INSTITUTO HIGH ALTERNATIVE

EDUCATION

ENGLISH CLASS

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 Reading
Comprehension

I. Read a Poem and answer the

questions: A Job For Bob

Bob needs a job.

There is a job for Bob.

Rob can use Bob on his farm.

Bob can pick corn on the cob.

Rob and Bob each pick the cobs.

Bob likes his job with Rob.

There is a mob at the farm.

They want the cobs of corn.

Rob and Bob sell the cobs.

They like their jobs.

They like to sell the cobs.

The mob likes the cobs of corn.

1) What does Bob need?

2) What is Bob’s job?

3) Who likes the cobs of corn?

4) What is Rob’s job?

 It Circulates

II. Reading
Comprehension
The circulatory system is the transport system of the human body. Your body is like a map filled
with passage ways of different sizes that are filled with blood. Arteries and veins are the body’s largest
blood vessels. Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the lungs and back through the heart so it can
be delivered to all the cells of the body. Veins carry carbon dioxide wastes back to the heart and through
the lungs so they can be exhaled. Capillaries are the tiniest blood vessels. They are especially helpful in
the lungs, where the gas exchanges take place in air sacs called alveoli that look like grape clusters under
the microscope. At the very center of the circulatory system is the heart. Your heart is about the same
size as your fist, but it is made of muscle. Its job is to pump your blood through all those blood vessels. It
never stops working, even when you are sleeping. It is the strongest muscle in your body. Your heart has
four chambers, or spaces inside it: the left and right ventricle, and the left and right atrium. Each
chamber is separated by a valve that only lets blood flow in one direction. The opening and closing of the
valves is what you can hear through a stethoscope when you visit the doctor. The blood being pushed
through the valves is what you can feel as your pulse. Blood looks like a simple red liquid when you have
a cut or a scrape. That’s only because your eyes cannot see what is going on inside the blood at the
microscopic level. The reason blood looks red to us is because it contains an iron-rich substance called
hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is what allows blood to hold on to oxygen and carry it around the body.
Hemoglobin is found in disc-shaped cells called red blood cells. There are also white blood cells in our
blood. They are larger than red blood cells, and are important because they help us fight disease.
Platelets, another kind of cell found in our blood, help us form scabs when we are injured so we don’t
lose too much blood. All of these cells float in liquid called plasma. Plasma also carries sugar to cells, and
waste products away from cells.

Answer the following questions based on the reading passage. Don’t forget to go back to the passage
whenever necessary to find or confirm your answers.

1) What is the function of the white blood cells?

2) How are arteries and veins alike?

3) Based on other information in the passage, what gases are being exchanged in the alveoli?

4) What is the main idea of this passage?

5) What does hemoglobin do?

 Irregular Verbs in the Past Simple and Progressive Tense

What are irregular verbs?

Irregular verbs are common verbs in the English language that do not follow the simple system of adding
“d” or “ed” to the end of the word to form the past tense. That means the spellings can be a little tricky.

Some irregular verbs follow patterns, such as drink–drank, spring–sprang, know-knew, and blow-blew
but you can’t use those patterns with predictability. Unfortunately, learning irregular verbs means
memorization.

I. Using Irregular Verbs in Simple Past Tense

1. For many verbs, the simple past tense does not end in –ed.

2. The simple past form of these verbs is irregular.

Note: The simple past form is the same for all

persons:
Example: I saw the moon. / You saw the moon. / We saw the moon. / They saw the moon. /He/she/it saw
the moon.

I. Practice Exercise
Example: He (to drink) the coffee.

He drank (to drink) the coffee.

1) The moon (to come) out late last night.

2) Jessica (to lose) her first tooth this morning.

3) My entire family (to catch) the flu last winter.

4) The employees (to do) a lot of work today.

5) The swimmers (to hold) their breath and jumped in the water.

6) The baker (to make) a cake for my birthday.

7) They (to take) a picture of the mountain.

8) The teacher (to teach) the students chemistry last year.

9) I (to wear) my jacket to work yesterday.

10) We (to go) to the zoo last weekend.

II. Using Irregular Verbs in Past Participle Form

1. For many verbs, the past participle form does not end in –ed.
2. The participle tense form of these verbs is irregular.
• Use the correct form of the helping verb “to be” and the past participle after the subject. [subject] +
[form of “to be”] + [past participle]

Practice Exercises:

Directions: Choose the correct form of the helping verb “to be”. Then write the correct form of the verb
in irregular past participle form.

Example: The water (am/are/is) (to freeze).

The water (am/are/is) frozen (to freeze).

1) Her arm (am/are/is) (to break).

2) The old man (am/are/is) (to drink).

3) Our house key (am/are/is) (to hide) in the bushes.

4) The employees (am/are/is) (to do) with work today.

5) The snake bite (am/are/is) (to swell).

6) The eighth page of my book (am/are/is) (to tear).

7) A picture (was/were) (to draw) on the chalkboard.

8) My bicycle (was/were) (to steal) yesterday.

9) The milk (am/are/is) all (to go).

10) All my children (am/are/is) full (to grow).

11) The secret will be (to know) by tomorrow morning.

12) Once I get back from the hike, my boots will be well (to wear).

Definition of a Personal
Narrative
A personal narrative can be defined as,
“A personal account which offers details, analysis and offer personal opinion from a particular happening
or
event, experienced by the writer”.

Writing Personal Narratives

Writing a personal narrative simply means writing a story. The narrative essay makes a point,
which is usually pointed out, in the opening paragraph. Personal narratives are told from a defined
perspective, which is usually of the author’s. Personal narratives repeatedly provide sensory details to
get the reader caught up in the fundamentals and sequencing of the story. When the writer uses this
method, he or she must be in no doubt to take account of all the conversations within the
story.

These may include the design, setting, characters, climax, and ending. A personal narrative
is usually packed with the details that are vigilantly selected to explicate, sustain, or beautify the
story.

Steps for Writing a Personal Narrative:

 Choose the Experience or Event to be reported
Identify the experience that you want to write about.

 Draft Your Recollections

Now, spend enough time on drafting your recollections about the details of your experience. Here is
the time to create an outline of the basic parts of your narrative.

 Scribble Down Random Sentences and Paragraphs

With the help of your outline, explain each part of your narrative. Rather than telling the audience dryly
of what happened, try to recreate the experience creating life into it. For this, it is important to think
like the audience because the information that you present is the only one that they have got.
  Add the Small Details
Also, keep in mind that the minute details that might seem unimportant to you are not necessarily
going to be unimportant to the readers. Those details might spice up your personal narrative.

 Revise Your Draft

After completing the first draft, read your narrative as to have an idea whether the entire point has
been clearly made and whether the experience is recreated through the writing. Present your narrative
to others and get possible advice and opinion of whether they think you have made your point in the
entire piece or not.

Introduction: Transport the Importance of Your Experience

It is ideal to begin with a paragraph that will introduce the experience and will communicate its
significance. This technique promises that your audience will know how important the experience is
to you, as the author, as they go through the entire piece.

Another effective technique is to begin your narrative right away and explaining its significance at
the very end. This approach allows the reader to develop their own perspective and give a suitable
importance to the experience on their own.

Body Paragraphs: Connect Perspectives

Provide a later explanation in the body paragraphs where you explain about the significance and
how important it is to you. This will help your readers to connect both perspectives. This approach
might connect a great deal of significance to your experience.

Conclusion: Ending Your Narration

End your personal narrative by telling the readers the deduction, analysis or effect on your life
or thoughts of the experience.

Select ONLY ONE of the following Personal Narrative Ideas and Topics to help you get started on
your narrative writing.
 A childhood memory
 Achieving a goal
 A failure
 An event that caused a prominent change in your life
 A realization
 My best friend
 The biggest mistake I have ever made
 The most embarrassing moment in my life
 The happiest moment in my life

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