Activity in Writing
Activity # 1
Instruction: Copy these sentences. Add commas where necessary.
1. No I don’t think the library is open on Sunday.
2. After circling the airport for an hour we finally landed.
3. Although the game was postponed until Friday we had practice every morning.
4. Yes I have finished the dishes.
5. Mrs. Cassini to tell the truth was quite pleased with our panel discussion.
6. Since the Clubs lost their last ten games they will not be in the play-offs.
7. No the mail has not been delivered.
8. Even though we arrived early we still didn’t get good seats for the basketball game.
9. After we went on the hayride we had a played barbeque and played volleyball.
10. Yes the garage has been cleaned out.
Answer Key:
1. No, I don’t think the library is open on Sunday.
2. After circling the airport for an hour, we finally landed.
3. Although the game was postponed until Friday, we had practice every morning.
4. Yes, I have finished the dishes.
5. Mrs. Cassini, to tell the truth, was quite pleased with our panel discussion.
6. Since the Clubs lost their last ten games, they will not be in the play-offs.
7. No, the mail has not been delivered.
8. Even though we arrived early, we still didn’t get good seats for the basketball game.
9. After we went on the hayride, we had a played barbeque and played volleyball.
10. Yes, the garage has been cleaned out.
Activity # 2
Instruction: Using the words below, write a one (1) meaningful paragraph with 5 to 10 sentences. You can use or add other words to make your paragraph creative. But make sure that the words I provided is included in your paragraph.
grass sunshine wind rain
sun rainbow butterfly
thunder flower fogs
Activity # 3
Instruction: Write definitions for the italicized words in the following sentences. Use context clues alone to write your definitions. Check your definitions in a dictionary.
1. Anna, unlike most ailurophobes, can at least stand to be in the same room with a cat.
2. Like other marsupials, a kangaroo carries its young in a pouch.
3. The museum has many examples of early bicycles, such as the ordinary and the high wheeler.
4. Laura spends her time reading about griffins, unicorn and other imaginary beasts.
5. Some people think Paul is irrational, but he has always seemed reasonable to me.
6. I was anxious, but everyone else seemed calm and relaxed.
7. Pull the taffy until it is elastic as a rubber band.
8. Most of us agreed. However, Cheryl dissented.
9. When you hit the bar, it will make a plangent sound like a bell.
10. Stalactites hung from the roof of the cave like icicles.
Answer Key:
1. Ailurophobes - a person who has a phobia or afraid on a cat
2. Marsupials - a common name for a group of mammals typically distinguished by a pouch in the female, called a marsupial, where offspring are carried.
3. Ordinary - common in everyday living
High wheeler - unusual or developed bicycle
4. Griffins - a monster with the head and wings of an eagle and the body and tail of a lion
Unicorns - a mythical animal usually depicted as a white horse with a single straight spiraled horn growing from its forehead.
5. Irrational - unable to think clearly
6. Anxious - feeling nervous
7. Elastic - flexible
8. Dissented - disagree
9. Plangent - mournful sound
10. Stalactites – conical pillar hanging in cave
Activity # 4
Instruction: Following is a list of synonyms for said that might be used in sentences 1 through 10. Choose the word that best fits each sentence.
whispered chanted screamed
called cried growled
announced muttered
explained declared
1. “I am the best violinist in the class,”____________ Mark.
2. “Don’t look now, but someone’s watching us,” __________ Nancy.
3. “There will be a quiz on Friday,” _________ Mr. Hunt.
4. “Wait! You forgot your notebook, hat, and pencil,” ________ Madeline.
5. “I can’t make this problem work out,”________ Sam.
6. “You have to multiply, not divide,”_________ Mr. Crandall.
7. “Stay in line. Stay in line. Stay in line,”_________ Ms. Donovan.
8. “You always get more than I do,” _________ Lucy.
9. “If I get any trouble from you, you’ll get plenty of trouble from me,”_________ Rafferty.
10. “A giant clam has me by the foot,”_________ Louise.
Answer Key:
1. declared
2. whispered
3. announced
4. called
5. cried
6. explained
7. chanted
8. muttered
9. growled
10. screamed
Activity # 5
Test 1.Instruction: Join the related parts in each pair of sentences by following the directions in parentheses. Eliminate the italicized words.
1. Lisa worried. John worried. (Join related parts with and.)
2. The dog may have eaten the steak. The dog may have buried it. (Join related parts with or.)
3. The conductor was busy. He was friendly, though. (Join related parts with but.)
4. The ball rolled around the rim once. It fell through the net. (Join related parts with and.)
5. Sherry lost the letter I sent her. Sherry lost the map I sent her. (Join related parts with and.)
Test 2.Instruction: Combine each pair of sentences by adding the important word. Follow the directions given. Eliminate the italicized words.
1. Luis backed away from the snake. The snake hissed. (End the important word with -ing.)
2. I cleaned the shelves. They were covered with dust. (End the important word with -y.)
3. We arrange the turkey on a platter. The turkey was in slices. (End the important word with –ed.)
4. Alec whistled to tell us that he’d spotted the hawk. His whistling was soft. (End the important word with –ly.)
5. The cat stalked the chipmunk. The cat’s movements were slow. (End the important word with –ly.)
Answer Key:
Test1.
1. Lisa and John worried.
2. The dog may have eaten the steak and buried it.
3. The conductor was busy but friendly.
4. The ball rolled around the rim once and fell through the net.
5. Sherry lost the letter and map I sent her.
Test2.
1. Luis backed away from the hissing snake.
2. I cleaned the dusty shelves.
3. We arranged the sliced turkey on a platter.
4. Alec softly whistled to tell us that he’d spotted the hawk.
5. The cat slowly stalked the chipmunks.
Activities under Speaking Skill
Activity #1
Instruction: Read the dialogue given by the teacher orally.
Happiness at Last
Shoe: Shoe, Shoe, only one shoe, shoe, shoe . . .
Sandal: Hey, shoe, where are you going?
Shoe: I’m running away from my other half.
Sandal: Oh! Good! I’m trying to escape from my partner as well.
Shoe: Why do you want to get rid from your partner?
Sandal: I’m sick of seeing and being with someone who is identical to me. It can be extremely boring.
Shoe: Then, I’m just who you’re looking for. I’m handsome and exciting, and on top of it all, I’m intelligent as well.
Sandal: I can see that you’ve got class. Let’s go and find a person who’ll use us together.
Shoe: I’m sure we can find at least one person as intelligent and as exciting as we are to try us together.
Sandal: Look, there’s someone who seems to be interested in us.
Shoe: Oh good. He doesn’t have anything on his feet and he’s going to try us.
Sandal: Oh, that feels good! Now we belong to a person who is
Shoe: as intelligent and as exciting as we are.
-Rhadeeja
-Maussoma
Hermosa, 1991
Activity#2
News casting:
Instruction:
The teacher will group his/her students into 4 groups. Each group must have 5 members. The students will choose a leader and he/she will assign each member for the news casting. Each member must find a current event or news, one for the headlines, sports, entertainment, and so on.
Criteria:
Thoroughness/ Delivery 20%
Mastery 20%
Variation of Voice 10%
_________
50%
Activity#3
Role Playing for an Interview
Instruction: Assume you are President Benigno Aquino III and your partner is the interviewer. Think of how you will answer the interview. Your partner will prepare 10 questions and you will practice it together. Your teacher will call on several pairs to present a “live” interview in front of the whole class.
Activity#4
Instruction: Read orally the following words with correct stressing and pronunciation.
vase reveal hat
chaos case leaf
rigid permit eligible
magazine abaca correspond
indiscreet talented habitual
Activity#5
Diphthongs or double vowel sound pratice test
/ІƏ/ /еə/ /əʊ/ /ᴐɪ/
/еɪ/ /aɪ/ /ʊə/ /aʊ/
1. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the word DAY. /d ____ /ə
2. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the word EAR. /______r/
3. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the word BOY. /b____ /
4. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the word BUY. /b ____/
5. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the word HOUSE. /h ____ s/
6. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the word COLD. /k _____d /
7. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the word TOUR. / t _____ /
8. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the word HAIR. /h ____ r /
Listening Activities
Activity#1
Instruction: The teacher will read the words orally. Then, the students will choose the words with a different vowel sound in the set of words provided and they are going to write it on ¼ sheet of paper.
1. a. grieve b. seizure c. pleasant d. beaver
2. a. legend b. beach c. arena d. selective
3. a. scent b. steady c. error d. pleasant
4. a. ravine b. thief c. niche d. leisure
5. a. bread b. believe c. dredge d. senate
6. a. mean b. cheese c. delta d. feast
7. a. bed b. sled c. dead d. grease
8. a. fetus b. leopard c. weapon d. heaven
9. a. believe b. excellent c. lecture d. precious
10. a. engine b. tease c. secret d.leach
Answer Key:
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. c
5. b
6. c
7. d
8. a
9. a
10. a
Activity#2
Spelling
Instruction: The teacher will read the word twice. The students will spell out the words in a ¼ sheet of paper.
1. seizure
2. niche
3. dredge
4. excellent
5. leopard
6. eligible
7. disparity
8. congenital
9. dialysis
10. immaculate
Activity#3
Instruction: The students will listen in a song entitled “Leaving on a Jet Plane” ,then they are going to fill in the missing lyrics of the song.
Leaving On A Jet Plane lyrics
All my _____ are packed,
I'm ready to go,
I'm _______ here,
Outside your door,
I hate to wake you up to say Good Bye.
But the ______ is breakin', It's early morn`,
The taxi's waiting, blowin' his horn.
Already I'm so _______ I could die.
So_____ me and smile for me,
Tell me that you _____ for me,
Hold me, like you never let me go.
Cause I'm _______ on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh Babe I _____to go.
So _____ times, I let you down,
So many times, I played around,
but I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll ______ of you,
Every ____I sing, I sing for you.
When I come back, I'll bring your _____ ring.
Refrain
Now the ______ has come to leave you,
One more time, let me _____ you,
Close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
Think about the days to come,
When I won't have you______ alone,
About the day, when I won't have to say,
All my _____ are packed,
I'm ready to go,
I'm _______ here,
Outside your door,
I hate to wake you up to say Good Bye.
But the ______ is breakin', It's early morn`,
The taxi's waiting, blowin' his horn.
Already I'm so _______ I could die.
So_____ me and smile for me,
Tell me that you _____ for me,
Hold me, like you never let me go.
Cause I'm _______ on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh Babe I _____to go.
So _____ times, I let you down,
So many times, I played around,
but I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll ______ of you,
Every ____I sing, I sing for you.
When I come back, I'll bring your _____ ring.
Refrain
Now the ______ has come to leave you,
One more time, let me _____ you,
Close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
Think about the days to come,
When I won't have you______ alone,
About the day, when I won't have to say,
Answer Key:
Leaving On A Jet Plane lyrics
All my bags are packed,
I'm ready to go,
I'm standing here,
Outside your door,
I hate to wake you up to say Good Bye.
But the dawn is breakin', It's early morn`,
The taxi's waiting, blowin' his horn.
Already I'm so lonesome I could die.
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you wait for me,
Hold me, like you never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh Babe I hate to go.
So many times, I let you down,
So many times, I played around,
but I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll think of you,
Every song I sing, I sing for you.
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring.
Refrain
Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time, let me kiss you,
Close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
Think about the days to come,
When I won't have you leave alone,
About the day, when I won't have to say,
All my bags are packed,
I'm ready to go,
I'm standing here,
Outside your door,
I hate to wake you up to say Good Bye.
But the dawn is breakin', It's early morn`,
The taxi's waiting, blowin' his horn.
Already I'm so lonesome I could die.
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you wait for me,
Hold me, like you never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh Babe I hate to go.
So many times, I let you down,
So many times, I played around,
but I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll think of you,
Every song I sing, I sing for you.
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring.
Refrain
Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time, let me kiss you,
Close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
Think about the days to come,
When I won't have you leave alone,
About the day, when I won't have to say,
Activity #4
Instruction: The teacher will be playing 10 different sounds. Then, his/her students will identify what sound it is.
1. whisper
2. twit of birds
3. rushing of water
4. drag of a chair
5. a girl singing s song
6. a cry of a baby
7. horn of a vehicles
8. a sound of a typewriter
9. soldiers halt
10. ticktack of a clock
Activity#5
Instruction: The teacher will give his/her students 5 minutes to write all the sounds that they hear from the environment. They can choose any place where they can concentrate. Then, they are going to present it in front of the class.
Reading Activities
Activity#1
Instruction: Rearrange the sentences below to make a meaningful paragraph. Use numbers 1-8 to indicate the sequence of a story.
The Tortoise and the Hare
1) On a certain day they met for the race. 2) Finally he passed the sleeping hare and won the race. 3) One day a tortoise and a hare began to argue about which of them the faster was. 4) The tortoise knew that he would have to work hard to win. 5) They agreed to have a race to decide the question. 6) The hare was so confident that he would win that he didn’t make muck effort. 7) He kept going as best he could and didn’t stop at all. 8) He lay down by the side of the road and went to sleep.
1st paragraph ____
2nd paragraph ____
3rd paragraph ____
4th paragraph ____
5th paragraph ____
6th paragraph ____
7th paragraph ____
8th paragraph ____
Questions:
1. While not directly stated, it can be reasoned from the article that:
a. the tortoise use his brain
b. the hare was sleeping
c. the hare was so confident
2. What was the given moral in this selection?
Answer Key:
a. 3
b. 5
c. 1
d. 6
e. 8
f. 4
g. 7
h. 2
i. C
j. Don’t be so confident of what you are and what you have. Be humble.
Activity#2
Word Building:
Direction: Get the meaning of the underlined word through context clues. Write the correct letter only.
1. The Black Death was a plague that swept out of Asia. Thousands of people died because of it.
a. shortage b. epidemic c. war
2. The use of soap is an important factor in bringing the dreadful plague under control. Because of the people’s fear of the epidemic, they didn’t hesitate to use soap daily.
a. Important b. useless c. fearful
3. Soap is important in the fields of sanitations and hygiene. Thus gives man a healthy personality.
a. healthy b. body c. personality
4. Soap is one of the most valuable things man needs in his daily lives. It is used not only at home but everywhere.
a. useful b. important c. expensive
5. The Black Death was plague that swept through Europe. It came like a typhoon attacking everywhere.
a. stay b. stop c. spread out
6. Rats have threatened man’s life, rat-born diseases having killed many people.
a. saved b. endangered c. cured
7. A few species have tried to link their destinies with men.
a. avoid b. relate c. abide
8. The brown rats can squeeze through small holes.
a. pass b. jump c. walk
9. It is a continuing health menace because it spreads diseases.
a. hazard b. help c. drug
10. Nature has endowed it with special characteristics.
a. avoided b. refused c. provided
Answer Key:
1. b 6. b
2. b 7. c
3. a 8. b
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. c
Activity#3
Direction: Read the selection carefully. Then answer the question that follows.
1.)A certain farmer had several sons. 2.) He wanted them to become good farmers. 3.) When the father was dying, he called his sons and said, “Boys I am about to leave you. 4.) I have hidden my wealth in the vineyard. 5.) Search for it. 6.) It is all I have ti give you.” 7.) His thought that their father had buried a treasure in the vineyard. 8.) When the father was dead, they dug in the vineyard, taking for the treasure until they had dug everywhere. 9.) They didn’t find hidden money, but they had cultivated the vines so well that they had fine crops of grapes. 10.) The best treasure is what we get from hard work.
Questions:
1. From the selection, a certain farmer told about the:
a. hidden wealth in the vineyard c. the father was dead
b. a fine crop of grapes
2. While not directly stated, it can be reasoned from the article that:
a. the boys were lazy c. the hidden wealth was in the vines
b. the dying father left a large legacy
3. The article as a whole is about:
a. father and son c. hidden treasure
b. industrious men
Vocabulary:
Direction: Find the words in the selection that best fits each meaning below. Write the word.
4. A place where vines grow (4) _____________.
5. To loosen the soil (9) ______________.
6. He in the sentence (2) refers to _____________.
7. They refer to in the sentence (9) ____________.
Direction: Arrange the following words in their alphabetical order answering only in letters.
_____ 8. a. farmer _____ 9. a. Vines _____10.a.search
b. certain b. have b. look
c. treasure c. hidden c. grapes
Answer Key: Activity # 5.
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. vineyard
5. cultivated
6. farmer, father
7. sons
8. b ,a ,c
9. b ,c ,a
10.c ,b, a
Activity # 4
Read the paragraph carefully and be able to answer the questions that follow.
Green Plants
A plant is a living thing. An animal, too, is a living thing. Plants and animals have traits in common. But they also differ in some ways.
One thing that sets a plant apart is its ability to make food. Green plants- and only green plants are the food makers among living things. Green plants use light, chlorophyll, water, and carbon dioxide to make sugar. This process is photosynthesis.
The Thallophytes are simplest plants. They include algae, fungi, and lichens. The most common fungi are bacteria. There are thousands of different kinds of bacteria.
There are four main groups of plants. These groups are the Thallophytes, Bryophytes, the Pteridophytes and the Spermatophytes.
Among the bryophytes are the masses and the liverworts. The Pteridophytes are ferns, horsetail, and club mosses. There were among the earliest plants on earth.
Spermatophytes are the familiar plants we see around. Among them are trees, vegetables, and shrubs and garden flowers. The angiosperms have flowers and bear covered seeds. The Gymnosperms are evergreens. The seed are found in cones.
Comprehension Questions
1. This selection as a whole tells about
a. living things b. plants c. plants and animals
2. Animals have traits like those of the plants.
a. true b.false c. does not say
3.- 6. Mention four things that plants use in making sugar.
7. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
a. food of plants b. main groups of plants c. kinds of bacteria
8. The word they in the fourth line of the first paragraph refer to:
a. plants b. plants and animals c. traits
9. What word in paragraph 2 tells us about the process of making sugar as food for the plants?
a. food makers b. photosynthesis c. carbon-dioxide
10. Paragraph 4 in the passage is about.
a. the simplest form of plants b. the evergreen around us c. the earliest plant on earth
Answer Key:
1. A
2. A
3. light
4. chlorophyll
5. water
6. carbon dioxide
7. c
8. b
9. b
10. b
Activity #5
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could,
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as jus as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way lead on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sign.
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I –
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Guide Questions:
1. Describe the scene in the poem.
2. Which of the two roads did the author take? Why?
3. What does the poet mean by the last line?
4. What is the symbolic significance of the two roads? Explain.
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