Review

What is the sound device

that we studied yesterday?
Give an example of
personification and use it in
a sentence.
Motivation
Write in the blank the word represented by its illustration
to form an idiom.

1.__________ of
roses

2. Achilles’ _____
 3. bad ___________

__________tears

keep an ________
 Life
Life is not always a bed of roses. One
must work finger to the bones to achieve a
comfortable life. We must be high-spirited in
everything that we do. Because a cheerful
mood can make your day bright. We should
overcome our Achilles’ heel or else we will be
forever a failure. Our weakness can be our
weapon to pursue our dreams.
Instead of being bad egg or unpleasant
person, we must always think positively and
for sure good things will happen.
Group 1 Find Out and Learn
Get the idiomatic
expression from the given
selection and give its
meaning. (hint)The
meaning is already stated in
the selection.
Group 2 Match It
Match the idiomatic expression in
column A with its meaning in column
B.
A B
1.Bed of roses a. weakness
2.High spirit b. comfortable
3.Bad egg c. cheerful
4.Achilles’ heel d. unpleasant
Group # 3 Pick and Separate
Separate the base word from
the attached syllables or affixes
in the following words:
1.Weakness
2.Comfortable
3.Cheerful
4.Unpleasant
What are the idioms mentioned in the
selection? Based from your group activity,
what is the meaning of each idiomatic
expressions?
What is the base word in the word
comfortable? Weakness? cheerful?
What are the added syllables at the end of the
word.
The teacher will discuss suffix.
What is the base word of the word unpleasant?
What is the added syllable before the word.
The teacher will discuss prefixes.
Generalization

What are affixes?

Practice Exercises
1. Sam and Paul had been dating forever, so we knew
that it wouldn’t be long until they tied the knot. (get
married, broke up, patch up)
2. Mike told the students he would share the answers,
and they were all ears. (listening, whispering, laughing)
3. My neighbor purchased a D-Max which cost an arm
and a leg for me. (costly, durable, dependable)
4. Mother told me not to be worry with my problems.
She said that every cloud has a silver lining. (stressed,
optimistic, powerful)
5. Dont cry over spilled milk. Regretting won’t do any
use at all to solve the problems. (useless, minute,
visible)
Evaluation
Infer the meaning of the idiomatic expression using affixes
by choosing the correct answer in the parenthesis,
1.When he refused the job offered to him, He surely miss
the beat in getting another opportunity.
(chanceless, useless, important)
2. I only come in cinema once in a blue moon.
(infrequently, inconsistently, impatiently)
3. I wish he would relax, he got ants in his pants
(impatient, restless, bored)
4.Gary was fantastic. He arrived bright-eyed and bashly
tailed at 7 pm.
(handsome, energetic, powerful)
5. He disappeared in a blink of an eye.
(slowly, quickly, cheerful)
Assignment
Research a short video
presentation about affixes and
idiomatic expressions and then list
down the affixes and idioms found
in the video. Be ready to present
in class.