NAMING WORDS

In one minute, name the persons, places, and objects in the pictures below. List them down below.

In one minute, name the persons, places, and objects from the pictures on the first page. List them down below.

PERSONS

PLACES

THINGS/OBJECTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES

QUOTATION

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
Attributed to Muhammad (570? - 632?) Arab religious leader and prophet.

TONGUE TWISTER
Gretta tries to grow green grass, On patches of gravel and grit; She tries all gardening tricks, When the trick fails, she throws a fit. Green grass gravel and grit Gravel and grit, green grass; Gretta tries all gardening tricks, When they fail, she throws a fit.

WORDS
bacon crisp aroma properly garbage appropriate hurried uniform ceremony cleanliness surroundings godliness

PHRASES
woke me up to the bathroom the flag ceremony next to godliness I arrived in school aroma of crisp bacon in appropriate trash cans our surroundings clean

SENTENCES
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The alarm clock woke me up. I wore my very clean uniform. I cleaned my body well. I hurried to the bathroom I hurried to the dining room to eat breakfast.

6.
7.

Everybody was outside the classroom for the flag ceremony.

The principal talked about keeping ourselves clean.

8.
9.

We should throw our garbage in appropriate trash cans.

She also told us that we should learn to use the toilets properly.

10. She reminded us that cleanliness is next to godliness.

VOCABULARY EXERCISES
A. From the sentences on the first page, take note of the italicized words and find their meanings in a dictionary. Write your answers in the spaces provided below.

WORDS
01 02

SENTENCES

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03
04 05

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06
07 08 09 10

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B. Match the words in Column A with their correct synonyms in Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer.

COLUMN A ____ 01

COLUMN B a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j.

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02
03 04

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05
06 07

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08
09 10

alarm appropriate aroma clean fixed garbage hurried surroundings properly throw

proper dispose environment set correctly rushed trash smell alert tidy

The alarm clock woke me up. I hurried to the bathroom and took a bath. I made sure that I cleaned my body well. After a refreshing bath, I wore my very clean uniform. When I was done fixing myself, I went down and smelled the aroma of crisp bacon. I hurried to the dining room to eat breakfast. At school, everybody was outside the classroom for the flag ceremony. After the flag ceremony, the principal talked about keeping ourselves and our surroundings clean. She said that we should throw our garbage in appropriate trash cans and learn to use the toilets properly. She reminded us that cleanliness is next to godliness.

COMPREHENSION CHECK

C. Answer the following questions from the selection.

1. How does the character in the selection keep himself/herself clean? 2. When do you say that a person is clean? 3. Why is it important to have a clean environment?

REMEMBER

A word that names a person, a place, or a thing is called a noun. The name words you have listed in the first part of this lesson are called nouns.

Lets Discover
Listed below are examples of nouns.

People pupil teacher father mother nurse doctor farmer baker actor writer

Places city town school home convent church farm library store theater

Things book desk chair table bed garment flower pen stone wood

Ideas faith hope love problem difficulty development experiment music culture courage

Did you have any difficulty in finding the nouns in the paragraph? There are some nouns that also function as other parts of speech (verb, adjective).

Noun chime run race game light sound

Verb chime run race game light sound

Adjective

game light sound

Examples
My brother won the run. (noun meaning a running
race)

I run five kilometers every day. (verb meaning

to go faster than a walk)

The trapped hikers saw a light at the end of the tunnel.(noun meaning something that makes vision
possible)

They light a candle for their deceased father every year during his birthday. (verb meaning to ignite
something)
(adjective meaning having little weight)

He fell from the building like light feather.

words are preceded by the and a. the and a are called noun markers or articles. They signal nouns. The, a, and an are the most commonly used noun markers.

In the sentences where the words run and light are used as noun, notice that the

A and an are called indefinite noun markers because they refer to anything, anyone, anywhere. They are used only with singular count nouns.

that starts with a vowel.

a is used before a word that starts with a consonant while an is used before a word

The, on the other hand, is called a definite noun marker because it refers to a specific person, place, or thing. It is used with nouns that are clearly identified.

It is also used with superlatives in making identity of nouns clear.

the greatest athlete of all time

Other noun markers are as follows

All any both which

each many more an

no several some those

this these that what

EXAMPLES
All men are mortal. Cars can be rented at almost any airport. Both girls are pretty. Each person is mortal. Take as many apples as you like. We have no more bananas. No eggs left and no money to buy any. Several people were injured in the accident. Some roses were still blooming. We have to cross this river here in order to reach that mountain over there. These people over here and those people over there are all Southerners, the rest are from elsewhere. That coat you are wearing looks warmer than this one I have on. Those boxes out there are to be given away; these boxes in here are coming with us. We spent what money we did have. That is the boat which I thought would never sail. I suspect an elephant was here.

Prop Up
a noun names a person, place, thing, or idea
The noun marker helps you find the noun in the sentence.

Substitute nouns for the pictures to complete the story.

Tina belongs to a family where everyone has a duty to perform. Every morning when she wakes up, her school. In , she takes out a piece of which she fixes her bed before going to the washroom. While cooks breakfast, Tina sweeps the floor. She takes a bath before going to

tapes to her desk. This is where she throws in her own trash. In the afternoon, she empties her small plastic bag of its contents, carefully separating the biodegradable from the non-biodegradable materials. Every day she religiously does this routine. Her teacher makes her a role model. Her puts a star before Tinas name on the bulletin board.