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Modified In-School Off-School Approach Modules (MISOSA)
Distance Education for Elementary Schools
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
USING WORDS THAT
DE-SCRIBE PERSONS, PLACES,
ANIMALS
(as + adjective + as)
Revised 2010
by the Learning Resource Management and Development System (LRMDS), DepEd - Division of Negros Occidental
under the Strengthening the Implementation of Basic Education in Selected Provinces in the Visayas (STRIVE).
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GRADE V
USING WORDS THAT DESCRIBE PERSONS, PLACES, ANIMALS (as + Adjective + as)
Good day!
Are you ready for the next module? I hope you are.
In this module, you will learn to do the following:
• use descriptive words and phrases
(as + Adjective + as)
• write a descriptive paragraph
• identify descriptive words in a paragraph
Read and do the exercises you are asked to do.
Read the paragraph and answer the questions below.
KNOW THE PLACE
It is a wide open place with a building of many rooms. Each room is decorated with colorful and varied materials that attract children. High tech facilities such as computers, multiple sound system, wide TV screens and other equipment expose everyone to the modern world. On its grounds are colorful flowering plants and several full-grown trees. These provide clean and fresh air for the children playing in the open grass. The place prepares children to face their life in the future. It is a school with a modern setup. This is the reason why parents enroll their children here upon reaching the right age.
Is this a good paragraph?
Do you know what the underlined words are?
They are descriptive words.
Write a paragraph about any of the following topics. Use descriptive words. Do it in your notebook.
Do you know how Snow White got her name? Read the story and you will find out how.
SNOW WHITE
The queen sat by the window of one of the castle towers. She was sewing clothes for the little daughter she hoped to have. Now and then she watched the snow falling outside.
As her needle move in and out of the material, the queen accidentally pricked her finger and a drop of blood fell on the tiny garments in her hands.
“When my baby is born,” she said, “ I should like her to have her lips as red as the blood; hair as black as the ebony window frame; and skin as white as snow. And I shall call her Snow White.”
When spring came, the young queen gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. The king was overjoyed with the child.
“What shall we call her?” the King asked.
The queen answered, “ In winter when I was waiting for her, I wished for a daughter with lips as red as blood, hair as black as ebony; and skin as white as snow and now I have her, I said I would call her Snow White.”
The King said, “Snow White she shall be.” And that is how Snow White got her name.
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Analyze the story by completing the story map.
1)
characters setting
Write the descriptive phrases
1. What kind of lips did the queen want for her baby?
2. What kind of hair?
3. What kind of skin?
Why did the queen name her daughter Snow White?
2) Nouns or pronouns can be described more vividly using as + adjective + as. This can be used to describe animals, persons or things with similar characteristics.
Her lips as red as blood.
Her hair as black as the ebony window frame. Her skin as white as the snow.
How red were the lips? How black was her hair? How white was her skin?
A. Choose the nouns that can be described by the following descriptive
phrases. Write your answers in your notebook.
1. as red as blood (sky, rose, sand)
2. as black as the night (hair, cotton, ocean) 3. as busy as bees (workers, managers, guards) 4. as bright as the sun (song, spotlight, candle) 5. as soft as cotton (eyes, bone, skin)
6. as fierce as lion (ballet dancer, wrestler, doctor) 7. as thin as needle (hair, branch, trunk)
8. as fragrant as rose (soup, soap, milk)
C. Choose the adjectives that describe appropriately the following nouns. Write the letter of the correct answer in your notebook.
1. Her teeth is _______pearls.
a. as red as b. as white as c. as black as
2. The workers are _______bees.
a. as busy as b. as active as c. as sharp as
3. The ocean is _______sky.
a. as far as b. as shiny as c. as clear as
4. The cotton is _______cloud.
a. as pure as b. as dark as c. as white as
5. The sun is _______ball.
D. Make a descriptive paragraph using as + adjective + as. Choose only one.
1. a favorite scenic spot 2. a favorite game 3. a favorite toy
A. Write the letter of the word that gives the best description of the subject.
1. Ana’s hair is __________ the night.
A. as white as B. as black as C. as yellow as
2. She works __________ a busy bee.
A. as fast as B. as slow as C. as good as
3. Her smile is __________honey.
A. as sour as B. as sweet as
4. Her eyes are __________ the star.
A. as bright as B. as hard as C. as soft as
5. Her heart is __________ gold.
A. as pure as B. as sticky as C. as sensitive as
B. Read the essay below. Copy the descriptive words or phrases used in your notebook.
ENDANGERED NO MORE
Thanks to the joint effort of the government and the Filipino people, this majestic bird which used to be one of the country’s endangered species, is now growing in number. Now, they are as many as before. With rainforests as abundant as the wildlife and an increasing number of trees growing in the metropolis, I hope that this treasured bird is here to stay.
1. This is a sample of a descriptive paragraph. 2. Rewrite the descriptive paragraph.
Use other descriptive phrases that you think will be most appropriate.
C. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate adjective phrases. Write your answer in your notebook.
1. The camia flower is __________ the sampaguita flower.
A. as foul as B. as bad as C. as fragrant as
2. Camelia’s hair is __________ silk.
A. as black as B. as rough as C. as smooth as
3. Snow White’s skin is __________ snow.
A. as cold as B. as hard as C. as white as
4. Melanie Marquez is __________ Evangeline Pascual.
5. My grandfather is ninety years old. He is __________ your grandfather.
A. as pretty as B. as young as C. as old as
6. Myra’s height is only three feet. She is __________ a dwarf.
A. as green as B. as short as C. as tall as
7. Flies are __________ as mosquitoes.
A. as harmful as B. as round as C. as helpful as
8. The sun is __________ a ball.
A. as crooked as B. as round as C. as tiny as
9. The gumamela flower is __________ a rose.
A. as thin as B. as many as C. as red as
10. My mother’s dream is __________ the rainbow.
A. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate descriptive phrase. Write your answer in your notebook.
1. Maria Makiling is as __________ as the other good engkantadas in the mountain.
A. clever B. cruel C. generous
2. I got low in our test. The test was as __________ as the board exam taken by my sister in college.
A. easy B. difficult C. new
3. Mother wants ripe mangoes. They appear to be as __________ as
candies.
A. sweet B. sour C. bitter
4. For me, the beef stew is as __________as the roasted chicken.
5. Have you seen the Statue of Liberty? It is __________ as the Eiffel Tower I think.
A. long B. short C. high
B. Write sentences using as + adjective + as in your English notebook. Use the following phrases.
1. as many as 2. as sweet as 3. as noble as 4. as noisy as 5. as long as 6. as hard as 7. as far as 8. as soft as 9. as bright as 10. as fragrant as
Thank you for working on this module.
