Write O if the sentence uses
ordinary language and F if it
uses figurative language.
Write your answer on the
blank before the number.
___1. The wind howled like
a wounded animal.
___ 2. The wind blew hard
and made noises.
___ 3. The wind was a
wounded animal, howling in
the night.
___ 4. When the night ends
and daylight begins,
people become active again.
___ 5. The curtain of night
lifted and we, the actors
come on stage once more.
Match Column A with its
meaning in Column B.
A
1. On her cheeks are many
smudges.
2. And her pinafore is torn
3. Yet her mouth will turn to
pouting
4. In a most capricious way
substance
5.But her laughter is as
6.On amber feet across
the seas
7.Her laughter is as
delightful
8. as carillon of bells
9. Hers is the laughter from
the spirit melodious and
mild
10. In an ancient, wooded
tower
B.
a.very pleasant
b. very old
c. dirty marks on something
d. pleasant musical sound
e. a hard orange yellow
f.a set of fixed chromatically
joyous tuned bells
g.changing often and quickly
h. showing great happiness
i. to push out your lips
j. a sleeveless usually low-
necked garment fastened in
the back and worn as an
apron or dress.
A Little Girl
Ada Greiner Marks
She is little, she is dimpled
Her hair is yellow corn,
On her cheeks are many
smudges
And her pinafore is torn.
Her eyes are dancing waters
On a deep, midsummer day,
Yet her mouth will turn to
pouting
In a most capricious way.
But her laughter is as joyous
as the little winds that run
on amber feet across the
seas of wheat fields in the
sun.
And her laughter is as
delightful as a carillon of
bells in an ancient, wooded
tower where a charming
fairy dwells.
1. Who is described in the poem?
2. Have you seen such a little girl?
3. To what is her hair compared? Her eyes? Her laughter?
4. How would you feel if you were with a girl like this?
Hers is the laughter from
the spirit
Melodious and mild
All the angels pause a
moment
For the laughter of a child.
1. Her hair is yellow corn.
* the color of her hair is
yellow
2. Her eyes are dancing
waters.
* her eyes are moving
quickly
The meaning of a figurative
can be inferred using
context clue.
1. Her laughter is as joyous
as the little winds.
* Showing great happiness
2. Her laughter is as
delightful as a carillon of
bells. * Very pleasant
“She was so excited
to leave that I had
to dodge her as she
flew out the door.”
Ask: Did she really fly out the door?
Give the meaning of the
following figurative
language.
1. She was fishing for a
response. -the word
“fishing” here doesn’t
literally mean “to fish”, but
rather it signifies that is
looking for something.
2. He was nursing a broken
heart. -it is likely his heart
isn’t broken, but just feels
hurt or sad.
3. He ran out of the office
like a bat out of the hell. -
He left fast
4. He is thick as a brick. -
Unable to see reason
5. He’s a couch potato. -not
very active
Direction: Give the meaning
of the following figurative
language.
1. “Spare moments are the
gold dust of time.”
a.There are spare moments.
b. Time is gold
c. Spare time is precious.
d. A person must take time
to rest.
2. “Life is a leaf of paper
white wherein each one
may write His word or two.”
a. Life is a white leaf.
b. A man fills each day of his
life with things he says and
does.
c. A man shows the kind of
life he lives.
d. People write on leaves.
3. “Black were her eyes as
the berry that grows on the
thorn by the wayside.”
a. The girl’s eyes are very
black.
b. The girl saw the berries.
c. There are thorns on the
berries.
d. The black eyes of the girl
saw the berries by the
wayside.
4. “Mario tried to catch her
outstretched hand but like
lightning it was withdrawn
and when he stood up the
girl was gone”. This means
that _________________.
a. It was burning.
b. It was hot.
c. It was easy to reach.
d. It vanished fast.
5. “He has muscles of iron.”
a. The man has muscles.
b. The man is very strong.
c. Iron is hard.
d. The man has hard
muscles .
Group 1 Direction: Look for the figurative language used in the poem and try to figure out the meaning.
My Family by Belinda
My family lives inside a medicine chest.
Dad is the super-size band aid, Mom is the middle-size tweezers,
David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,
Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball,
That pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door,
and I am the wood and glue.
Figurative language Meaning
Group 2 Direction: Read each description below
and write the meaning of the words in red print.
1. The singer’s voice was as smooth as silk.
2. Renee’s face was as red as a lobster from her day
at the beach.
3. The students were quiet as mice while the
principal spoke.
4. Fred was hungry as a bear by dinner time.
5. Scott’s horse ran like lightning.
Group 3 Direction: Identify the figurative language used in the
sentence and figure out what it means.
1. This is a recipe for disaster.
Figurative Language:__________ Meaning: ______
2. The gray weather is giving me the blues. Figurative
Language:__________ Meaning: ______ 3. Our soldiers are as
brave as a lion. Figurative Figurative Language:__________
Meaning: ______
4. She is like an angel. Figurative Language: Figurative
Language:__________ Meaning: ______
5. The camel is the ship of the dessert. Figurative Figurative
Language:__________ Meaning: ______
A. Select the meaning of the
figures of speech.
1.This steak is like leather; I
need sharp knife.
a. is tender
b. is tough
c. comes from a cow d.
come from a children
2.Because of the continuous
rain, the roads have become
like rivers.
a. muddy c. dusty
b. flooded d. story
3. The last time my uncle
saw me I was as thin as a
beanpole.
a. very strong
b. very straight
d. very smart
4. Brenda’s baby brother is a
dumpling.
a. small and thin
b. round and fat
c. long and fat
d. long and round
5. People who do not think
for themselves are like
puppets.
a. active c. ruled by others
b. proud d. smart
BASHIN:
Ang mga Pilipino ay likas
na malikhain at masining.
Nakikilala sa buong mundo
ang mga produkto ng
Pilipinas. Nariyan ang mga
barong, bestida, mantel,
telang pinya, sinamay, at
jusina may pinong-pinong
bordang kamay mula sa
Batangas at Bulacan. Kay
gandarin ng mga telang
hinahabi sa hand loom o
habihan ng mga kababaihan
sa Ilocos, Baguio, Benguet,
at Ifuguo. Sa Laguna naman
nagmumula ang
magagandang nililok na mga
kagamitan at mga
pandekorasyon.
Kaygagandang muwebles
din ang nanggagaling sa
Pampanga. Ang Leyte at
Samar ay may magagandang
banig na tikug. At higit sa
lahat ay ang makukulay na
dyip nalikha rito sa Pilipinas.
Ang lahat ng ito at iba pang
likhang-sining ay
maipagmamalaki ng
sinumang Pilipino.
Ano-anong mga bagay na yari dito sa Pilipinas ang nabanggit sa talata?
Saan-saang mga lalawigan matatagpuan ang mga ito?
Ano ang katangian ng mga yaring-kamay na ito?
Marami pang produktong Pilipino ang kilala sa daigdig. Magbigay ng ilang nalalaman mo.
Basahin ang mga salita at
uriin kung ngalan ng tao,
bagay, pook, o pangyayari.
Halimbawa:
tao – Pilipino
bagay – sinamay
pook – Pilipinas
pangyayari – Pasko
Halimbawa:
Pangngalang Pambalana
banig guro dyip
bayani damit palaro
tela tahanan
kapatid
Pangngalang Pantangi
Dr. Valdez Luneta
Andres Bonifacio Cavite
Binibining Angeles Bulacan
Tandaan:
Ang pangngalan ay bahagi
ng pananalita na tumutukoy
sa tao, bagay, pook, o
pangyayari. Ito ay maaaring
pangngalang pambalana
gayang guro, aklat, paaralan
at bandila. Maaari itong
pangngalang pantangi gaya
ng Dr. Jose Rizal, Pangulong
Quezon, Bulacan, Florante
at Laura at Pilipinas.
Nagsisimula ang
pangngalang pantangi sa
malaking letra.
Piliin ang mga pangngalang
pambalana at pangngalang
pantangi. Itala ang mga ito
sa dalawang hanay sa iyong
sagutang papel.
1. Si Dr. Jose Rizal, ang ating
pambansang bayani ay
siyang sumulat ng Noli Me
Tangere at El
Flilibusterismo.
2. Ang makatang si
Francisco Balagtas na mula
sa Panginay, Balagtas,
Bulacan ay siyang sumulat
ng Florante at Laura.
3. Si Andres Bonifacio na
nagtatag ng Katipunan ay
kinilala bilang “Amang
Rebolusyon” sa Pilipinas.
Siya ay isinilang sa Tondo,
Maynila noong ika-30 ng
Nobyembre, 1863.
4. Naging mga pangulo ng
ating bansa sina Ramon
Magsaysay, Corazon
Aquino, Fidel Ramos, at iba
pa.
5. Maituturing ding bayani
ng bansa ang mabubuting
guro, magsasaka,
mangingisda, manggagawa,
kawani, at sinumang ulirang
mamamayan.
Pantangi Pambalana
GAWAIN B:
Pangkatang Gawain.
Magtala ng 5 halimbawa ng
mga bagay, tao, hayop,
pook, o pangyayaring nakita
sa sumusunod na mga lugar:
1.sa daan
2.sa palengke
3.sa simbahan
4.sa probinsya
5.sa parke
