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