EXERCISE 1 EXERCISE 2

DO THESE CAN YOU WRITE THESE?

I have five balls. Can you write numbers?
One ball is red. Let us see.
The other is blue.
Three balls are yellow. 1. Write the numbers from three to five.
1. Draw five balls.

2. Color one ball red and one ball blue. 2. Write the number before six.

3. Color three balls yellow. 3. Write the number after eight.

 EXERCISE 3 A GAME OF COLORS
TOYS The children like to draw.
We have many toys in our house. They like to draw flowers.
Lito has a toy drum. They like to color the flowers.
Mila has a doll. Can you draw flowers?
I have a big ball. Can you color them?
We all like toys. 1. Draw a flower. Color it yellow.
1. Write who has a toy drum.

2. Draw a flower. Color it blue.

2. Draw Mila’s toy.

3. Which word tells about my ball? Copy the word. 3. Draw a flower. Do not color it.
a. Doll
b. Big
c. Toy
EXERCISE 4 EXERCISE 5
 SOMETHING TO DO DONA’S PET
Look at each picture. Dona has a pet bird.
Read the name of each picture. It is a parrot.
It has many colors – green, yellow, and red.
The parrot can sing.
Dona loves her pet parrot.
A square A circle A triangle 1. Copy the name of Dona’s pet.

Now, do these:
1. Draw a square.
2. Copy the colors of Dona’s pet.

2. Draw a circle.

3. Copy the word that tells what Dona’s pet can

3. Draw a triangle. do.

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MOTHER CAT AND HER KITTENS CORA’S PICTURES
Tess is very happy. Cora likes to draw.
Her pet is a cat. One day, she took out her crayons.
It has six little kittens. She got her drawing paper. She drew a cat and a
dog.
Two kittens are black.
She colored the cat brown.
Three kittens are brown.
She colored the dog black.
One kitten is white.
Write the answers.
Copy the answer to each question.
1. What pictures did Cora draw?
1. What is the girl’s name?

2. What is the color of the cat?

2. What is her pet?

3. What color is the dog?

3. How many kittens does her cat have?
 EXERCISE 9 EXERCISE 10
PLAYING WITH NUMBERS EATING BREAKFAST
Ben and Lino are playing. Lina was eating breakfast.
They are playing with marbles. She ate three pieces of bread.
Ben has three marbles. She drank a cup of milk.
Lino has two marbles. She ate a banana, too.
Lino got Ben’s marbles. 1. Write how many pieces of bread Lina ate.
Then he has five marbles.
1. Write how many marbles has.
2. Draw what she drank.

2. Write how many marbles Lino has at first.

3. Draw all of Lino’s marbles after he got Ben’s 3. Draw the fruit she ate.
marbles.
 EXERCISE 11 EXERCISE 12
PAPER DOLLS THE BALLOONS
It was raining. A man is selling balloons.
The children played in the house. There are five red balloons.
They got some colored paper. There are three yellow balloons.
They cut some paper dolls. There are two blue balloons.
Copy the word that answers the question. There are ten balloons in all.
1. Where did the children play? 1. How many balloons are red? Copy the number.

2. What did the children make? 2. Draw two balloons. Color them blue.

3. What did they use for making dolls? 3. Draw three balloons. Color them yellow.
 EXERCISE 13 EXERCISE 14
A HOME GARDEN PLAYING HOUSE
Wally has a home garden. One Saturday, the children played house.
He has pechay plants. Lina played the role of the Mother.
He has lettuce plants. Noel played the role of the Father.
He waters his plants every day. Tony was the baby.
Write the answer to each question. Read each question. Copy the answer to the
question.
1. What does Wally have?
1. What game did the children play?

2. What are his plants?

2. Who played as the Mother?

3. What does Wally do to his plants every day?

3. Who played as the Father?
 EXERCISE 15 EXERCISE 16
CLEANING THE SURROUNDINGS AT THE PARK
The children helped clean their surroundings. One afternoon, Father took the children to the park.
They got their brooms. The children ran around the park.
They swept their yards. They got tired running.
They also swept their streets. So they sat on the clean grass.
1. Copy the names of the places the children They were tired but happy.
cleaned.
1. Where did Father and the children go? Copy
the letter of the correct answer.
a. Park
b. Zoo
c. Church
2. Draw what they used to clean the streets. 2. Copy the words that tell about the children.
a. Tired but happy
b. Sad and tired
c. Happy but sleepy
3. Write the word that tells where the children sat.

3. Answer with True or False. The children helped

clean their surroundings.
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DO YOU WANT TO BE LIKE HER? A HEALTHY FAMILY
Carla always forgets to clean herself. Mother cooks good food for us every day.
She forgets to comb her hair. She cooks vegetables with meat, shrimps and
tomatoes.
She forgets to wash her hands and feet.
She cooks fish and eggs, too.
She is always dirty.
Mother gives us good meals.
1. Which of these word tells about Carla? Copy
the letter of the word. 1. Copy the word that tells who cooks for us every
a. Neat day.
b. Dirty a. Sister
c. Clean b. Mother
2. Is Carla clean? Answer with Yes or No. c. Grandmother
2. Which of these sentences is true?
a. Mother cooks good meals.
b. Mother gives us meat every day.
c. Mother does not cook vegetables.
3. Copy the title of the story.
3. Carla forgets to com her ____________. Draw
your answer.
 EXERCISE 19 EXERCISE 20
A SEAT FOR THE OLD WOMAN NOT TRUE
The bus was full of people. “Stop sweeping the floor at night,” Ana said.
When it stopped, an old woman got on. “Why?” asked Lisa.
There was no more seat. “If we do, we will not get rich.
Lino stood up. You will sweep our money away.”
He offered his seat to the old woman. “That is not true,” said Lisa.
1. Draw a bus. 1. Who thinks it is not good to sweep at night?
Write her name.

2. Who got on the bus when it stopped? Copy the

letter of the correct answer. 2. Will money go away if you sweep at night?
a. A girl Answer with Yes or No.
b. An old woman
c. An old man

3. Copy the title of the story.

3. Who gave his seat to the old woman? Copy his
name.
 EXERCISE 21 EXERCISE 22
OUR NEW CLASSMATE STARFISH
Luisa is our new classmate. “Look what I got here, Dad,” said Kiko. “It’s alive! It’s
moving.”
It is her first day in class.
“That’s a starfish. Starfish are star-shaped, but they
At first, Luisa was not happy.
are not fish.
She had no friends in our class.
They cannot swim but they are very good at crawling.
After a few days, Luisa has many friends.
The starfish don’t have any eyes.
She is happy in our class, now.
Instead, they have eyespots at the tips of their arms.”
1. Who is our new classmate? Write her name.
1. What is the shape of a starfish? Draw its
shape.

2. Was Luisa happy at first? Answer with Yes or

No.
2. Do starfish have eyes? Answer with Yes or No.

3. How do starfish move? Copy the letter of your

3. Write the letter of the sentence that is not true: answer.
a. She is happy now. a. Swim
b. She is not happy now. b. Leap
c. Luisa has many friends now. c. Crawl
 EXERCISE 23 EXERCISE 24
CLEAN HABITS OUR FRIENDS
We should always be clean. Birds are beautiful.
We should keep our body clean. They have many colors.
We should wear clean clothes. Some birds are blue.
We should have clean health habits. Many are brown and others are green.
People like clean children. They sing for us.
1. Copy the name of the story. They eat the worms that kill our plants.
Birds are our friends.
1. Who are our friends? Draw one of them.
2. Should you only be clean in body? Answer with
Yes or No.

2. Copy the three colors of birds.

3. Who do people like? Copy the letter of the

3. Which of these do birds eat? Copy the word.
correct answer.
a. Friends
a. Big children
b. Plants
b. Clean children
c. Worms
c. Little children
EXERCISE 25
 COME AND BUY TAKING GOOD CARE OF PUR EYES
“Cakes! Rice cakes! Come and buy rice cakes!” Bella We need good eyes.
called out. “I have big rice cakes, I have small rice
We should not use our fingers to clean our eyes.
cakes! Come and buy!” “May I see your rice cakes,
little girl?” a man said. “Which one will you buy?” “I We should wipe our eyes with cloth.
will buy the big one,” answered the man. The cloth should be clean and soft.
1. Copy the word that tells what Bella is selling. We should take good care of our eyes.
1. Copy the words that tell what the story is about.
a. Care of the hands
b. Care of the teeth
c. Care of the eyes
2. Write name of the girl in the story. 2. Copy the sentence that is true.
a. We need pretty eyes.
b. We need good eyes.
c. We need pretty clothes.
3. Which word tells what we should use to wipe
our eyes? Copy the letter of the word.
a. Hands
3. Answer with Yes or No. Did the man buy the b. Handkerchief
small rice cake? c. Paper

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 EXERCISE 27 EXERCISE 28
DENNIS GARDEN BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL
Dennis has a garden. These are the things to do before going to school:
He plants vegetables in his garden. Take a bath.
He waters his vegetables every day. Comb your hair.
He kills the worms that eat the plants. Eat breakfast.
His vegetable plants are very healthy. Brush your teeth.
Write one word only to answer each question. Put on clean clothes.
1. Who has a garden? Clean your shoes before putting them on.
See if you have all the things you need in your bag.
1. Draw the things you use for your hair.
2. What did he plant in his garden?
2. Draw what you use to clean your teeth.

3. What kind of clothes should you wear? Copy

the word.
3. What does he do with plants every day?
a. Dirty
b. Clean
c. Torn
 EXERCISE 29 EXERCISE 30
PLAYING WITH WORDS A HAPPY FAMILY
Read the words in the boxes. We live in a little town.
FRUITS TOYS ANIMALS My Father works on a farm.
My Mother keeps house for us.
Now, copy each word below the correct box. I help my Mother keep house.
Mango Drum Atis I help take care of my little sister.
Goat Chico Doll
Pig Cart Cat We are a happy family.
1. Does the family live in the city? Answer with
Example: Fruits Yes or No.
Mango
2. Who works on a farm? Copy the answer.
Mother Father Baby

3. Write True or False.

A. The family is happy.
B. Mother keeps house.
C. The girl has no sister.
 EXERCISE 31 EXERCISE 32
PLANTS THE FLOOD
Plants are like people. It rained for many days.
They need food, water and air to live. The rivers overflowed.
They need good soil. The streets were flooded.
They need sunshine. Soon, many of the houses were under water.
1. Copy the word that tells which are like people. Many plants and animals died.
Air water plants Many people lost their houses.
Many people had nothing to eat.
2. Draw a circle around the word you copied in 1. Copy the name of the story.
number 1. 2. Copy the group of words that tells why the
streets were flooded.
a. It rained.
3. Copy all the words that tell what plants need.
b. The sun shone.
A. Water
c. Many plants died.
B. Air
3. Copy the group of words that tells what
C. Dresses
happened to the plants and animals.
D. Sunshine
a. They lived.
E. Toys
b. They died.
F. Food
c. They got lost.
 EXERCISE 33 JOSE RIZAL’S RABBIT
ON THE FARM Jose had some rabbits.
Mang Ambo and his family live on a farm. He had white and gray rabbits.
They always have fresh milk in the morning. He gave them grass and leaves to eat.
They have fresh vegetables and fish for lunch. He played with his rabbits.
They have fresh fruits, too. Jose loves his rabbits.
It is nice to live on the farm. The rabbits loved Jose, too.
1. Copy the name of the man. 1. What were Jose’s pets? Copy the word.
Chickens rabbits puppies

2. Write the color of Jose’s pets.

2. Copy the word that tells where he lives.
3. Copy the words that tell what Jose gave his
rabbits.
Rice and fruits
Grass and leaves
3. Copy the letter of the correct sentence. Rice and milk
a. It is sad to live on the farm.
b. It is nice to live on the farm.
c. It is hot on the farm.

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 EXERCISE 35 EXERCISE 36
A LETTER FROM THE FARM ANDRES BONIFACIO
August 13, 2004 Andres Bonifacio was a good boy.
Dear Nori, He was young when his parents died.
Can you come to the farm? Come and see our He sold canes and fans to feed his small brothers
new calf. It is white and brown. It is always with his and sisters.
mother. How nice it looks!
When he grew up, he fought for our country.
Please write me a letter.
He loved our country very much.
Your cousin,
1. Write the first name of Bonifacio in capital
Norma letters.
Write the answer to each question.
1. Who wrote the letter? 2. Copy the words that tell what Bonifacio sold.

2. When did she write the letter? 3. Why did Bonifacio sell canes and fans? Copy
the letter of the correct answer.
a. To have money for his clothes.
3. What is her cousin’s name? b. To feed his brothers and sisters.
c. To have money to go to the movies.
 EXERCISE 37 EXERCISE 38
RESPECT OUR FLAG THE STARS
We should respect our flag. I see the stars.
We should stand when the flag is being raised. They twinkle at night.
We should stand when we hear the National Anthem. I feel crying
We should sing the song, too. When I do not see their light.
We should face the flag when we sing the National 1. Copy the word that tells what twinkle at night.
Anthem.
1. Which words tell what the selection is about? Copy the
letter of your answer. 2. Copy the word that tells how the child feels
a. Singing and standing when she doesn’t see their light.
b. Respect for the flag Happy sad angry
c. The National Anthem
2. What should we do as the flag is being raised? Copy
the words that tell what we should do as the flag is
3. Draw the sky with some stars.
being raised.
a. Sit quietly
b. Stand straight
c. Stand and talk
3. Which sentence is true? Copy the letter of your answer.
a. We should respect our flag.
b. We should buy our flag.
c. We should make our own flag.
 EXERCISE 39
A NICE LITTLE BOY EXERCISE 40
Lito is a good little boy. SAVING ON LIGHT AND WATER
He is never late in school. We need water.
He goes to bed early. We can save water.
He gets up early, too. We should turn off the faucet when not in use.
Lito is neat and clean. We need light, too.
He is polite and kind, too. We can save light.
Parents and teachers love him. We should turn off the light when not in use.
1. Which word tells about the boy? Copy the 1. Can you help save light and water? Answer
word. with Yes or No.
Pretty good big
2. Copy the group of words that tell why Lito is
loved.
a. He is polite and kind. 2. Copy the words that tell what to do with the
b. He is noisy and bad. faucet after using it.
c. He is lazy and dirty.
3. Copy the word that tells when Lito goes to bed.
Late early neat 3. Answer with Yes or No. Is it good to save light
and water?