by the simple past tense.

There are time expressions used in indicating past perfect tense. After, as soon as, the
moment that and until are used before the past perfect tense while before, when and by the
time are used before the simple past.
Examples:

When Flor called him, Nestor had been planting the seeds.
Simple past past perfect continuous

Delia had prayed the rosary by the time Ben arrived.

Rey had finished the movie before Susan told him to sleep.

After Estela had finished the dress, Francis sold the item.
The moment that Macky had left his house, Mia prayed for his safety.

As soon as Gina and Dodong had received their license, they started driving their
own car.

Read more on pages 253-254 from your English book.

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 Activity 2

Answer Activity 5 on page 254 from your English book. Write your answers below.
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Activity 3

Answer Activity 7 on page 256 from your English book. Write your sentences below.

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 Activity 4

Write a paragraph with 100-150 words about a recent significant

event in the Philippines. Use the simple past tense and past
perfect tense of the verb. Write it below.

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