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ENGLISH
Learner’s Material
Quarter 2– Module 2
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USING SEARCH ENGINES

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

English – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
First Quarter – Module 2: Using Search Engines
First Edition, 2020
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English
Learner’s Material
Quarter 2– Module 2

Using Search Engines

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Introductory Message
For the learner:

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 Welcome to the English 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Using
Search Engines!
The 21st century learners like you are visual and digital. An international survey
(OCLC, 2005) reports that 89 percent of information searches students begin with a search
engine. The same trend is observed for faculty and researchers (Schonfield and Guthrie,
2006 as cited by Rieger (2009).
As you locate information in the internet, you need to use search engine and its
strategies to make a guided search in a certain topic. Its usage supports students’ and
teachers’ learning, teaching and research.
In this module, tutorial is presented followed by series of activities. Sit back, relax
and have fun as you explore and continue to hone your skill in using search engines
through the various easy and enjoyable tasks provided in this module.

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.
What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to
check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.
What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link
the current lesson with the previous one.
What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be
introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.
What is It This section provides a brief discussion of
the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.
What’s More This comprises activities for independent
practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.
What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank
sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.
What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will
help you transfer your new knowledge or

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 skill into real life situations or concerns.
Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your
level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given
to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
the lesson learned. This also tends retention
of learned concepts.
Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the
module.
At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing

this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Use separate sheet/s of paper for your answer and label each activity. Don’t
forget to write your name, section and the subject area.
7. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator every end of the quarter in
folder.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate
to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain
deep understanding of the relevant competencies despite of this crisis. You can do it.
Table of Contents

What I Need to Know ---------------- 7

What I Know ---------------- 7

Lesson 1 ---------------- 8

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 What’s In ---------------- 8

What’s New ---------------- 9

What is It ---------------- 9

What’s More ---------------- 15

What I Have Learned ---------------- 15

What I Can Do ---------------- 16

Assessment ---------------- 17

Additional Activities ---------------- 17

Answer Key ---------------- 18

References ---------------- 20

What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you utilize
search engine in conducting a guided search in an internet.

Search Engine refers to the primary access point to the internet. After going through this
module, you are expected to use the search engine to locate a given topic specifically, you
should be able to:

1. identify the basic search engine and its strategies;

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 2. use the search engine strategies to locate a given topic;
3. develop sense of responsibility in using the technology;
4. express appreciation in using the technology.

What I Know

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the letter on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. It offers services such as emails and fantasy sports.

a. google c. Yahoo
b. bing d. Baidu
2. It is Google’s top competitor which is own by Microsoft.
a. Google c. Yahoo
b. Bing d. Baidu
3. It is the most popular search engine in the world.
a. Google c. Yahoo
b. Bing d. Baidu
4. It has much more visual home search page, compared to Google’s extremely simplistic
version.
a. Google c. Yahoo
b. Bing d. Baidu
5. Its internet search is powered by Bing.
a. Google c. Yahoo
b. Bing d. Baidu

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 Lesson
Using Search Engines
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What’s In

In your previous experiences, you learned about the types of listening strategies.
One of those is attentive listening. Today, you will apply what you have learned by
answering the activity.

Activity 1: Listening Gap Fill

Directions: Try the online quiz for this lesson on Search Engines. Just click on the link
below. For those who do not have internet access, the students may or may not perform this
activity.

search_engines.mp3

Source: https://www.listenaminute.com/s/search_engines.html

Everybody uses search engines. The most popular one in the world is ________. I’m not
sure if it’s the ______________ but everyone knows it. Google always works for me. I never
use any other search engine. I don’t really see any need for anything else. I like Google
because it’s so simple. I tried _____________ search engine, but didn’t see anything special
about it. A ____________ should give you the answer to anything you want. The idea of a
search engine is ___________. All of the information in the world can be found in one tiny
box. I’m sure my life would be _____________ without a search engine. There are many
things I wouldn’t be able to do. I wouldn’t be able to do my job or find out lots of information.

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 What’s New

Activity 2: Match Me:

Direction: Match the picture in Column A with the words in Column B by writing the
letter.
A B

a. Yahoo

b. Google

c. Bing

What is It

Activity 3: Let’s Get Familiar

Directions: Below is a chart of search engines which you can utilize in searching
information in the internet. Examine each item and put a check mark under the column not
familiar if you have not seen the search engine and familiar if you have seen it.

Search Engines Not familiar Familiar

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 1. Google
2. Bing
3. Yahoo

An Internet search engine is akin to a library in the online setting. It is a website

through which users can search internet content.
The browser is the entryway to your internet searches.

Basic Types of Search Engine

1. Google is the most popular search engine. Facebook, Amazon and YouTube are the
three websites which are part of google which generate so much search traffic.
2. Bing is the Google’s top competitor which is own by Microsoft. It has a much more visual
home search page, compared to Google’s extremely simplistic version, with links to trivia bits
and news embedded in the background photo.

3. Yahoo is run by Bing. Yahoo also offers services such as Yahoo directory, news,
answers, mail, fantasy sports, groups, finance and video sharing.

Search Engine Strategies

1. How to search the Web

To perform a search, you'll need to navigate to a search engine in your web browser,
type one or more keywords—also known as search terms—then press Enter on your
keyboard. In this example, we'll search for recipes.

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 After you run a search, you'll see a list of relevant websites that match your search
terms. These are commonly known as search results. If you see a site that looks
interesting, you can click a link to open it. If the site doesn't have what you need, you can
simply return to the results page to look for more options.

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Most browsers also allow you to perform a web search directly from your address
bar, although some have a separate search bar next to the address bar. Simply type your
search terms and press Enter to run the search.

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2. Search suggestions

If you don't find what you're looking for on the first try, don't worry! Search engines
are good at finding things online, but they're not perfect. You'll often need to try different
search terms to find what you're looking for.

If you're having trouble thinking of new search terms, you can use search
suggestions instead. These will usually appear as you're typing, and they're a great way to
find new keywords you might not have tried otherwise. To use a search suggestion, you can
click it with your mouse, or select it with the arrow keys on your keyboard.

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3. Refining your search

If you're still having trouble finding exactly what you need, you can use some special
characters to help refine your search. For example, if you want to exclude a word from a
search, you can type a hyphen (-) at the beginning of a word. So if you wanted to find
cookie recipes that don't include chocolate, you could search for recipes cookies -
chocolate.

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You can also search for exact words or phrases to narrow down your results even
more. All you need to do is place quotation marks (" ") around the desired search terms.
For example, if you search for recipes "sugar cookies", your search results will only
include recipes for sugar cookies, instead of any cookies that happen to use sugar as an
ingredient.

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These techniques may come in handy in certain cases, but you probably won't need
to use them with most searches. Search engines can usually figure out what you're looking

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for without these extra characters. We recommend trying a few different search
suggestions before using this method.

4. Content-specific searches

There may be times when you're looking for something more specific, like a news
article, picture, or video. Most search engines have links at the top of the page that allow
you to perform these unique searches.

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In the example below, we've used the same search terms to look for images instead
of websites. If you see an image you like, you can click to visit the website it originally came
from.

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You can use the extra search tools to narrow down your results even more. These
tools will change based on the type of content you're looking for, but in this example we can
filter our images by size, color, image type, and more. So if you wanted to find cookies with
pink frosting, you could search for images that are mostly pink.

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5. Advertisements

One final thing to note: Most search engines include advertisements with search

results. For example, you can see advertisements at the top of the search results below.

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 These ads are based on your search terms, and they often look similar to other
search results. While they may be useful in some cases, it's usually more helpful to focus on
the actual search results.

What’s More

Activity 4: Do some searching

Directions: Choose one from the topics on the table below to search on. Then, write
at least 5 suggested topics that appear below the search engine while encoding the chosen
topic. Make the illustration below as your guide.

Source:https://www.google.com.ph/webhp?
source=search_app&gfe_rd=cr&ei=y3COU9HrPKGL8Qfh6oDQCA&gws_rd=ssl
From the above-example, the topic is matter and the suggested topics are matter in
science, matter scientific definition, matter definition, matter examples, matter of separation,
matter and its properties, matter and energy, matter definition physics and matter meaning.

Now Try This!

Topics Suggested topics

Microscope
Cells

What I Have Learned

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 Activity 5: Complete Me/ Wrap Me Up:
Directions: Read through the paragraph. Then complete the paragraph by supplying the
words inside the box.

Search engine Google

Bing Yahoo
How to search the web Search suggestions
Refining your search Content-specific searches
Advertisement

With billions of websites online today, there is a lot of information on the
Internet. __________ make this information easier to find. There are many different search
engines you can use, but some of the most popular include ________ , __________,
and _______. To maximize the efficiency of your search engine search, you need to use
strategies that help you find the most relevant results. These are ________________,
______________,__________________,_____________ and ______________.

What I Can Do

Activity 6: Search Engine Challenge!

Directions: Answer the trivia questions by searching it in the internet. Write the letter
and the words of the correct answer. For those who do not have internet access, you
may answer directly the questions.

1. What is the coldest continent on Earth?

a. Antarctica c. Europe
b. Australia d. North America

David Wilkes
Source:en.wikipedia.org

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 2. Where is the Great Sphinx statue
located?
a. Turkey c. Greece
b. Egypt d. Ethiopia

David Wilkes
Source:en.wikipedia.org
3. Why does Queen Elizabeth II have no
passport?
a. She is busy.
b. She has lost her passport.
c. She doesn’t like her passport
photos.
d. All British passports are issued in Carol Whites
the name of Her Majesty. Source: www. royal.uk
4. What is the name of the first astronaut
to step on the moon?
a. Jim Lovell c. Neil Armstrong
b. Mike Collins d. Buzz Aldrin

Daryl Hendrix
Source: www.nasa.gov
5. Nyctophobia is the fear of what?
a. Darkness c. Water
b. Dirt d. Closed places

Brian I
Source: en.wikipedia.org

Assessment

Directions: Identify the word being described. Choose the correct answer from the
words inside the box. Use separate sheet/s of paper for your answer.

Search Engine Search Suggestions Content-specific Searches

Refining your Search How to search the Web

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_____________ 1. This strategy is utilized if you're having trouble thinking of new search
terms.
_____________ 2. It uses some special characters such as hyphen, exact
words or phrases and quotation marks.

_____________ 3. This refers to typing one or more keywords—also known as search

terms—then press Enter on your keyboard.

_____________ 4. It allows you to use the extra search tools to narrow down your results
even more.

_____________ 5. It is a website through which users can search internet content.

Additional Activities

Activity 7: Nuggets of Wisdom.

Directions: Go over the various tasks that you came across in the lesson. Reflect on
the valuable insights that you have gained. Make sure to write down your reflection on your
English notebook.

What do you think is the advantage of using search engine?

_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

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Congratulations! You have successfully completed Module 2. Please proceed to Module 3
and learn about Navigating a website using essential features.

Answer Key

What I know
1. c 2.b 3. a 4. b 5. c

What’s In

Activity 1: Listening Gap Fill:

Everybody uses search engines. The most popular one in the world is Google. I’m not sure
if it’s the best search engine but everyone knows it. Google always works for me. I never
use any other search engine. I don’t really see any need for anything else. I like Google
because it’s so simple. I tried Microsoft’s Bing search engine, but didn’t see anything special
about it. A search engine should give you the answer to anything you want. The idea of a
search engine is amazing. All of the information in the world can be found in one tiny box.
I’m sure my life would be very different without a search engine. There are many things I
wouldn’t be able to do. I wouldn’t be able to do my job or find out lots of information.

What’s New

Match Me

1. C 2. B c. A

What’s More

Do Some Searching

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 Topics Suggested topics
Microscope

Cells

What I have learned

Complete Me/ Wrap Me Up:

With billions of websites online today, there is a lot of information on the
Internet. Search engines make this information easier to find. There are many different
search engines you can use, but some of the most popular include Google, Yahoo!,
and Bing. To maximize the efficiency of your search engine search, you need to use
strategies that help you find the most relevant results. These are How to search the web,
Search suggestions, Refining your search, Content-specific searches, and
Advertisements.

What Can I do

Search Engine Challenge!

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 1. a. Antarctica
2. b. Egypt
3. d. All British passports are issued in the name of Her Majesty.
4. c. Neil Armstrong
5. a. Darkness

Assessment
Identification

1. Search suggestions 4. Content-specific Searches

2. Refining your Search 5. Search engine
3. How to search the web

References

1. Rieger, Oya. (2009).Search engine use behavior of students and faculty: User
perceptions and implications for future research from shorturl.at/fvxUW

2. Miller, Colton. (2019). O5 APR Google, Bing, Yahoo- What’s the Difference from
shorturl.at/bvAK5
3. ________________:https://www.listenaminute.com/s/search_engines.html
4. :https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/internetbasics/using-search-
engines/1
5. ________________:https://www.google.com.ph/webhp?
source=search_app&gfe_rd=cr&ei=y3COU9HrPKGL8Qfh6oDQCA&gws_rd=ssl
6. Tech Help Canada Staff : Google vs. Bing vs. Yahoo Comparison & Review from
https://www.techhelp.ca/google-bing-yahoo-compare/

7. ________________:https://www.searchmetrics.com/glossary/search-
engine/#:~:text=A%20search%20engine%20is%20a,the%20form%20of%20a%20list.

8. ________________.Most Popular internet search engine from

https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/most-popular-internet-search-engine#post-
navigation-3

9. Wilkes, D. Trivia Questions from en.wikipedia.org

10. Whites, C. Trivia Questions www. royal.uk

11. Brian I. Trivia Questions. en.wikipedia.org

12. Hendrix, D. Trivia Questions. www.nasa.gov

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13. ________________:https://www.google.com.ph/search?
q=logo+of+google&sxsrf=ALeKk01s9y6rbtlpEiZvubqVDfQ-
UPIjZw:1602926337515&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=oodUcqtGKLZ0BM
%252CEX8y1p7azmNyEM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQtV9noCM_U50HZp-
M3aLo88PdkCg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwidjMv3pbvsAhWMvZQKHW_6DfwQ9QF6BAg
REFk&biw=1458&bih=675#imgrc=oodUcqtGKLZ0BM

14. ________________:https://www.google.com.ph/search?
q=logo+of+bing&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCjPT6pbvsAhUGDpQKHahpB5EQ2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=logo+of+bing&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzICCAA6BggAEA
gQHjoECAAQGFCIyQZYrc8GYM_aBmgAcAB4AIAB6wOIAdMMkgEHMi0xLjEuMpg
BAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=CLeKX4LoHIac0ASo052IC
Q&bih=675&biw=1458#imgrc=ERUEqpXtwQlAWM

15. ________________:https://www.google.com.ph/search?
q=logo+of+yahoo&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwje0eCzprvsAhXqy4sBHYu1BXwQ2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=logo+of+yahoo&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzICCAAyAggAM
gYIABAFEB46BQgAELEDUJrbAViR-
gFggIMCaABwAHgAgAGMEIgB_1SSAQk2LTMuMS4zLjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2
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