Exercise 6: The Newsboy

At five o’clock in the afternoon, the train arrives in Naga City. The train carries the newspapers from Manila. Alfredo, a grade four pupil, sells newspapers after class in the afternoon. He works for two hours. At seven o’clock ho goes home. He has time to study his lessons.
Alfredo earns six pesos a day. He wants to give his money to Mother. But Mother told him to put his money in his big piggy bank. Alfredo’s parents are not poor. They can give him the money he needs, but Alfredo likes to sell newspapers. He likes to earn money.

1. Where does Alfredo live?
(a) in Manila (b) in Naga City (c) on a farm

2. What time does the train arrive in Naga City?
(a) five o’clock (b) four o’clock (c) six o’clock

3. What carries the newspaper to Naga City?
(a) a truck (b) a car (c) a train in

4. Where do the newspapers come from?
(a) from Pasay City (b) from Cebu City (c) from Manila

5. What does Alfredo do?
(a) sell fruits (b) sells newspapers (c) sells candies

6. How long does Alfredo sell newspapers?
(a) one hour (b) two hours (c) three hours

7. How much does he earn a day?
(a) fifty centavos (b) six pesos (c) two pesos

8. What does he do with the money?
(a) gives it to his mother
(b) buy cakes and candies
(c) keeps it in his piggy bank

9. What kind of a boy is Alfredo?
(a) clean (b) polite (c) industrious

10. Are his parents poor?
(a) yes (b) No (c) The story does not tell

Key words: newspapers earns arrives Postal Savings Bank

Exercise 5: The Banana Peelings

Celso was eating bananas one evening. He threw the peelings out of the window. In the morning, Celso got ready for school. He did not want to be late for school. He walked fast.
“Ouch!” Celso cried as he stepped on some banana peelings. Down he fell. His clothes became dirty. His books dropped.
“Are you hurt?” Mother asked running to him.
“No, Motehr, I’m not hurt,” Celso said as he got up. He looked at the banana peelings.
“Somebody did not use the garbage can,” Mother said.
“I threw these peelings last night, Mother. Next time, I’ll use garbage can,” said Celso.

1. What did Celso eat?
(a) mangoes (b) bananas (c) oranges

2. When did he eat the fruit?
(a) one evening (b) one morning (c) one afternoon

3. Where did he throw the peelings?
(a) into the basket (b) into the garbage can (c) out of the window

4. Where was Celso going?
(a) to church (b) to market (c) to school

5. Which sentence tells that Celso did not want to be late?
(a) He walked fats (b) He walked slowly (c) He played on the way

6. Who stepped on the banana peelings?
(a) Father (b) Mother (c) Celso

7. Who saw Celso fall?
(a) Father (b) Mother (c) Sister

8. Who sis not use the garbage can?
(a) Mother (b) Celso (c) Sister

9. Was Celso hurt?
(a) yes (b) no (c) The story dose not tell

10. Which word tells about Celso?
(a) polite (b) kind (c) truthful

Key words: peelings garbage hurt

Exercise 4: Lost And Found

Pedro and Jose came to school early. There was no other pupils in the school yet.
“Look!” said Pedro. “There is a handbag under the stairs. It is a girl’s handbag.”
Jose got the handbag. He opened it. There was a red pencil, a pink handkerchief and fifty centavos in it.
“Let’s look for the owner of this handbag,” said Pedro.
Just then the school principal arrived.
“Good morning, Mr. Cruz. We found this bag under the stairs,” said Jose.
Mr. Cruz smiled and said, “Thank you, boys. I shall help you find the owner.”

1. What time of the day was it?
(a) morning (b) afternoon (c) noon

2. Who are the boys in the story?
(a) Pedro and Juan (b) Juan and Jose (c) Pedro and Jose

3. What did the boys find?
(a) a book (b) a handbag (c) a box

4. Where was the handbag found?
(a) under the building (b) under the tree (c) under the stairs

5. What kind of handbag was it?
(a) a girl’s handbag (b) a man’s handbag (c) a teacher’s handbag

6. Which word tells about the pencil?
(a) red (b) blue (c) pink

7. Which word tells about the handkerchief?
(a) red (b) white (c) pink

8. How much money as in the handbag?
(a) twenty centavos (b) fifteen centavos (c) fifty centavos

9. Who is Mr. Cruz?
(a) the teacher (b) the school principals (c) the clerk

10. What kind of boys are Jose and Pedro?
(a) kind (b) honest (c) polite


Key words: handkerchiefs principal owner

Exercise 3 : Taking Care of Animals

Victor lives on a farm. He lives with his parents in a little nipa house. Victor has an elder sister named Nora. Victor and Nora help their parents. They help take care of their animals. They have a carabao, a horse, a goat and some chickens. Father’s takescare of the horse. Victor takes care of the carabao. Mother takes care of the chickens. Nora takes care of the goat. Their animals are all fat and healthy. Each on takes care of his animal very well.

1. Where does Victor live?

(a) in the city (b) on a farm (c) near the sea

2. Which word tells about their house?

(a) wooden (b) cement (c) nipa

3. Who is Victor’s sister?

(a) Nina (b) Nora (c) Nida

4. Who is older, Victor or Nora/

(a) Nora (b) Victor (c) The story does not tell

5. How many kinds of animals do they have?

(a) (b) 4 (c) 3

6. Which one do they not have?

(a) carabao (b) horse (c) cow

7. Who takes care of the horse?

(a) Victor (b) Father (c) Mother

8. Who takes care of the carabao?

(a) Nora (b) Victor (c) Father

9. Who takes care of the chicken?

(a) Mother (b) Nora (c) Victor

10. Which one does Nora take care of?

(a) chickens (b) goat (c) carabao

Key words: elder healthy nipa

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Exercise 2: A Gift From Uncle

Do you have an uncle living far away? Miriam has. His name is max. Miriam calls him Uncle Max. he lives in New York.

Last Christmas. Uncle Max sent Miriam a gift. It came in a big heavy box. Father helped open the box.
Then they saw something very pretty. It had round blue eyes. It had a small red mouth. It had a blue lace dress and curly hair. Miriam called it Curly. She loved to play with it. What Miriam liked best was the way Curly walked. Miriam would hold one of its hands and they would walk together around the asia. Curly made Miriam happy.

1. Who is Curly?
(a) a dog (b) a doll (c) a cat

2. Who gave Curly to Miriam?
(a) Father (b) Mother (c) Uncle Max

3. Where does Uncle Max live?
(a) Manila (b) New York (c) Cebu

4. On what occasion was Curly given?
(a) Christmas (b) birthday (c) graduation

5. Who helped Miriam open the box?
(a) Mother (b) Father (c) Uncle Max

6. What words tell about the box?
(a) big and heavy (b) big and light (c) small and light

7. What word tells about Curly’s mouth?
(a) pink (b) yellow (c) red

8. What was Curly’s dress made of?
(a) cotton (b) silk (c) lace

9. What word tells about her hair?
(a) straight (b) curly (c) brown

10. What can Curly do?
(a) talk (b) sing (c) walk

Key words: New York curly together heavy

Exercise 1: A Rainy Day

It was a rainy day. The children could not go out to play. So Lucy, Zeny and Perla stayed in the house.

“Let us cut out paper fruits for our store,” said Lucy.

So the girls got their papers, scissors and crayons. Lucy cut out 5 apples. She colored them red. Zeny cut out 6 mangoes. She colored them yellow. Perla cut out 4 guavas. She colored them green. Then they counted their paper fruits.

“Now we have many pretty paper fruits for our store,” said Perla.

1. What kind of a day was it?

(a) sunny (b) rainy (c) bright

2. How many girls are in our story?

(a) two (b) three (c) four

3. Where did the girls stay?

(a) in school (b) in the yard (c) in the house

4. What did Lucy cut out?

(a) 5 apples (b) 6 mangoes (c) 4 guavas

5. What color were the apples?

(a) green (b) yellow (c) red

6. What did Zeny cut out?

(a) 5 apples (b) 6 mangoes (c) 4 guavas

7. What color were the mangoes?

(a) green (b) yellow (c) red

8. Who cut out the four guavas?

(a) Lucy (b) Zeny (c) Perla

9. How many paper fruits did they have in all?

(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15

10. Where will they put their paper fruits?

(a) in their school (b) in their store (c) in the house

Key words: rainy scissors crayons colored counted