First Quarter Examination in

English III

Complete the word web with benefits that education gives you.

EDUCATION

good job

EXTRACTING AND ORGANIZING INFORMATION

DATE HERO ACCOMPLISHMENT AWARD

1923 Francisco Guilledo

Filipino Sportman First worldwide acclaim

1924 David Nepomuceno

100- and 200- meter runs

Champion Sprinter

1928 Teofilo Yldefonso 200-meter breast stroke

Bronze medal

1974 Rafael “Paeng” Nepomuceno

Notched 3 decades in Bowling World

Cup

Recognition in the Guinness Book of World

records

1986 Lydia de Vega 100-meter dashAsia’s Sprint Queen

Gold medal

1999 Efren “Bata” Reyes

World class billiard World 9-Ball

Champion

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

“ I Cheated Death ”

Catastrophe- disaster, upheaval, tragedy

Prowess- ability, expertise, competency

Providential- Occurring just at the right time

“ Off-Beat Suggestions for Hobby Framer”

Lucrative- profitable

Progeny- descendant; offspring

Off-beat - unusual

“ Health Discoveries on Water”

Chronic- continuously occurring

Caffeine – stimulant drug found in coffee leaves

Hydrolysis – process in which substance split into two components

“More than Just a Bag”

Nondescript-ordinary; uninteresting

Facade-front part of a building outside appearance

Helm- at the head of an organization

“ The Apple Tree ”

Orchard- a place where fruit trees are grown

Gullible- easily deceiving

Glisten- to shine with a soft luster / sparkle

“ Of Cocks and Kings” Impregnable- Strong

enough to resist Tether- a rope, chain,

or similar restraint for holding an animal in place

Vis-à-vis - face-to face meeting

In absentia – in the absence

“ Scent of Apples ”

Fervor-a very strong feeling ; enthusiasm

Strewn- To spread here and there

Platitudinous-trite remark; commonplace

Celerity – rapidity of motion

Pummel-hit , pound batter; beat; strike

Nostalgia-sadness ; melancholy ; sentimental longing for things past

LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR SKILLS

Grammar: Verbal It is a verb from

which can be used as other parts of speech.

Verbal function as noun, adjectives or adverbs ( although they still retain the characteristics of verb )

These verbal are grouped as gerunds, participles and infinitives.

TYPES OF VERBAL

1. Gerund Gerund is a

verbal ending in –ing and used as a noun.

Example:Collecting stamps is his hobby.

V + ing form

2. Infinitive Infinitive is a

verbal proceeded by to

. It may be used

as a noun, adjective or

adverb.

Example: He lacked the

strength to resist. ( adjective )

We must study to learn ( adverb )

He helped to write the program. ( noun )

to + V

3. Particle The participle

modifies a noun or a pronoun.

Participle functions as an adjective

V+ ( -ing ) present

participle

V + ( -d / -en ) past participle

Participles have three forms The present participleExample: Relatives living with the family.

The past participleExample : Society dominated by technology.

The perfect participleExample: Having been elected president,

she was given a party.

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS Wet blanket- a person who discourages

others or prevents them from enjoying what they are doing

Green thumbs- a person with a natural skill in making plants grow

Dark horse- a person who competes successfully against another although little is known about him

Fishy story – an unlikely story; an untrue tale

Hard cash- actual money, not a check Narrow escape- an escape which nearly

failed

Old hat - out –of date; no longer fashionable

Pep talk- a friendly talk to give encouragement to win a game or to complete something well.

Cold war- a serious political struggle between two countries which does not actually result in fighting

White elephant- a useless possession and usually expensive to maintain

LANGUAGE SKILLS

ageless utterance of Henry David Thoraeu

chronic water shortage that cause most of the diseases in the human body

Doubtful value for maintenance of sound health

Key Point

The underlined words in the word groups are nouns. The single word, phrases, clauses before and after them describe or limit the meaning of the nouns. They called adjectives or modifiers.

Single-word modifiers are placed before the nouns modified; phrase and clause modifiers are placed after the nouns modified.

Key Point

Phrase modifiers may be prepositional phrases or participial phrases as you have learned earlier; clause modifiers are introduced by who, whom, whose, that, which.

Who, whom, are used to refer to a persons; whose to persons or things to show possession or ownership; that for a persons or things; which for things only.

Study the sentences. Chart the nouns and their modifier.

Guillermo Tolentino, National Artist for Sculpture produced monumental works including the masterful Bonifacio Monument in Balintawak which best embodies what is noble in every Filipino.S-Words Noun

ModifiedPhrase

ModifierClause

Modifier

National

Bonifacio

Artist

Monument

For sculptureProduced monumental works

in Balintawak

Which best embodies what is noble in every Filipino

Verbs are words that express action or state of being.

Singular subject require singular verbs; plural subjects require plural

verbs.

Verbs have tenses. Tense shows the time of the action or state of being in relation to the time of speaking or writing.

The tenses of verb and examples: The simple present

tense is used to express present fact, habitual action, general truth, permanent condition, historical present.

Singular: That company uses waterways as dump sites.

Plural: Some companies use waterways as dump sites

The present progressive is used to express an action going on at the time of speaking.

When will these people learn to dispose their garbage properly?

I believe they are using waterways as dumpsites.

Good luck guys… Teacher Rose