Reading Booklet
Reading Booklet
Reading Booklet
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Fry’s Fourth 100 WORDS
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Fry’s Fifth 100 WORDS
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COUNTING THE RAIN
I love counting the rain, Mother.
As they patter and as I see
Do not all the great men like Rizal
Count rain, too, when still young like me?
See the numerous dropping rains
How hard it is for little brains.
And I recall the children’s riddle
About the old man’s countless canes
How I love the fast falling rain
Like a thousand pounding pestles
And the little rushing water
Down the stream to see it nestles.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. The child is talking to his
a. Father b. Mother c. Sister
2. The child loves to (a. count b. drink c. catch ) the rain.
3. The child wants to know if counting the rain has also been a part time activity
of a. great men b. old men c. sickly men
4. The rain nestles in the
a. dream b. stream c. street
5. The old man’s countless canes is a
a. riddle b. fiddle c. peddler
6. The water rushes to the team
a. brook b. stream c. street
7. In the riddle, the countless canes refer to the
a. little brain b. dropping rains c. stream
8. The rain a. withers b. patters c. gathers
9. The child loves the (a. fast b. slow c. tumbling) rain.
10. The fast falling rain is also like
a. rushing water b. big waves c. pounding pestles
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THE ENCHANTED DEER
Once there were two warring tribes whose kingdoms
were divided only by a wide river. The king on the land north
of the river had a beautiful daughter named Mayumi; while
the king on the land south of the river had a brave
handsome son named Bayani.
Both kings hated each other so much thet they even
wanted their children to hate each other, too.
But fate played a trick on them. Mayumi and Bayani
felt so madly in love with each other that they defied their
parents wish. They often met secretly in the nearby forest.
One early morning, Mayumi went to meet Bayani in
the forest. She had some enchanted power so she changed
herself into a deer. She did not want anybody to see her.
Bayani waited for her. When he saw the deer, he was
attracted to it. He quickly shot an arrow not knowing it was
Mayumi.
The deer fell bleeding. Bayani ran to see his prize, but
he saw Mayumi instead. He wept and in his grief, he stabbed
himself to death.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. The two kingdoms were divided by
a. mountains b. seas c. a river
2. Mayumi was the daughter of the king of the
a. South b. North c. East
3. Bayani was the son of the king of the
a. South b. North c. East
4. The kings were
a. good friends b. enemies c. very old
5. Mayumi and Bayani
a. hated each other b. love each other c. envied each other
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MAGNETS
Magnets have the power of attracting objects
made of steel, iron and other metals.
The discoveries of the magnet and the many things
that have been made out of it have brought about many
discoveries and useful things. The magnet makes possible
the compass that was used and still being used by
travellers- pilots, sailors, boy scouts, soldiers, engineers
and others. The magnet which makes use of electricity
has made all types of electric and industrial motors.
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WHY WE COOK THE FOOD WE EAT
We cook our food for three reasons—to make food look
more appetizing, to soften hard and tough foods and to kill any
microbe that may happen to be in the food.
There are many ways of preparing food. Food can be
fried, boiled, broiled, roasted, baked, steamed, stewed or
sautéed. They can be well cooked or half cooked.
It is easier to digest food that is well cooked. But there are foods
that are easier to digest when half cooked than when well
cooked. Meat and liver for example, are easier to digest when
half cooked. But certainly they taste better when well cooked.
Many vegetables are also easier to digest when well-
cooked but some are eaten raw. Lettuce is an example of a
vegetable which is eaten raw.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. We cook our food a. for no reason at all b. for one main reason c.
for three good reasons
2. Hard food when cooked becomes
a. harder b. soft c. indigestible
3. By cooking, the microbes in food
a. multiply b. are killed c. disappear
4. Cooked food looks a. appetizing b. frozen c. rotten
5. Generally, cooked foods are more
a. digestible b. indigestible c. nutritious
6. Meat and liver are easier to digest when
a. not cooked b. half cooked c. thoroughly cooked
7. Meat and pork certainly taste better when
a. raw b. well-cooked c. overdone
8. Vegetables are usually easier to digest when
a. raw b. half cooked c. well cooked
9. Frying, boiling, broiling, roasting, baking, steaming, sauntering, and stewing
are ways of
a. preparing food b. buying food c. eating
10. Lettuce is a vegetable that is eaten
a. raw b. well-cooked c. ripe
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THE LEGEND OF THE POINSETTIA
When the poinsettia begins to bloom, we are reminded
that Christmas is near. As such it has become a Christmas symbol.
Poinsettias begin to bloom in November until March.
The poinsettia is an odorless flower with brilliant red color.
Its flowers are actually leaves. How the poinsettia came about is
an interesting legend.
It happened during the time of the Holy Wars or Crusades,
when the Christians knights were fighting the Mohammedans to
regain the Holy Land.
In one of the holy wars, a brave knight climbed the wall
surrounding the Holy City to open the gates so that the other
Christians soldiers could enter. A Moorish soldier saw him and shot
him with an arrow. As he fell over the wall, his blood dropped on
a shrub which later bore red flowers.
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Tongue Twisters
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and
where she sits she shines
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy
wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
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Rice for Lunch
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The Gift
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One Stormy Night
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ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
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TREES
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Ang Regalo kay Lea
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Ang Regalo kay Lea
“Hindi, Luis. Hindi iyo ang perang iyan. Isasauli natin ang pitaka
sa may ari,” sabi naman ni Jun.
Luis.
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Ang Matanda
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Sinaunang Sistema ng Pagsulat at Panitikan
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BUHAYIN ANG KABUNDUKAN
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ANG PUERTO PRINCESS
UNDERGROUND RIVER
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