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,”

said Lucy.
So the girls got their paper, 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?

2. How many girls are in our story?
3. Where did the girls stay?
4. What did Lucy cut out?
5. What color where the apples?
6. What did Lucy cut out?
7. What color were the mangoes?
8. Who cut out the four guavas?
9. How many paper fruits did they cut in all?
 10. Where will they put their paper fruits?

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 was
a big doll. It had round blue eyes and a small red
mouth. It had
a blue lace dress and curly black 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 walk together around
the living room. Curly made Miriam happy.

1. Who is Curly?
2. Who gave Curly to Miriam?
3. Where does Uncle Max live?
 4. On what occasion was Curly given?
5. Who helped Miriam open the box?
6. What words tell about the box?
7. What word tells about Curly’s mouth?
8. What was Curly’s dress made of?
9. What words tell about her hair?
10. What can Curly do?
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
somechickens. Father takes care 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 one
takes care of his animals very well.

1. Where does Victor live?

2. Which word tells about their house? nipa,
cement,
wooden
3. Who is Victor’s sister?
4. Who is older, Victor or Nora?
5. How many kinds of animals do they have?
 6. Which one do they have? cow, horse, carabao
7. Who takes care of the horse?
8. Who takes care of the carabao?
9. Who takes care of the chickens?
10. Which one does Nora take care of? goat,
chickens,
carabao
LOST AND FOUND
Pedro and Jose came to school early. There
were no
other pupils in 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 pesos in
it.
“ Let us 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?
2. Who are the boys in the story?
3. What did the boys find?
4. Where was the handbag found?
5. What kind of a handbag was it?
6. Which word tells about the pencil? red, pink,
blue
7. Which word tells about the handkerchief?
red, pink, white
8. How much money was in the handbag?
9. Who is Mr. Cruz?
10. What kind of boys are Jose and Pedro?

THE BANANA PEELINGS

Celso was eating bananas one evening. He
threw the peelings out of the window. The next
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, Mother, I am 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 will use the garbage can,” said
Celso.

1. What did Celso eat?

2. When did he eat the fruit?
3. When did he throw the peeling?
4. Where was Celso going?
5. What sentence tells that Celso did not want
to be late?
6. Who stepped on the banana peelings?
7. Who saw Celso fall?
8. Who did not use the garbage can?
9. Was Celso hurt?
10. Which word tells about Celso? polite, kind,
truthful

THE NEWS BOY

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 sells for two hours. At seven
o’clock,
he goes home. He has time to study his lessons.
 Alfredo earns one hundred pesos a day. He
wants to
give his money to Mother. But Mother told him to
put his
money in his piggy bank. Alfredo’s parents are
not poor.
They can give him money he needs, but Alfredo
wants to
sell newspapers. He wants to earn his own
money.
1. Where does Alfredo live?
2. What time does the train arrive in Naga City?
3. What carries the newspapers to Naga City?
4. Where do the newspapers come from?
5. What does Alfredo do?
6. How long does Alfredo sell newspapers?
7. How much does he earn a day?
8. What does he do with the money?
9. What kind of a boy is Alfredo?
10. Are his parents poor?

A SICK CLASSMATE
One morning, Miss Luna said to her Grade 3
class,
“ I got a letter from Teresa’s mother. Teresa cannot
come
to school. She is sick. The doctor told her to stay
in bed
for a few days. What shall we do for Teresa?”
 “ Let us visit her this afternoon,” said Linda.
“ Yes, let us visit her,” said the other
children.
That afternoon, the children went to visit
Teresa.
The girls brought her some fruits. The boys
brought her
a can of biscuits. Miss Luna brought her some
roses.
Teresa was sleeping when they arrived. Soon,
she
woke up. She was happy to see her teacher and
classmates.

1. Who is Miss Luna?

2. What did she get one morning?
3. Who sent a letter?
4. Why was Teresa absent?
5. Did a doctor treat her?
6. What did the children do?
7. What did the girls bring?
8. What did the boys bring?
9. Who brought some roses?
10. When did they visit Teresa?

THE KITTEN
One rainy afternoon, Juan did not go straight
home
 from school. He had his raincoat on, so he did
not get
wet. Then he saw a kitten trembling in the grass.
He stopped and looked at it. It began to mew
very softly.
Juan was sorry for the kitten. He picked it up
and put
it under his raincoat. He brought it home. He put
it near
the stove with fire. The kitten looked at Juan and
said, “
Mew,mew.” It wanted to say, “Thank you.” From
that time
on,the kitten became his pet. He loved his pet
very much.

1. What time of the day was it?

2. What kind of afternoon was it?
3. Where was Juan going?
4. What was Juan wearing?
5. What did Juan see on the way?
6. How did the kitten feel?
7. What did Juan feel for the kitten?
8. Where did he bring it?
9. Where did he put the kitten?
10. Did the kitten like to stay near the fire?

THE COCONUT
 The coconut is a tall palm tree. It has no
branches.
The trunk is strong. It makes a good post. We
get oil from
from the ripe coconut milk. The young coconut
meat is
good to eat. It is good for making candies and
salad.
Doormats are made out of the coconut husk. The
long
coconut leaves are woven into baskets. Brooms
are
made from the midribs of the long leaves.
Coconut shells
are made into buttons, coconut shell banks, ash
trays
and many others. The stalk of the leaves is good
for fuel.
How useful the coconut is! Every part of it can be
used.

1. What word tells about the coconut tree?

2. Does the coconut tree have branches?
3. What part of the coconut tree is good for a
post?
4. From where can we get oil?
5. Which is good to eat?
6. What part is made into doormats?
 7. What can be made from the midribs?
8. What part is woven into baskets?
9. Which part can be made into buttons?
10. What is the use of the stalk of the leaves?

GROWING VEGETABLES
Lino went with mother to market. They
bought some
vegetables. Mother said, “I was able to buy only
some
with my money. Vegetables cost much now.”
Lino was sorry for Mother. They did not have
much
money. So he said, “Let’s plant vegetables in our
backyard. Then we will not have to buy them in
the
market.”
So Lino planted three plots of tomatoes, two
plots
of eggplants and a plot of pechay. He had some
amargoso climbing on the bamboo fence. Lino
worked
in his garden after class every afternoon. He
grew more
vegetables than they could eat. Mother sold
some of
them in the market.
1. Where did Mother and Lino go?
2. What did they buy?
3. Which word tells about the vegetables?
4. Where did Lino plant vegetables?
5. How many plots of tomatoes did he plant?
6. How many plots were planted to eggplants?
7. How many plots were planted to pechay?
8. How many plots did he have in all?
9. What vegetables were climbing on the fence?
10. Why did mother sell some vegetables?

A MOONLIGHT NIGHT

The moon was big and bright. The children

played in the moonlight.They played Hide and
Seek. Mario hid behind the acacia tree. Andres
hid behind some bushes. Isabel hid behind a pile
of hollow blocks. Rita is behind some banana
plants. Edmund looked around but saw no one.
Just then someone moved behind the bushes.
Edmund ran to see who it was and found Andres.
“One, two, three!” he said. “Now you are ‘it’,
Andres.” The children played and played. How
happy they were!

1. What part of the day was it?

2. Where did the children play?
3. What game did the children play?
4. Who was the first it?
5. Who hid behind the acacia tree?
6. Who hid behind some bushes?
7. Who hid behind some hollow blocks?
8. Who hid behind some banana plants?
9. Who was the next it?
10. How did the children feel?

RAMON’S CAKE

It was recess time. Pedro and Ramon went to

buy cakes. Then they sat near the gate. They
began to eat their cakes. Just then Oscar ran
against Ramon. Ramon’s cake fell to the ground.
“Look what did you do with my cake,” Ramon
said.
“ I am sorry, Ramon. I did not mean to knock
your cake down,” said Oscar.
“ Why did you not look where you are going?
asked Ramon? .
“ Tony ran after me and I did not look where I
was going, “ said Oscar.
Ramon was angry. He was about to box
Oscar.
 “ Never mind,” said Pedro. “Oscar did not
mean to
knock your cake down, Ramon . I still have my
cake.
Let us divide it.
1. What time was it?
2. What did Ramon and Pedro buy?
3. Where did they sit?
4. Who ran against Ramon?
5. What happened to Ramon’s cake?
6. Who ran after Oscar?
7. Who was angry?
8. What was Ramon about to do?
9. What did Pedro do?
10.Which boy would you like for a friend? Pedro,
Oscar,
Ramon