#\Abviera It was first day of classes. The Grade Two children were happy. They were telling stories about themselves. “Lam eight years old. My father is a teacher,” Edna said. | live in Tondo. | am also eight years old,” Lucita said. “My mother is a vendor. My father is a driver. | am nine years old,” Rolando said.1. What grade were the children? a. Grade One b. Grade Two c. Grade Three 2. Whose father was a driver? a. Edna's father b. Lucita's father ¢. Rolando's father 3. Who live in Tondo? a. Edna b. Lucita c. Rolando 4. Who was not eight years old? a, Edna b. Lucita c. Rolando 5. What was Edna's father? a. A driver b. A doctor c. A teacher otExercise 2: Dario’s Pet Dario was alone in his room. He | was drawing his pet dog. His dog was |} quiet while he was drawing it. Dario colored the picture brown and white. He wrote a story under it. It is like this This is my pet. His name is Spotty. He is my playmate. | love Spotty.1. What was Dario drawing? a. Playing b. Sleeping ¢. Drawing 2. What was Dario's pet? a. A cat b. A pet c. A dog 3. What did Dario call his pet? a. Spotty b. Brownie c. Doggie 4. What did Dario write under his drawing? a. A story b. A poem c. A paragraph 5. Who was Dario's playmate? a. His dog b. His sister ¢. His brother#HAbiera Exercise 3: Going to the Market One Saturday morning, Josie went to market with her mother. She saw many kinds of fish, vegetables and fruits. Mother bought tomatoes, mangoes, pechay and eggplant. “Will you not buy meat and fish, Mother?” Josie asked. “No, Josie, meat and fish cost much. | will buy monggo and eggs instead.” Mother said.1. Where did Josie go? a. To school b. To market ¢. To church 2. What time of the day was it? a. Night b. Morning c. Affernoon 3. Which of these did Josie not see in the market? a. Fish b. Chickens c. Vegetables 4. Which of these did Mother buy? a. Rice b. Corn ¢. Mongo 5. Which of these did Mother not buy? a. Meat b. Pechay c. Tomatoes#\Abiera Exercise 4: At the Rizal Park It is Sunday. There are many people at the Rizal Park. The flowers are in bloom. The fish in the ponds are many colors. “Let us sit here,” Mother said. “Let us watch the beautiful fountains.” “| do not want to sit, Mother. | want to play on the green grass.” Bing said.1. What day is it? a. Sunday b, Monday c. Tuesday 2. What are in the ponds? a. Fish b. Grass c. Flowers 3. What are in bloom? a, The fish b. The flowers c. The fountains 4, Who wants to play? a. Bing b. Father c. Mother 5. What does Mother say are beautiful? a. The fish b. The flowers ¢. The fountainsHelping Mother Do you help mother at home like Merla does? What do you do? Merla, a Grade Two pupil, goes home as soon as her class is over. She helps her mother sell in their little store. She helps in closing the store at night. In the morning Merla buys bread from a big bakery. They sell the bread in their store. Her mother is happy for her help.1. What grade was Merla in? a. Grade One b. Grade Two c. Grade Three 2. Where does Merla help? a. Athome b. In school c. Inthe church 3. Where does Merla buy bread? a, From the bakery b. From the market c. From the grocery 4. What do they do with the bread? a, They sell them. b. They eat them all. ¢. They give them away. 5. What does Merla do to help her mother? a. She helps in the store. b. She cleans the house. ¢. She washes the clothes.Exercise 6: Recess Time — Clang! Clang! It was the bell for recess. The children lined up. Some went out to play. Others went to the toilet. There were those who went to the school canteen to buy something to eat. “L will buy a banana,” Elsa said. “| will buy a chocolate,” Norma said. Anita looked at her money and said. “| will buy a sandwich.” |1. What did the bell signal? a. Time for recess b, Time to go home c. Time to stop playing 2. Did all the children go to play? a. Yes b. No c. Perhaps 3. What did Elsa buy? a. A sandwich b. Chocolate c. A banana 4, Who bought a sandwich? a. Elsa b. Anita ¢c. Noma 5. Where did children buy food? a. From the school clinic b. From the sari-sari store ¢. From the school canteen otNardo and his father were onabus going to Baguio. It was a very cold day 50 they had their sweaters on. “Those mountains are very high. They are green and beautiful,” Nardo said. “Look down,” said father. “What do you see?” “I can see the river. It’s water is clear and clean. How nice!” said Nardo.1. Where were Nardo and his father going? a. To Manila b. To Baguio c¢. Quezon City 2. Which was true about mountains? a. They were blue. b. They were high. c. They were small. 3. What did Father ask Nardo to look at? a. The river b. The trees ¢. The mountains 4, What was said about the water? a, Itis clear. b. It was white. ¢. It was clear and white. 5. Why did Father and Nardo have their sweaters on? a. It was a hot day. b. Itwas a cold day. c. It was a windy day.Independence Day “Tomorrow is June 12. We will celebrate our Independence Day. We don’t have classes, Mother,” Norma fold her mother happily. “What do you want fo do tomorrow then,” Mother asked. “Please, Mother, let Us go to the Rizal Park. There wil be a parade. Many of my friends will be there,”1. What is celebrated on June 12 ? a. All Soul's Day b. Christmas Day ¢. Independence Day 2. Who will have no classes? a. Mother b. Norma c. Father 3. Where does Norma want to go? a. To the mall b. To the Rizal Park ¢. To Nayong Pilipino 4, Who else will go to the Rizal Park? a. Uncle Ben b. Brother Jun c. Nelly and Bella 5. What will they see? a. A show b. A dance c. A paradeMEE AISLES LES Ssllstgy Exercise 1: SSK SS SMa SSS x S St Ss Cleaning Yourself Luz said, “lam clean and pretty. I wash my face. | put on a dress | trim my nails. I comb my hair. Look at me. Am | pretty?” Y) j y SS LIED SLUT AAA AM MEME, i Se SOS 5-5 SESS EEREExercise 10; fi a A Good Helper Many children are good helpers at home. One such good helper is Josefa. Josefa is in Grade Two like you. Before she goes to school in the morning, she does many things to help her mother. She fixes her bed. She buys bread from the store. She sets the table for breakfast. After coming from school, she takes care of her baby brother. She waters the plants from the garden. Then she studies her lessons.1. What is Josefa ? a. A good cook b. A good helper ¢. A good washer 2. What grade is she in? a. Grade Two b. Grade Four ¢. Grade Three 3. What does she buy from the store? a. Bed b. Plants ¢. Bread 4. What does she prepares? a. The garden b. The bed for sleeping ¢. The table for breakfast 5. When does she study? a. At night b. In the moming c. In the afternoonEdgar’s Bicycle Edgar and Edna were playing together one morning. “May | try your bicycle?” Edna asked. “It is blue and new. | like it.” “Father gave me this bicycle only yesterday. It was my birthday gift from him,” Edgar said. Edgar helped Edna get on the bicycle. Edna rode around the house. How happy she was.1. What time of the day was it? a. Evening b. Morning ¢. Afternoon 2. Who had a bicycle? a. Edna b. Edgar ¢. Father 3. What was the color of the bicycle? a. White b. Red ¢. Blue 4. Who went riding around the house? a. Father b. Edna ¢. Edgar 5. Who gave the bicycle to Edgar? a. Edna b. His Father ¢. His Motheriid Flying , Kites 7 “Let us fly our kites,” said Celo. “It is good to fly kite now. The wind will help us fly our kites. The boys made their kite fly. They had blue kites, red kites. green kites and yellow kites. Their kites went up, up in the sky. They looked like birds up in the sky. SSS Z LES LLL ELLE LL SSLEELA ELLE LL LLEELLER WS SS Our Friends | love to see the birds fly. | love to hear their pretty songs. Birds are our friends. They eat harmful insects on our plants. They are very pretty. They make us happy. We must be kind to birds. VELL LLL 7 y bat SS SAVVY SS ak NSS Sa SS isVU LSD ALTE LLM EMESIS ALI EEEE ELSE LILA LI ex 1, Who asked the boys to fly kites? a. Celo b. Celso ¢. Cenon me a SSS Sn 2. What helped them fly the kites? a. Wind b. Rain c. Cloud ne SS 3. What are the colors of the kites a. White, black, orange b. Green, white, yellow c. Blue, red, green, yellow 4. Where did the kites fly? a. Up in the sky b. Up on the trees c. Up on the houses aes 5. What did the kites look like? a. Birds b. Clouds ¢. Sheep as tA BOA SEAS SS LLL ll te = eS Pe= See SSSBa“g SS SS It was Saturday. “Let us clean the house,” Said Gloria. “I will clean the yard,” said Nilo. “Twill pull the grass. | will sweep the yard. | will burn the dry leaves.” “I will water the plants,” said Lina. GHEE ELLLEAT ALES L EGA EESTI TELL LLL 1, What day was it? a. Monday b, Saturday c. Friday SOR SN oo 2. Who asked that they clean the house? a, Nilo b. Mother c. Gloria AN 3. What will Nilo do? a. He will clean the garden. b. He will help clean the house. c. He will clean the yard. SS 4, What will Nilo do with the grass? a. Water them b. Plant them ¢. Pull them out 5. Who will water the plants? a. Lina b. Nilo ¢. Gloria au WELLE DIAL A BG SSS a TN y wy Y a DAA AG AATyy Guess “Can you guess who am |?” asked Tito. “I teach children.” | teach them fo read and write. | teach them to be good. | teach them how to be polite and helpful.” ] Y y y 4 ay wy , VEEL ELLEESM LIS ILLS LAD ENS LED MEL I OPEL SL LILA Lie SS 2 1, Who is talking in the story ? a. Tito b, Brother c. Father — SN SSS ket a WH ee 2. What did he ask the other children to guess? a, What he is b. Where he is c. Who he is SS 3. What does a teacher teach in school? a. Jump and run b. How to cross the street c. How to be good SSSS XK ATR 4. What else does he teach in school? a. How to eat b. How to cross the street c. How to be good % STN SV aX BLA RN SS 5. What else does he teach the children? a. To watch TV b. To be polite and helpful ¢. To go home awa VTL ELLE EL SSS >Shellfish “Mother, what's this?” Sherbet asked showing a shell she found on the beach. “That is an empty home of a small animal called shellfish. Shellfish has soft body so it needs hard shell to protect it from starfish, crabs, fish or even birds. SS SSSSO Ss o CILELE ELCD EITM L LINAS INSEL SELL LLL LIA a 1, Who found a shell ? a. Mother b. Sherbet ¢. Fisherman 2. Where did she found the shell? a. On the beach b. Inthe sea c. In the yard SSS SS TN Ss ~ 3. What animal lived in the shell? a. Fish b. Crab ¢. Shellfish SSH y 4. What kind of body does a shellfish have? a. Hard b. Soft c. Hairy SSeS SS 5. What sea animal eats shellfish? a. Fish DAES MAR SS b. Dog c. Cat VLEET S:Sy TE SGE SEL AAAS L ELLE CLUE L Exercise 2: SS SSN The sampaguita is a flower. It is white and it smells sweet. , The sampaguita is ; our national flower. a me The gumamelia is jul a flower too. It does not smell sweet. Some gumamela flowers are red. Some are pink and some are white. y yTILER LLAMAS Lt eld pee Leaidipdad by SS SSS So SSS 1. Which is our national flower? a. Sampaguita b. Gumamela c, Rose SR SS 2. How does the sampaguita smell? a. Bad b, Sweet ¢. No smell. “i SS SS 3. Which flower does not smell sweet? a, Camia b. Sampaguita ¢, Gumamela SSS SS 4, Which is not a flower? a, Butterfly b, Gumamela ¢. Sampaguita EN a was 5. Is there a white gumamela? a. Yes b. No c. Did not say Seats Saree jx OS = SS 1. Who is talking? a. Mother b. Luz c. A boy 2, What does she do with her face? a. She washes it. b. She combs it? c. She cuts it. SSS S SN a ~ TS aaa 3. What does she do with her nails? a. She cleans them. b. She trims them. c. She washes them. > ea SERA 4, What does she do with her hair? a. She cleans it. b. She combs it. c. She washes it, OSS 5. What does she says? a. “lam clean and pretty.” b. “Lam big and strong.” c. “lam strong and healthy.” Ss eae a A TTS ULL LEE.BBB w How to be Big and Strong Berto is big and strong. He eats good breakfast before he goes to school. He drinks milk. He eats vegetables, too. He plays in the yard. These things help Berto become big and strong. y SSNS SS SEES SESS TO Dee G is is SS SISAL LEE LLL,SU LISI LISS LUE MALES SIO MLS ELLP ELIE LLL LIM a oh ' SS SN SS SSS at a SS G y j j 1, Who is the boy in the story? a. Tito b. Berto c. Lito 2. Which one tells about him? a. He is big and strong. b, He is small and thin. c. He is lazy. 3. What does Berto eat before breakfast? a. A good dinner b. A good breakfast c. A good supper 4. What other things make Berto big and strong? a. Milk and vegetables b. Coffee and candy c. Milk and coffee 5. Where does Berto play? a. In the house b. Inthe yard ¢. Under the sun YELLE LLL LEE TN we SS Sy Ss ony La Ste mS “Fiabe miSS Z The Ugly Duckling Mother Duck sat on her eggs to hatch. One morning, the eggs began to crack. Five pretty chicks came out of their shells. But one egg had not hatched. So Mother Duck sat down to wait. Then the egg finally cracked. Out came a chick with ugly feathers. That chick was a duckling. It was a beautiful swan when it grew up. SS LOLA ULL es SS SERS S"Vi ipa SIE CELE MELISS IEE LS EULA SESE LILA Ld TE LS 1. What did Mother Duck do? a. Sat on her eggs. b. Swam in the pond. ¢. Played with her chicks. SSNS ses SSS SSS * a 2. Why did Mother Duck sit on her eggs? a. To hide them. b, To crack them. c. To hatch them. St SSN . 3. How many eggs were hatched first? a. Four b. Five c. Six SS 4. What kind of chick came out last? a. Beautiful duckling b. Big duckling c. Ugly duckling SSS Ss 5. When it grew up, the ugly duckling was actually a a. mother hen b. wild turkey c. beautiful swan a BK SOX SA Ss LLL EL LUAU EEL LL ZB SSVSM LIN PLIES BE Hr ‘Sab OLE ich fio i ay y ts 1. What do we love to see? J a. Birds b. Chickens ¢. Geese SSS SSS 2. What do birds do? a. They talk b. They fly c. They swim TN we 3. What do we love to hear? a. Bird's songs b. Bird's talk c. Bird's call 4. What do bird's help us? a. They make us sad. b. They make us happy. c. They make us angry. a 5. How do birds help us? a. They eat sweet fruits. b. They eat harmful insects. ¢. They eat green plants. ASEAN WLLL _x£Z£z.“Look, Father,” shouted Leon. “Our beans have fruits. Our patola plants have fruits, too.” “Let us pick some of them,” Father said. “We shall sell them in the market. Mother will cook some, too.” HiAbieraGLE ELE LALLA IAAT LLL Vc iobonbg fs SSS SS ee 1. Who saw the fruits of ihe beans and the patola? a. Leon b. Father ¢. Mother 2. What will they do with the fruits? a, They will eat all of them. b. They will sell some and eat some. ¢. They will give them away. 3. What will Mother do with some of the fruits? a. Give them away b. Cook them ¢. Throw them away 4. What does Father want to do? a. He wants to water the vegetables. b. He wants to pick some of the fruits. c. He wants to eat the vegetables. 5. Where will Father take the vegetables? a, To the store b. To the kitchen ¢. To the market WML LL SS SSS S| SNH a A SK St Ta Le SEEExercise 3: SK ee a [scnoot Our School yy 42, Our school is big. It is beautiful. We have a flag in front of our school. SSS Our schoolis clean. We help clean our school. YELLE ELL % SS % We have a garden in our school, foo. ¢7”VIISI LIE MEY EM ELD EIOS SO ALEP ELSE LOLA LM Me 1. What does the story tell you? a. House b. School ¢, Garden ee SS SS SSS Ss 2. Which word tells about the school? a. Small b. Dirty c. Beautiful TNE 3. What do we do to make our school clean? a. Play inside. b. Help clean. ¢. Put paint. SS ats SS SSS 4, What do we have in front of our school? a. Flag b, House c. Store SSS WE 5. What else has our school? a, Garden b. Flowers ¢. Grass FAAS TANS Sab SRE ESN ULL LZ SSV SSSSSS Be Kind Tito and Belen were going home. Tito saw a nest. It has three little birds. I will take the birds home,” said Tito. “No, Tito,” said Belen. iy SN a Sn SS “For sure, the mother bird will look for her baby birds. Do not take them away.” SS Bp Ate Tats Aa SN ST ELLLLELELLELL ELLEae \gebotaets CLLEE. hid Sigel gis ielicbd gg SN SN Saat 1. Who will not go to school? a. Tita b, Lani c. A girl RO SS = oS 2. Why will she not go to school? a. It is cold. b. It is raining. ¢. Itis warm. SS re 3. What filled the streets with water? a. Wind b. Cloud ¢. Rain y g : a y y wy 4. Where is the rain falling? a. On the houses and streets b. In the classroom ¢. In the garden 5. Why will Tita not go to school? a. She may catch cold. b. She has no umbrella. c. She will play. SRE RT SSS AN WLLLy Uy; j 2 7? Helping Countrymen “Let us go to Heng's Shore,” sald Core. “1 will buy o pencil,” “Heng bs a Chinese, Aling Maria is o Filipino, We should buy from Filipino stores. @- We should help Filipina sellers,” Delia said, teat weVLISD ALDI AAD ENE LEI SIE LIOLEE SLEL LLL Lf Se Sac SS SS 1. What did Cora want to buy? a. Book b. Pencil ce. A bag 2. Where would she buy s pencil? a. At Heng's store b, At the market c. At Aling Maria's Store 3. Who wanted to buy at Aling Maria's Store? a. Cora b. The children c. Delia 4, Where should we buy the things we need? a. From Chinese store b. From Filipino stores c. From any store 5. Whom should we help? a. Chinese sellers b. Filipino sellers ¢. Old sellers 2 Ta TN a = St RASA SAS YELLE ELLESS WSEAS Ce onest Ben Ben was on his way to school. While walking, he found a ten-peso bill. He went to his teacher's room. “Good morning, Miss Reyes,” said Ben. “IT found this on the street.” He gave the ten-peso bill to his teacher. VELL SID Ss pesss SS SSS SS SASSER PS ERSCLEP ALESSI EET LE LEE SESS 1, Where was Ben going? a. To school b. To church c. To the market Rn WS SN 2. What did he found? a. A five-centave coin b. A ten-centavo coin c. A ten-peso bill ~ a 3. Where did Ben find it? a. On the street b. In the playground c. In the classroom SS i, yy y Sa 4. To whom did he give the money? a. To his mother b. To his sister c. To his teacher 5. Which word tells about Ben? a. Polite b. Honest c. Kind SSS ESERIES WME LEA Wish I wish I were a farmer. ss= A farmer good and wise. I want to help my countrymen © by growing lots of tice.SLL ISI AIS LLU EMA SID SIO MLS ELEP ELIE LLL LIM a ea Gh A me 2 SSS a a we SS SS y y j 1, What is the title of the poem? a. A Farmer b. A Wish c. A Seller 2. What does the one talking in the poem want to be? a, A famer b. A policeman c. A seller 3, Who does he want to help? a. People in the town b. People in the school c. People in the country 4. What does he want to grow? a. Lots of rice b. Lots of corn ¢. Lots of vegetables 5, What kind of a farmer does he want to be? a. A lazy one b. A big one c. Good and wise Ta SS TN we S AV eee ULL LEE ELLELLL SV Sa A Prayer Zi, pray to God before I go to bed. SSH V4 \ pray to God when I awake. “-, Thank you, God, for my parents. “i, Thank you, God, for my brothers and sisters. Zé, Thank you, God, for the food I i eat. + Thank you, God, for my good health. ASA aN SE — zVLEET LD IEL LU OO RILLAL A UELECLILLN G. Ss SS Ss 1. What have you just read? a. A letter b. A prayer ¢. A wish SSS SSS 2. When does the child pray? a. Before eating b. Before going to school c. Before going to bed and after waking up SS SV 3. To whom does he pray? a. To Mother b. To Father ¢. To God SS“ SS anes SS SS SO ay 4, What does he thank God for? a. For his toys and books b, For his parents, food and good health c. For his home and pet SS wT BK Satie AS SE 5. What should you remember to do everyday? a. Play b. Pray c. Eat S ULL