Developing Reading Power I.doc

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Exercise

1. Who is talking?

a. Mother b. Luz c. a boy

2. What dos she do with her face?

a. She washes it.

b. She combs it.

c. She cuts it.

3. What does she with her nails?

a. She cleans them.

b. She trims them.

c. She washes them.

. What does she do with her hair?

a. She cleans it.

b. She combs it.

c. She washes it.

!. What does she say?

a. " # am clean and $retty.%

b. " # am big and strong.% c. " # am strong and healthy.%

Exercise

CLEANING YOURSELF

Luz said&" # am clean and $retty.

# wash my face.

# $ut on a clean dress.# trim my nails.# comb my hair.

Look at me.'m # not $retty?

FLOWERS

(he sam$aguita is a )ower.#t is white.

#t smells sweet. (he gumamela is a )ower& too.

#t is red.#t does not smell sweet.


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1. What is the sam$aguita?a. a )owerb. a colorc. a fruit

2. Which is white?

a. sam$aguitab. gumamelac. yellow bell

3. Which )ower does not smell sweet?a. camiab. sam$aguitac. gumamela

. Which is red?a. camiab. gumamelac. sam$aguita

!. Which )ower smells sweet?a. sam$aguitab. gumamelac. yellow bell

Exercise

OUR SCHOOL

*ur school is big.#t is beautiful.

We ha+e a )ag in our school.We ha+e a garden in our school& too.

*ur school is clean.We lo+e our school.


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1. What does the story tell about?a. houseb. schoolc. garden

2. Which word tells about our school?a. smallb. dirty

c. beautiful

3. Which word does not tell about our school? a. clean b. dirty c. big

. What does our school ha+e? a. )ag

b. house c. store

!. What else has our school?a. gardenb. )owersc. grass

ExerciseON THE FARM

Mila and ,en went to +isit their Lolo andLola.

Lolo and Lola li+e on a farm. (hey saw many things on the farm.

(hey saw a brook on the farm.

(here were many -shes in the brook.


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1. Who went to see Lolo and Lola?

a. Mother and ,enb. ather and Milac. Mila and ,en

2. Where do Lolo and Lola li+e?a. on a farmb. in a cityc. in a barrio

3. What did the children see on the farm?

a. many housesb. many animalsc. many things

. What was on the farm?a. a ri+erb. a brookc. a banca

!. What did they see in the brook?a. )owersb. birdsc. -sh

Exercise 10

GUESS

"/uess who am #?% said (ito." # teach children.

# teach them to read and write.# teach them to be good.

# teach them how to be $olite and hel$ful.%


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1. Who is talking in the story?a. a teacherb. a motherc. a sister

2. Who $layed "#t%?a. (itob. a girlc. a teacher

3. What does a teacher teach in school?a. 0um$ and runb. slee$ and $layc. read and write

. What else does she teach in school?a. how to eatb. how to cross the streetc. how to be good

!. What else does she teach the children?a. to watch (b. to be $olite and hel$ful

c. to go home

Exercise 9

,S 45#L6789

#t was Saturday."Let us clean the house&% said /loria

"# will clean the yard&% said 9ilo."# will $ull the grass.# will swee$ the yard.

# will burn the dry lea+es.# will water the $lants&% said Lina.


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1. What day was it?a. Mondayb. Saturdayc. riday

2. Who will clean the house?a. 9ilob. Motherc. /loria

3. What will 9ilo do?a. 5e will clean the garden.b. 5e will hel$ clean the house.c. 5e will clean the yard.

. Who will water the $lants?a. Linab. 9iloc. /loria

!. What kind of children are they?a. kindb. $olite

c. hel$ful

Exercise 8

1. Who will not go to school?

THE RAIN

#t is raining.

"#t is raining hard&% said Lani."(he rain is falling on the houses. (he rain is falling on the trees. (here is water on the streets.%

"# will not go to school today&% said (ita."# will catch cold.%


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a. (itab. Lanic. a girl

2. Why will she not go to school?a. #t is cold.b. #t is raining.c. #t is warm.

3. What -lled the streets with water?a. rainb. cloudsc. wind

. Where is the rain falling?a. on houses and trees

b. in the classroomc. in the garden

!. Why will (ita not go to school?a. She may catch cold.b. She has no umbrella.c. She will $lay.

Exercise 7

1. Who asked the boys to )y kites?

a. 4elob. 4elso

FLYING KITES

"Let us )y our kites&% said 4elo."#t is good to )y kites now.

(he wind will hel$ us )y our kites.% (he boys made their kites )y.

(hey had blue kites& red kites& green kites& andyellow kites. (heir kites went u$& u$ in the sky.

(hey looked like birds u$ in the sky.


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c. 4enon

2. What hel$ed them )y the kites?a. windb. rainc. clouds

3. What are the colors of the kites?a. white& black& orangeb. green& white& yellowc. blue& red& green& yellow

. Where did the kites )y?a. u$ in the skyb. u$ on the treesc. u$ on the houses

!. What did the kites look like?a. birdsb. cloudsc. shee$s

Exercise 6

1. Who is the boy in the story?

a. (itob. ,ertoc. Lito

2. Which one tells about him?a. 5e is big and strong.

HOW TO E IG AN! STRONG

,erto is big and strong.5e eats a good breakfast before he goes to

school.5e drinks milk.

5e eats +egetables& too.5e $lays in the yard.

(hese things hel$ ,erto become big and strong.


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b. 5e is small and thin.c. 5e is lazy.

3. What does ,erto eat before he goes to school?a. a good dinnerb. a good breakfastc. a good su$$er

. What other things make ,erto big and strong?a. milk and +egetablesb. co:ee and candyc. milk and co:ee

!. Where does ,erto $lay?a. in the houseb. in the yard

c. in the sun

Exercise "

1. What did the children make?

a. boatsb. ballsc. kites

2. What did the children use?a. $a$erb. woodc. sticks

#A#ER OATS

"Let;s make $a$er boats&% said 9ardo."# want to make $a$er boat& too&% said 4elso."es& let;s make a $a$er boat said


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3. What is the color of


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b. bird;s talkc. bird;s call

. What do birds do for us?a. (hey make us sad.b. (hey make us ha$$y.c. (hey make us angry.

!. 5ow do birds hel$ us?a. (hey eat sweet fruits.b. (hey eat harmful insects.c. (hey eat green $lants.

Exercise %

1. Who saw the fruits of the beans and $atola?

a. Leon b. ather c. Mother

2. What will they do with the fruits?

a. (hey will eat all of them.

b. (hey will sell some and eat some.c. (hey will gi+e them away.

3. What will Mother do with some of the fruits?

a. gi+e them away

b. cook them

c. throw them away

&EGETALES

"Look& father&% shouted Leon."*ur beans ha+e fruits.

*ur $atola $lants ha+e fruits& too.%"Let;s $ick some of them&% ather said.

"We shall sell them in the market.

Mother will cook some& too.


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. What does father want to do?

a. 5e wants to water the +egetables.

b. 5e wants to $ick some.

c. 5e wants to eat the +egetables.

!. Where will ather take the +egetables?

a. to the storeb. to the kitchen

c. to the market

Exercise '

1. What did 4ora want to buy?

a. book b. a bag c. a $encil

2. Where would she buy a $encil? a. at 5eng;s store b. at the market c. at 'ling Maria;s store

3. Who wanted to buy at 'ling Maria;s store?

a. 4ora b. 6elia c. the children

. Where should we buy things? a. from 4hinese stores

HEL#ING OUR COUNTRYMEN

"Let;S go to 5eng;s store&% said 4ora.

"# will buy a $encil.%

"5eng is a 4hinese. 'ling Maria is a ili$ino.

We should buy from ili$ino stores.

We should hel$ ili$ino sellers.% 6elia said.


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b. from ili$ino stores c. from any store

!. Whom should we hel$? a. 4hinese sellers b. ili$ino sellers c. old sellers

Exercise 1

1. What did (ito see?a. a hen;s nestb. a bird;s nestc. a duck;s nest

2. 5ow many little birds were there?

a. four b. three c. two

3. What did (ito want to do? a. take the birds home b. sell the birds c. cook the birds

. Who did not want (ito to take the bird;s home?

a. Mother b. brother c. ,elen

E KIN!

(ito and ,elen were going home.

(ito saw a nest.

"#t has three little birds.

# will take them home.%

"9o& (ito&% said ,elen.

Mother bird will look for her little birds.

6on;t take them away.%


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!. Who would look for the little birds? a. the mother bird

b. (ito;s motherc. (ito;s sister

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