Exercise 1

1. Who is talking?
CLEANING YOURSELF a. Mother b. Luz c. a boy
2. What does she do with her face?
Luz said,
a. She washes it
“I am clean and pretty. b. She combs it
c. She cuts it
I wash my face. 3. What does she do with her nails?
a. She cleans them
I put on a clean dress. b. She trims them
c. She washes them
I trim my nails. 4. What does she do with her hair?
a. She cleans it
I comb my hair. b. She combs it
c. She washes it
Look at me. 5. What does she say?
a. “I am clean and pretty.”
Am I not pretty?” b. “I am big and strong.”
c. “I am strong and healthy.”
Exercise 2 1. What is a sampaguita?
a. a flower
b. a color
FLOWERS c. a fruit

2. Which is white?
a. Sampaguita
The sampaguita is a flower. b. Gumamela
c. Yellow bell
It is white. 3. Which flower does not smell sweet?
a. Camia
It smells sweet. b. Sampaguita
c. Gumamela
The gumamela is a flower,
4. Which is red?
too. a. Camia
b. Gumamela
It is red. c. Sampaguita

It does not smell sweet. 5. Which flower smells sweet?

a. Sampaguita
b. Gumamela
c. C. yellow bell
Exercises 3
1. What does the story tell about?
OUR SCHOOL a. House
b. School
c. Garden
Our school is big. 2. Which word tells about our school?
a. Small
It is beautiful. b. Dirty
c. Beautiful
We have a flag in our 3. Which word does not tell about our
school?
school. a. Clean
b. Dirty
We have a garden in c. Big
4. What does our school have?
our school, too. a. flag
b. house
Our school is clean. c. store
5. What else has our school?
We love our school. a. Garden
b. Flowers
c. Grass
Exercise 4 1. Who went to see Lolo and Lola?
a. Mother and Ben
ON THE FARM b. Father and Mila
c. Mila and Ben
2. Where do Lolo and Lola live?
Mila and Ben went to visit a. on the farm
their Lolo and Lola. b. in a city
c. In a barrio
Lolo and Lola live on the 3. What did the children see on the farm?
a. many houses
farm. b. many animals
c. many things
They saw many things on the 4. What was on the farm?
farm. a. a river
b. a brook
They saw a brook on the c. a banca
5. What did they see in the brook?
farm. a. flowers
b. birds
There were many fishes in c. fish
the brook.
Exercise 5
1. Who is talking in the story?
GUESS
a. a teacher
“Guess who am I?” said Tito. b. a mother
c. a sister
“I teach children. 2. Who played “It”?
a. Tito
I teach them to read and write. b. a girl
c. a teacher
I teach them to be good. 3. What does a teacher teach in school?
I teach them how to be polite a. jump and run
b. sleep and play
and helpful.” c. read and write
4. What else does she teach in school?
a. how to eat
b. how to cross the street
c. how to be good
5. What else does she teach the children?
a. to watch TV
b. to be polite and helpful
c. to go home
Exercise 6 1. What day was it?
a. Monday
BUSY CHILDREN b. b. Saturday
c. Friday
2. Who will clean the house?
It was Saturday. a. Nilo
b. Mother
“Let us clean the house,” said c. Gloria
3. What will Nilo do?
Gloria. a. He will clean the garden
“I will clean the yard,” said b. He will help clean the house
c. He will clean the yard
Nilo. 4. Who will water the plants?
a. Lina
“I will pull the grass. b. Nilo
I sweep the yard. c. Gloria
5. What kind of children are they?
I will burn the dry leaves. a. Kind
b. Polite
I will water the plants,” said c. Helpful
Lina.
Exercise 7 1. Who will not go to school?
a. Tita
THE RAIN b. Lani
It is raining. c. a girl
2. Why will she not go to school?
“It is raining hard,” said Lani. a. It is cold
“The rain is falling on the b. It is raining
c. It is warm
houses. 3. What filled the streets with water?
The rain is falling on the trees. a. wind
b. clouds
There is water on the streets.” c. rain
4. Where is the rain falling?
“I will not go to school today,”
a. on houses and streets
said Tita. b. in the classroom
c. in the garden
“I will catch cold.” 5. W hy will Tita not go to school?
a. She may catch old
b. She has no umbrella
c. She will play
Exercise 8 1. Who ask the boys to fly kites?
a. Celo
FLYING KITES b. Celso
c. Cenon
“Let us fly our kites,” said Celo. 2. What helped them fly the kites?
“It is good to fly kites now. a. wind
b. rain
The wind will help us fly our c. clouds
3. What are the color of the kites?
kites. a. white, black, orange
The boy made their kites fly. b. green, white, yellow
c. blue, red, green, yellow
They had blue kites, red kites, 4. where did the kites fly?
a. up in the sky
green kites, and yellow kites. b. up on the trees
Their kites went up, up in the c. up on the houses
5. What did the kites look like?
sky. a. birds
b. clouds
They looked like birds up in the c. sheep
sky.
Exercise 9 1. Who is the boy in the story?
a. Tito
HOW TO BE BIG AND STRONG b. Berto
c. Lito
2. Which one tells about him?
Berto is big and strong. a. He is big and strong
He eats a good breakfast b. He is small and thin
c. He is lazy
before he goes to school. 3. What does Berto eat before he goes to
school?
He drinks milk. a. a good dinner
b. a good breakfast
He eats vegetables, too. c. a good supper
4. What other things make Berto big and
He plays in the yard. strong?
a. Milk and vegetables
These things help Berto b. Coffee and candy
become big and strong. c. Milk and coffee
5. Where does Berto play?
a. in the house
b. in the yard
c. in the sun
Exercise 10 (not available p. 11) 1. What did the children make?
a. Boats
PAPER BOATS b. Balls
“Let’s make paper boats,” said c. Kites
2. What did the children use?
Nardo. a. Paper
“I want to make a paper boat, b. Wood
c. Sticks
too,” said Celso. 3. What is the color of Juan’s boat?
“Yes, let’s make a paper boat,” a. blue
b. white
said Juan. c. red
The children made paper boats. 4. Who made a white boat?
a. Nardo
Nardo made a red paper boat. b. Juan
c. Celso
Celso made a white paper boat. 5. Whose boat was red?
Juan made a blue paper boat. a. Nardo’s
b. Celso’s
c. Juan’s
Exercise 12 1. Who saw the fruits of the beans and
patola?
VEGETABLES a. Leon
b. Father
“Look, Father,” shouted Leon. c. Mother
“Our beans have fruits. 2. What will they do with the fruits?
a. They will eat all of them
Our patola plants have fruits, b. They will sell some and eat some
c. They will give them away
too.” 3. What will mother do with some of the
fruits?
“Let’s pick some of them,” a. give them away
Father said. b. cook them
c. throw them away
“We shall sell them in the 4. What does Father want to do?
a. He wants to water the vegetables
market. b. He wants to pick some
c. He wants to eat the vegetables
Mother will cook some, too.” 5. Where will Father take the vegetables?
a. to the store
b. to the kitchen
c. to the market
Exercise 13

HELPING OUR COUNTRYMEN 1. What did Cora want to buy?

a. a book
‘Let’s go to Heng’s store,’ b. a pencil
said Cora. c. a bag
2. Where would she buy a pencil?
“I will buy a pencil.” a. at Heng’s store
b. at the market
“Heng is a Chinese. Aling c. at Aling Maria’s store
3. Who wanted to buy at Aling Maria’s
Maria is a Filipino. store?
a. Cora
We should buy from b. the children
c. Delia
Filipino stores. 4. Where should we buy things?
a. from the Chinese stores
We should help Filipino b. from Filipino stores
sellers, ” Delia said. c. from any store
5. Whom should we help?
a. Chinese sellers
 b. Filipino sellers
c. old sellers

Exercise 14
1. What did Tito see?
BE KIND a. a hen’s nest
b. a bird’s nest
Tito and Belen were going c. a duck’s nest
home. 2. How many little birds were there?
a. four
Tito saw a nest. b. three
c. two
“It has three little birds. 3. What did Tito want to do?
a. take the birds home
I will take them home.” b. sell the birds
c. cook the bird
“No, Tito,” said Belen. 4. Who did not want Tito to take the bird’s
home?
“Mother Bird will look for a. Mother
her little birds. b. Brother
c. Belen
Don’t take them away.” 5. Who would look for the little birds?
a. The mother bird
 b. Tito’s mother
He gave the five-peso bill to
c. Tito’s sister
his teacher.
Exercise 15 1. Where was Ben going?
a. to school
HONEST BEN b. to church
c. to the market
Ben was on his way to 2.What did he find?
school. a. a five-centavo piece
b. a five-peso bill
On the way he found a five- c. a ten-centavo piece
peso bill. 3.Where did ben find it?

He went to his teacher’s a. on the street

b. on the playground
room. c. in the classroom
4.To whom did he give the money?
“Good morning, Miss Reyes,”
a. to his mother
said Ben. b. to his sister
c. to his teacher
“I found this on the street.” 5.Which words tell about Ben?
 a. polite
b. honest
c. kind
Exercise 16
1.What is the title of the rhyme?
A WISH a. A farmer
b. A Wish
I wish I were a farmer. c. A Seller
2.What does the boy want to be?
A farmer good and wise,
a. a farmer
I want to help my country. b. a policeman
c. a seller
By growing lots of rice. 3.What does he want to help?
a. his town
b. his school
c. his country
4.What does he want to grow?
a. lots of rice
b. lots of corn
c. lots vegetables
5.What kind of farmer does he want to be?
 a. a lazy
b. a big one
c. good and wise
Exercise 17
1. What is the week called?
CLEAN-UP WEEK a. Clean-up Week
b. Cleaning Week
Keep your home and yard c. Parent’s Week

clean. 2. What should we keep clean?

a. our neighbor’s things
Dust and wipe all things. b. our home and yard
c. our garbage
Throw garbage in cans. 3. What should we do to our garbage?
a. Put them in cans
And love you will win. b. Throw them on streets.
c. Throw them in canals
4. What should we do every day?
a. clean all around
b. play all around
c. have fun all around
5. What should every day be?
 a. Parents’ Day
b. Teachers’ Day
Thank you, God, for my good
c. Clean-Up Day health.

Exercise 18 1. What is the story about?

a. a letter
A PRAYER b. a prayer
c. a wish
I pray to God before I go to 2. When does the boy pray?
bed. a. before going to bed and after
waking up
I pray to God when I awake. b. before going to school
c. before eating
Thank you, God, for my 3. To whom does he pray?
parent’s a. to mother
b. to Father
Thank you, God, for my c. to God
4. what does he thank God for?
brothers and sisters. a. For his toys and books
b. For his parent’s food and good
Thank you, God, for the food health
I eat. c. For his home and pets
 5. What should you remember to do every
Nena was a good buyer.
day?
a. play
b. pray
c. eat
Exercise 19
1.Where did Mother ask Nena to go?
A GOOD BUYER a. to school
b. to the market
Mother told Nena to go to the c. to the store
2.What did Nena buy?
store.
a. milk and eggs
She told her to buy bread and b. tomatoes and bread
c. bread and butter
tomatoes. 3.What kind of tomatoes did Nena buy?
a. big ones
Nena went to the store. b. soft ones
c. green ones
She bought six big tomatoes.
4.What kind of bread did Nena buy?
She bought a loaf of bread. a. hard and big
b. sweet but small
The loaf was soft and fresh. c. soft and fresh
5.What kind of buyer was Nena?
The flowers have pretty
a. She was a good buyer
b. She did not know how to buy things colors.
c. She did not know how to count money
Many flowers smell sweet.
1. What is in Cora’s yard?
Exercise 21 (not available p. 20)
a. a flower garden
A FLOWER GARDEN b. fruit trees
c. a fountain
Cora has a beautiful flower 2. What kind of plants are in the garden?
a. big trees and small trees
garden. b. big plants and small plants
c. grass and trees
There are many plants in her 3. What do plants have?
a. insects
garden. b. flowers
c. fruits
There are big plants. 4. which of these trees does not smell
sweet?
There are small plants. a. sampaguita
b. gumamela
Many plants have flowers. c. rose
 5. What can you tell about many of the The people planted vegetables.
flowers?
a. They smell sweet Soon the lot was full of growing
b. They are small
c. They have pretty colors vegetables.
Exercise 22
1. Where was Mang Isko?
FOOD FOR EVERY DAY a. near the house
b. near an empty lot
Mang Isko stood near a big lot.
c. near the field
The lot was full of grass. 2. What was growing in it?
a. vegetables
“This is a good place for a b. flowers
c. grass
vegetable garden,” Mang Isko
3. What did Mang Isko think of it?
said. a. a good place to plant vegetables
b. a good place to live in
“We can raise vegetables here. c. a good place to play in
4. Who will be strong and healthy?
Everyone in the barrio will be
a. Mang Isko
Strong and healthy.” b. the people of the barrio
c. the pupils
 5. How did the lot look after the planting? They thanked God for their
a. green with growing vegetables
b. green with flowering plants food, their clothes and their
c. green with grass
home.

Exercise 23
1. What day was it?
SUNDAY MORNING a. Monday
b. Wednesday
It was Sunday morning. c. Sunday
2. Where did Fe and Lito go?
Fe and Lito went to church. a. to church
They went to church with their b. to school
c. to the market
Father and mother. 3. What did they do in the church?
a. play
They prayed in the church. b. pray
c. plant
They thanked God for the good 4. Who did they thank in their prayers?
a. Father and Mother
things they had.
b. God
 c. their teacher They all kissed Mother.
5. Who went with them to the church?
a. their father and mother “Thank you. I love you all,”
b. their grandmother and grandfather
c. their playmates Said Mother.
Exercise 24 1. Whose birthday was it?
a. Mother
GIFTS FOR MOTHER b. Father
c. Luis
“Happy birthday, Mother,” said 2. Who were the first to greet Mother?
Luz and Aida. a. Luis and father
b. Aida and Luis
They put a sampaguita c. Luz and Aida
3. Who kissed Mother?
necklace a. Father
Around Mother’s neck. b. Luis
c. All
Father and Luis came. 4. Did father give Mother a gift, too?
a. Yes
They brought gifts for Mother b. No
c. Maybe
Too. 5. What did Mother say to all?
 a. “Happy birthday.” It likes flowers.”
b. “I love you all.”
c. “I like the flowers.” “The flowers like it, too,” said
Nita.
Exercise 25 1. What did Nita see?
a. a fly
THE BUTTERFLY b. a bee
Nita saw a pretty thing. c. a butterfly
2. On what flower was the butterfly?
“Oh! A beautiful butterfly!” she a. a red flower
b. a white flower
cried. c. a yellow flower
3. What was the butterfly like?
“Look! Nilo, look! a. fruits
b. flower
Look at the yellow butterfly.”
c. children
“It is pretty,” said Nilo. 4. Where do butterflies like to fly?
a. from house to house
“It is on the red flower. b. from flower to flower
c. from tree to tree
See it fly from flower to flower. 5. What do flowers like?
 a. girls and boys tomato plants. He watered five
b. butterflies
c. flowers and children rows of cabbage plants, too.
Pepe and Raul made their
Exercise 26 father happy.
HELPING FATHER
1. Whom did Pepe and Raul help?
“Come, Pepe,” said Raul. a. Father
“Let’s water our plants.” b. Sister
c. Mother
“Let’s see who can water many 2. What plants did Pepe water?
a. eggplant
plants,” said Pepe. b. pechay
Pepe watered five rows of c. beans
3. How many rows of pechay did Pepe
pechay plants. water?
a. three rows
Raul watered all three rows of b. five rows
c. ten rows
4. Which plants did Raul water?
 a. beans and cabbage plants
Then we will be happy
b. tomatoes and cabbage plants
c. pechay and bean plants and gay.
5. Who was happy for what the boys did?
a. Father
b. Mother
c. Sister
Exercise 27 1. What should we save a day?
a. one centavo
LET’S SAVE b. five centavos
c. ten centavos
Let’s save ten centavos 2. On what days should we save?
a. Monday to Friday
a day. b. Monday to Saturday
Let’s save from Monday to c. Monday to Sunday
3. Where can we put our money?
Sunday. a. in the store
b. in a piggy bank
Let’s save our money in a c. in the house
piggy bank. 4. How will you feel if you have saved
money?
Let’s save every day. a. sad
 b. happy There were pencils and paper.
c. sorry
5. Is saving money good? There were crayons and bags.
a. Yes
b. No There were toys and candy.
c. Maybe

1. Who would buy things for Rosa?

Exercise 28 a. Sister
b. Father
IN THE STORE
c. Mother
“Come with me, Rosa,” said 2. Where would Mother take Rosa?
a. to school
Mother. b. to a store
c. to church
“I will buy things you need for 3. What would Mother buy for her?
a. things Rosa needs in school
school.” b. dress and bags
Mother and Rosa went to the c. toys and candy
4. What other things are found in the store?
store. There were many things a. chairs and tables
b. fish and rice
in the store. c. toys and candies
 5. Were there many things in the store? Let us all plant, so we will have
a. Yes
b. No enough food to eat.
c. Maybe
I will teach you how to plant.”
1. Who came to visit the school?
Exercise 29 a. a farmer
b. a doctor
THE FARMER c. a dentist
2. Who did he talk to?
A farmer came to visit the a. to the teachers
school. b. to the parents
c. to the children
He talked to all the children. 3. What did he tell the children to do?
a. to plant
“I am glad to be in your b. to study
school,” c. to play
4. What should the children plant?
the farmer said. a. trees
b. vegetables
“We should all help raise c. rice
vegetables. 5. What can we do to have enough food?
 a. Let us all play. my seat, Ma’am.
b. Let us all eat.
c. Let us all plant. “Thank you,” said the old
woman.
Exercise 30
1. Where did the children come from?
GOOD CHILDREN a. from home
b. from school
Classes were over. c. from church
2. Where did the children ride?
“Here is our bus,” said Manuel.
a. on a bus
The children waited for the bus b. on a jeepney
c. in a car
to stop. 3. What did the children do before getting
on the bus?
They got on the bus one by one. a. They ran for the bus
They did not push each other. b. They waited for the bus to stop
c. They stopped the bus
An old woman got on the bus. 4. Who also got on the bus?
a. an old man
A boy stood up and said, “Have b. a teacher
 c. an old woman
5. Who gave his seat to the old woman?
a. a boy
b. a girl
c. a man