Lesson 1 How Others See Me

Task 3. As You Like It
1. Read the following sentences and take note of the underlined phrases.
a. Talk about the mats flared up again like wildfire.
b. To the children it seemed as new as the first time it was spread before them.
c. The mat was almost as austere in design as Mr. Angeles' own, and it had a name.
d. The separate letters, spelling out the names of the dead among them, did not seem glow
or shine with a festive sheen as did the other living names.
2. Answer the following questions:
a. What two items are being compared in each sentence?
b. What words or expressions are used to compare them?
c. How does simile make a sentence more meaningful?
3. Compare and contrast the following people with objects. Use as and like in your sentences. Be
imaginative.
a. Your best friend
b. Your favorite artist
c. A political figure
d. A modern hero
e. You
4. Make a research regarding other cultures‘ burial practices and beliefs. Write a comparison-contrast
paragraph about these in relation to the Filipino culture. Use similes in your paragraph.
Task 3. Certainly Certain
1. Study the following phrases:
a. an occasion for celebration
b. a marvelous matweaver
c. our respective birthstones
d. that mat in his truck
e. whose name was in the center
2. Answer the questions that follow:
a. What word introduces each phrase?
b. What do these words do to the nouns in the phrases?
3. Look for phrases that are introduced by the determiners like a, an, the, that,, his, etc.
Task 4. Making It Whole
Read through the text. Supply the blanks with appropriate determiners. Write your answers on the blanks.
Grade 7 English Learning Package 13