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Skill A: NOTING DETAILS
Exercise 1
CLEANING YOURSELF 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?”

Comprehension Question:
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 nail? A. She cleans it. B. She combs it. C. She washes it.
5. What does she say? A.“I am clean and pretty.” B. “I am big and strong.” C.“I am strong and healthy Skill A: NOTING DETAILS
Exercise 2
FLOWERS
The sampaguita is a flower. It is white. It smells sweet. The gumamela is a flower, too. It is red. It does not smell sweet.

Comprehension Question:
1. What is the sampaguita? A. A flower B. A color C. A fruit
2. Which is white? A. Sampaguita B. Gumamela C. Yellow Bell
3. Which flower does not smell sweet? A. Camia B. Sampaguita C. Gumamela
4. Which is red? A. Camia B. Gumamela C. Sampaguita
5. Which flower smells sweet? A. Sampaguita B. Gumamela C. Yellow Bell

Skill A: NOTING DETAILS
Exercise 3
OUR SCHOOL Our school is big. It is beautiful. We have a flag in our school. We have a garden in our school, too. Our school is clean. We love our school.

Comprehension Question:
1. What does the story tell about? A. house B. School C. Garden
2. Which word tells about our school? A. Small B. Dirty C. Beautiful
3. Which word does not tell about our big school? A. Clean B. Dirty C. Big
4. What does our school have? A. flag B. House C. Store
5. What else has our school? A. Garden B. Flowers C. Grass Skill A: NOTING DETAILS
Exercise 4
ON THE FARM Mila and Ben went to visit their Lolo and Lola. Lolo and Lola live on a farm. They saw many things on the farm. They saw a brook on the farm. There many fishes in the brook.

Comprehension Question:
1.Who went to see Lolo and Lola? A. Mother and Ben B. Father and Mila C. Mila and Ben
2. Where do Lolo and Lola live? A. On a Farm B. In a City C. In a Barrio
3. What did the children see on the farm? A. Many Houses B. Many Animals C. Many Things
4. What was on the farm? A. River B. A brook C. A Banca
5. What did they see in the brook? A. Flowers B. Birds C. Fish Skill A: NOTING DETAILS
Exercise 5
GUESS
“Guess who am I?’ “I teach children. I teach them to read and write. I teach them to be good. I teach them how to be polite and helpful.”

Comprehension Question:
1.Who is talking in the story? A. A teacher B. A mother C. A sister
2. Who played “It”? A. Tito B. A girl C. A teacher
3. What does a teacher teach in school? A. Jump and run B. Sleep and pray 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