Learning Package

Idiomatic
Expressions
Meanings
Sentences
4. Form groups of five.
5. Using your assignment, make a pictionary of idiomatic expressions. Be creative.
Task 3. Making It Simple
Below are sentences about the myths you have read. Underline the simple subject and encircle the
simple predicate in each sentence.
1. The people hunted fruit and fish for their food.
2. ―All the fires in the village shall be extinguished.‖
3. Sappia bared her bosom and squeezed a drop of milk into the weeds.
4. Kabunian and Bugan enjoyed the canyao in their magnificent house.
5. ―I am weak and old and cannot find my food.‖
Task 4. Supply and Demand
Read through the passage. Fill in the blanks with appropriate subjects or verbs to complete it.
Choose your answers from the box.
the world they Filipino have reduced
spends minimize adds it
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RICE IN THE PHILIPPINE SETTING
(an adaptation)
Rice is the staple food of the Filipinos.
1.__________ consume about 33,000 tons of rice daily.
Approximately, 80% of the total population
2. __________ almost 1/4 of their income on rice
alone. Thus, a slight 3. __________ in the price of this
commodity will greatly affect the standard of living for
most Filipinos.
Currently, 4. __________ is experiencing a
global food crisis. There has been an increase in
demand for rice all over the world especially in China, Africa, the Middle East and India. Because of this,
the top exporting countries of rice 5. __________ their exports significantly to keep domestic prices low
and to counter inflation. The Philippines, being the world‘s top importer of rice, is directly affected by the
global crisis.
Source: Academics, Research and Development Department of Ateneo Economics Association, 2008 May 31. ―THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF RICE IN THE PHILIPPINE SETTING”. Analyzing the Rice Crisis in the Philippines. Retrieved January 22,
2012 from http://ateneoeconomics.wordpress.com
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