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2Q - READING I. WORDS WITH MULTIPLE MEANINGS The same word appears in each group of sentences below. Write the number of the sentence before the correct meaning of the underlined word. 1. That television show could bore even a small child! 2. Termites will bore through the rotten wood in our attic if we don’t have it treated soon. 3. The wolf bore her cubs in a small cave. _____ to make a hole _____ to gave birth to _____ to make weary by monotony, dullness 1. Don’t resort to lies to get out of difficult situations. 2. The resort is packed with tourists on the last week of the year. _____ the use of something as a means _____ hotel; place of leisure 1. The opposition will lodge a complaint against GMA. 2. We enjoyed staying in the camping lodge in the middle of the rainforest. 3. Small children should not be allowed to eat hard candy, because it might lodge in their throat. _____ to get stuck _____ to file before authorities _____ inn or place with rooms for rent 1. This is a genuine diamond. 2. When the poor woman donated all the money that she had for the victims of the typhoon, it was a genuine act of charity. _____ sincere, not hypocritical _____ real, authentic DIRECTIONS: Ring the letter of the correct meaning of the underlined word. 1. The rest of the money was donated to the orphanage. a. free from work b. remain quiet and inactive c. something left over 2. It is plain to the students that their first duty is to study. a. flat b. simple in manner c. easily understood 3. Responsible citizens do not post any bill on public walls and buildings. a. mouth of a bird b. paper money c. paper with announcement on it 4. The villagers hear the bells ring at Angelus time. a. a piece of jewelry b. draw a circle c. make a sound with a bell

5. Expert cooks season the food with salt and spices.

2 a. a period of time b. one of the four periods of the year c. make food taste better II. SYLLABICATION (RULES 1-3) Put a √ if the word is correctly syllabicated. Put an X if it is not. _______ 1. ta – dpole _______ 2. grey - hound _______ 3. creame - r _______ 4. tro - ut _______ 5. place Write the letter of the word that is not correctly syllabicated. _______ 1. a. gold – fish

b. peac - ock

c. jog

_______ 2. a. a - ctress

b. shirt

c. build - ing

_______ 3. a. class - mate

b. les – son

c. cam - per

_______ 4. a. car - port

b. go – lf

c. play - er

_______ 5. a. file – s

b. cook – ing

c. band

Syllabicate the following words. Use a hyphen (-) to separate the syllables. Write OS if the word has only one syllable. 1. sheet

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2. altar

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3. playful

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4. summer

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5. armrest

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III. SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS DIRECTIONS: Ring the letter of the synonym of the underlined word/s. 1. The children seemed to thrive in their new school. a. live b. flourish c. like 2. Her politeness made me feel welcome. a. courtesy b. goodness

c. friendliness

3. The principal came to watch our class. a. see b. enjoy

c. observe

4. There is a plan to fix up the historical mansion along Balete Drive. a. restore b. repair c. research 5. The material had a rough feeling to it.

3 a. hard

b. coarse

6. I woke up to a chilly morning Canyon Woods. a. freezing b. cloudy

c. sandy c. cool

7. The 80-year old man reached the summit of Mt. Everest. a. bottom b. peak c. fringe 8. Those gangsters look like they have evil designs for that old lady. a. plans b. decorations c. drawings 9. Do not go out wearing that immodest shirt! a. impure b. unclean

c. indecent

10. Jolo yearned to have his own room one day. a. planned b. wished

c. prayed

DIRECTIONS: Ring the letter of the antonym of the underlined word/s. 1. The aisles between the tiangge stalls in Greenhills are very narrow. a. little b. broad c. thin 2. Put the mixture in the refrigerator so it will harden into jello. a. thicken b. cool c. soften 3. The concert pianist approached the stage with dread. a. confidenceb. happiness c. fright 4. The train often passes in front of our house. a. rarely b. usually

c. never

5. The athlete made a daring attempt to break the record for high jumping. a. sincere b. generous c. timid 6. The proctor sternly warned the students not to cheat during the exams. a. angrily b. timidly c. mildly 7. This has been a very idle week for me. a. long b. busy

c. fast

8. Fino is a close relative. a. distant

c. cool

b. strange

9. There is a very limited supply of water for the people of Ethiopia. a. heavy b. infinite c. steady 10. The king wore a simple robe for during his coronation ceremonies. a. generous b. royal c. magnificent

IV. TABLES AND CHARTS

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An international agency on quality living ranked three cities in Metro Manila according to population, crime level, cleanliness and revenue. The following are the results of the agency’s research. 90 80 70 60 Marikina

50 40 30 20 10 0

QC Manila

Pop

CrimeL

Clean

Revenue

DIRECTIONS. Study the following chart. Put a √ in Column 1 if the statement in Column 2 is true based on the chart. Put an X if it is not true. Col. 1

Column 2 1. Manila ranked almost the same for Crime Level and Cleanliness and Revenue. 2. As the population increased, the Crime Level also increased. 3. Of the three cities, Manila seems to be the safest to live in. 4. QC is the richest of the three cities. 5. Marikina scored 90% on Cleanliness. 6. Based on the chart, it seems that Marikina has the highest quality of living among the three cities in the study.

DIRECTIONS. Study the table below on how each city scored on monitors for cleanliness. (100 is the highest score.) Then answer the questions that follow on the space provided before each number. City

Marikina Quezon City Manila

Segregated Waste 95 89 78

Strict Enforcement of Clean Air Act 90 93 82

Regular Schedule for Garbage Collection 93 88 80

Imposes Fines for Littering 94 82 85

_____________ 1. Which city has the highest score for Strict Enforcement of the Clean Air Act? _____________ 2. Which city needs improvement in its over-all cleanliness drive? _____________ 3. In what area does QC need improvement? _____________ 4. Which is cleanest city, based on the table?

5 V. MAIN IDEA / COMPREHENSION DIRECTIONS: Ring the letter of the correct answer. 1. Juan loves to play games. His favorite game is chess because it requires a great deal of thought. Juan also likes to play less demanding board games that are based mostly on luck. He prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If he’s alone, Juan likes to play action video games as long as they aren’t too violent. What is the main idea of this paragraph? a. Juan dislikes violence. b. Juan likes to think. c. Juan enjoys Monopoly. d. Juan enjoys playing games. 2. Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn’t be spending hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet, some of her wild behavior has been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches. We need to spend more time reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV! What is the main idea of this paragraph? a. Watching a lot of television isn’t good for Maria. b. Books are good. c. All cartoons are bad. d. Some cartoons are bad for Maria. 3. Samantha, I can’t eat or sleep when you are gone. I need to hear your scratchy voice and see your lovely toothless smile. I miss that special way that you eat soup with your fingers. Please come home soon! What is the main idea of this paragraph? a. Samantha, you have bad manners. b. Samantha, you should see a dentist. c. Samantha, I miss you. d. Samantha, I have lost my appetite. 4. Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier. Which sentence from the paragraph expresses the main idea? a. Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. b. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind. c. They will look and behave much like real humans. d. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. 5. Plants that live in the rainforest have adapted in amazing ways to several very difficult conditions. This means that the plant has changed something in its "body" or "habits" (the things that it does) to make it easier to survive in difficult conditions. There are several conditions they have had to adapt to. First, the soil of the forest floor is shallow, which means not very deep. Also, the soil of the rainforest is not very fertile, or easy to grow in. Most of the nutrients, or vitamins and minerals, that help plants grow are contained in the living trees of the rainforest, not in the soil. The forest floor and understory do not receive much light, which also makes it difficult for plants to survive

6 there. Next, is the problem of very heavy rains which continue over a large part of the year. Finally, many plants of the rainforest are food for animals that live there. This is not a problem for rainforest animals, but it is one for rainforest plants! The main idea of this article is: a. Plants are food for many of the rainforest animals. b. Plants have adapted to difficult conditions in the rainforest. c. There is not much light in the rainforest, so it is hard for plants to live. d. It is difficult for plants to survive on the forest floor. 6. The word Renaissance means rebirth. This period of history is considered to be a rebirth of learning and a rediscovery of ideas which were lost during the Dark Ages. The Renaissance was a time when man began to question and explore everything. This period of time from about 1300-1600 A.D. was an age of adventure and curiosity. The main idea in this article is a. b. c. d.

Renaissance means rebirth. Ideas and learning were lost during the Dark Ages. During the Renaissance, man began to question and explore everything. Renaissance was an age of adventure and curiosity.

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DIRECTIONS: Read the article and story and answer the questions that follow.

The Boomerang 1 The Aborigines of Australia have developed a fre tools and weapons, including spears, flint knives and the boomerang. The boomerang comes in different shapes and it has many uses. This curved throwing stick is used for hunting, playing, digging, cutting and even making music. 2 You may have seen a boomerang that, when thrown, returns to the thrower. This type of boomerang is sometimes used in duck hunting, but it is most often used as a toy and for sporting contests. It is lightweight – about three –fourths of a pound – and has a big curve in it. However, the boomerang used by the Aborigines for hunting is much heavier and is nearly straight. It does not return to its thrower. 3 Because of its sharp edges, the boomerang makes a good knife for skinning animals. The Aborigines also use them as digging sticks, to sharpen stone blades, to start fires and as swords and clubs in fighting. Boomerangs sometimes are used to make music: two clapped together provide rhythmic background for dances. Some make musical sounds when they are pulled across one another. 4 To throw a boomerang, the thrower grasps it at one end and holds it behind his head. He throws it overhanded, adding a sharp flick of the wrist at the last A.moment. Write theItletter of theinto correct answer on theit blanks provided. is thrown the wind to make come back. A skillful thrower can do many tricks with his boomerang. He can make it spin in several circles, or make a figure eight in the air. He can even make it bounce on the ground several times before it soars into the air and returns.

_______ 1. Par. 1 mainly tells us that ________. A. The Aborigines invented the boomerang. B. The boomerang has many shapes. C. The boomerang has many uses. D. The Aborigines use the boomerang for making music. _______ 2. Which of the following does not describe the boomerang used by the Aborigines? A. It is heavier than the ordinary boomerang. B. It is nearly straight. C. It is used as a toy. D. It does not return to the owner. _______ 3. Why is the boomerang useful to the Aborigines? A. It is used to skin animals. B. It is used as digging sticks and to start fires. C. It is used to make music. D. All of the above. _______ 4. Par. 4 is about ________. A. how to take care of the boomerang. B. how to throw a boomerang. C. the various tricks for throwing boomerangs. D. All of the above.

8 Complete the outline by writing the number of the correct main idea on the blanks. Choose from the list. 1. The boomerang is very useful to the Aborigines. 2. The boomerang is among the tools and weapons developed by the Aborigines. 3. The Aborigines’ boomerang is different from the ordinary boomerang. 4. The boomerang can make music. 5. There are various ways to throw a boomerang. I. ________________ A. The Aborigines developed the boomerang. B. The boomerang comes in different shapes and has many uses. II. ________________ A. The ordinary boomerang, when thrown, returns to the owner. B. The ordinary boomerang is curved, lightweight and is mostly as a toy and for hunting and sporting contests. C. The boomerang of the Aborigines is straight, heavy, does not return to owner. III. ________________ A. Aborigines use the boomerang as a knife. B. Boomerangs are also used as digging sticks, to sharpen stone blades, to start fires, as swords and clubs. C. Sometimes, boomerangs are used to make music. IV. ________________ A. The regular way of throwing a boomerang B. What skillful throwers can do with a boomerang

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The Old Woman Who Became a Woodpecker by Phoebe Cary A Legend of the Northland 1 Afar in the Northland, where the winter days are so short and the nights so long, and where they harness the reindeer to sledges, and where the children look like bear's cubs in their funny, furry clothes, there, long ago, wandered a good Saint on the snowy roads. 2 He came one day to the door of a cottage, and looking in saw a little old woman making cakes, and baking them on the hearth. Now, the good Saint was faint with fasting, and he asked if she would give him one small cake wherewith to stay his hunger. 3 So the little old woman made a VERY SMALL cake and placed it on the hearth - but as it lay baking she looked at it and thought, "That is a big cake, indeed, quite too big for me to give away." 4 Then she kneaded another cake, much smaller, and laid that on the hearth to cook, but when she turned it over it looked larger than the first. So she took a tiny scrap of dough, and rolled it out, and rolled it out, and baked it as thin as a wafer - but when it was done it looked so large that she could not bear to part with it - and she said, "My cakes are much too big to give away," and she put them on the shelf. 5 Then the good Saint grew angry, for he was hungry and faint. "You are too selfish to have a human form," said he. "You are too greedy to deserve food, shelter, and a warm fire. Instead, henceforth, you shall build as the birds do, and get your scanty living by picking up nuts and berries and by boring, boring all the day long, in the bark of trees." 6 Hardly had the good Saint said this when the little old woman went straight up the chimney, and came out at the top changed into a red- headed woodpecker with coalblack feathers. 7 And now every country boy may see her in the woods, where she lives in trees boring, boring, boring for her food.

A. Write the letter of the best answer on the blanks provided. _______ 1. In which country could the story have happened? A. Philippines B. Singapore C. Morocco D. Canada _______ 2. Why did the old woman keep on making new cakes for the Saint? A. She was a perfectionist. B. She wanted to give him a small cake only and they all seemed too big. C. She keeps burning the cakes. D. She was a slow worker.

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_______ 3. The old woman in this story is … A. brooding and reluctant. B. grumpy and short-tempered. C. selfish and greedy. D. impolite and rude. _______ 4. In paragraph 2, what does the phrase “faint with fasting” mean? A. with a very hoarse voice B. very hungry C. very holy D. about to be sick _______ 5. If this story is true, then before this story happened … A. the Saint has been fasting for a long time. B. there were no woodpeckers in the world. C. A and B D. B only. _______ 6. What is the best meaning for the word “scanty” used in paragraph 5? A. poor B. meager C. hard D. pitiful _______ 7. Which of the following events did not happen in the story? A. The Saint punished the old woman for being selfish. B. The old woman was turned into a woodpecker. C. The old woman was too poor to make large cakes for the Saint. D. The old woman to give cakes to the Saint. ESSAY: Do you think becoming a woodpecker was a fit punishment for the old woman? Why or why not? (3 pts) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Pretend that the old woman was baking Gingerbread Biscuits instead of cakes. Arrange the steps in sequence. Write numbers 1-7 on the space before each sentence. _______

When the biscuits are cooked, take them out of the oven and leave to stand until cool.

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Next, add margarine. Mix it well until the mixture looks crumbly.

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Thirdly, add sugar and syrup. Use a spoon to mix together.

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Place the flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, and sugar in a large bowl.

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When they biscuits are cool enough, decorate with frosting and serve.

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Then, place the cut-out shapes on a cookie sheet and bake at 325F for 15 minutes.

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Fourthly, put the mixture on the table and knead until it is smooth and well mixed. With a gingerbread-man-shaped cutter, cut out the gingerbread shapes.