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 Curlys mouth?
8. What was Curlys 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 some chickens. 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 Victors 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 girls 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 oclock 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
oclock, 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. Alfredos 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 Teresas 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
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?