Developing power
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- 2. Luz said, “I am clean and pretty. I wash my face. I put on a clean dress. I trim my nails. I comb my hair. Look at me. Am I not pretty?” 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. 3. What does she do with her nails? A. She cleans them. B. She trims them. C. She washes them. 4. What does she do with her hair? 5. What does she say? Vocabulary: trim pretty dress
- 3. The sampaguita is a flower. It is white and it smells sweet. The sampaguita is our national flower. The gumamela is a flower too. It does not smell sweet. Some gumamela flowers are red. Some are pink and some are white. 1. Which is our national flower? A. Sampaguita B. Gumamela C. Rose 2. How does the sampaguita smell? A. Bad B. Sweet C. No smell 3. Which flower does not smell sweet? A. Camia B. Sampaguita C. Gumamela 4. Which is not a flower? A. Butterfly B. Gumamela C. Sampaguita 5. Is there a white gumamela? A. Yes B. No C. Did not say Vocabulary: national camia sweet
- 4. Our school is big. It is beautiful. We have a flag in front of the school. We have a garden in our school, too. Our school is clean. We help clean our school. 1. What does the story tell about? A. House B. School C. Garden 2. Which word tells about the school? A. Small B. Dirty C. Beautiful 3. What do we do to make our school clean? A. Play inside B. Help clean C. Put paint 4. What do we have in front of our school? A. Flag B. B. House C. C. Store 5. What else has our school? A. Garden B. Flowers C. Grass Vocabulary: beautiful flag garden
- 5. “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.” 1. Who found a shellfish? A. Mother B. Sherbet C. Fisherman 2. Where did she find the shell? A. On the beach B. In the sea C. In the yard 3. What animal lived in the shell? A. Fish B. Crab C. Shellfish 4. What kind of body does a shellfish have? A. Hard B. Soft C. Hairy 5. What sea animal eats shellfish? A. Fish B. Dog C. Cat Vocabulary:
- 6. beach shell protect It was Saturday. “Let us clean the house,” said Gloria. “I will clean the yard,” said Nilo. “I will pull out the grass. I will sweep the yard. I will burn the dry leaves. “I will water the plants,” said Lina. 1. What day was it? A. Monday B. Saturday C. Friday 2. Who asked that they clean the house? A. Nilo B. Mother C. Gloria 3. What will Nilo do? A. He will clean the garden. B. He will help clean the house. C. He will clean the yard. 4. What will Nilo do with the grass? A. Water them B. Plant them C. Pull them out 5. Who will water the plant? A. Lina B. Nilo C. Gloria
- 7. Vocabulary: sweep yard pull out burn It is raining hard. “It is raining hard,” said Lani. The rain is falling on the houses. The rain is falling on the trees. There is water on the streets. “I will not go to school today,” said Tita. I might catch cold.” 1. Who will not go to school? A. Tita B. Lani C. A girl 2. Why will she not go to school? A. It is cold. B. It is raining. C. It is warm. 3. What filled the streets with water? A. Wind B. Clouds D. Rain 4. Where is the rain falling? A. On houses and trees. B. In the classroom. C. In the garden. 5. Why Tita not go to school? A. She may catch cold. B. She has no umbrella. C. She will play.
- 8. Vocabulary: hard cold 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 not a duckling. It was a beautiful swan when it grew up. 1. What did Mother Duck do? A. Sat on her eggs. B. Swam in the pond. C. Played with her chicks. 2. Why did Mother Duck sit on her eggs? A. To hide them. B. To crack them. C. To hatched them. 3. How many eggs were hatched first? A. Four B. Five C. Six 4. What kind of chick came out last? A. Beautiful duckling. B. Big duckling C. Ugly duckling 5. When it grew up, the ugly duckling was actually a .
- 9. A. Mother hen B. Wild turkey C. Beautiful swan I wish I were a farmer. A farmer good and wise. I want to help my countrymen. By growing lots of rice. 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 farmer B. A policeman C. A seller 3. Who does he want to help? A. People in his town B. People in his school C. People in his country 4. What does he want to grow? A. Lots of rice B. Lots of corn C. 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
- 10. Vocabulary: wish farmer wise growing Cora has a beautiful flower garden. There are many plants in her garden. There are big plants. There are small plants. Many plants have flowers. The flowers have pretty colors. Many flowers smell sweet. 1.What does Cora have? A. A fountain B. Fruit Trees C. A Flower Garden 2.What kind of plants are in the garden? A. Big trees and small trees B. Big plants and small plants C. Grass and trees 3.What do plants have? A. Insects B. Flowers C. Fruits 4.What do the flowers have? A. Pretty colors B. Big petals C. Small petals 5.What can you tell about many of the flowers? A. They smell sweet. B. They are small.
- 11. C. They have pretty colors. Vocabulary: small beautiful sweet