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Modified In-School Off-School Approach Modules (MISOSA)
Distance Education for Elementary Schools
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
ASKING QUESTIONS AND
CLASSIFYING IDEAS
Department of Education
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 IV
There are different kinds of sentences. A sentence that tells
something or gives information is a declarative sentence.
When you ask for information or you want to know something
you make a sentence. But when you are asking for
information, you are using another kind of sentence.
The activities you will be doing in this module will teach you how
to:
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give and ask information
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classify ideas that are relate to one topic
Are you ready to work on this module?
Start now and Good luck.
ASKING QUESTIONS AND CLASSIFYING IDEAS
GRADE IV REVIEW TIME
Study these pictures.
GRADE IV STUDY TIME
In the Market
Mary and Nena met at the fruit stand.
Read their conversation.
Mary : I’d like to buy some mangoes.
Nena : What kind of mangoes do you like?
Mary : Ripe mangoes are my favorite.
Nena : Do you like green mangoes?
Mary : I like green mangoes too, but I prefer the ripe ones. (Mary and Nena approached the fruit vendor)
Fruit Vendor : Yes, they are. They are mangoes from Zambales.
Mary : My mother likes guavas. Where can I buy the big guavas?
Fruit Vendor : Look for the store of Aling Rosa. It is near the meat section.
Mary : Thank you.
GRADE IV
Study them.
Mary Nena
I’d like to buy mangoes What kind of mangoes do you like?
Ripe mangoes are my favorite Do you like green mangoes?
I like green mangoes too, but I Are these mangoes sweet.
Prefer the ripe ones. My mother like guavas She likes big guavas
What do Mary’s sentences give us? What do you call these sentences?
Do Nena’s sentences give information, too?
No, Nena’s sentences are asking for information.
These are asking sentences. They are called interrogative sentences. Interrogative sentences ask for information.
Here are some more sentences asking for information. Read them and think of an appropriate answer. Write your answer in your notebook.
1. What do you think the vendor will do to the unsold ripe fruits? 2. Why do we have sidewalk vendors?
3. How can we help to make this market clean? 4. Where do the vendors but their fruits.
5. What time do they open their stalls?
GRADE IV
Fruit Section Vegetable Section
Dry Good Section
Nena and Mary went around and noted down the things under each section.
Here are the lists. Read them.
Fruit Section Vegetable Section Dry Good Section
pineapple cabbage blouse
oranges radish pants
apples eggplant T-shirt
guavas carrots jeans
grapes beans baby dresses
bananas squash shorts
KEEP IN MIND
When you want to group something, classify them under one topic or heading.
When you want to tell something, make a declarative sentence and pit a period after it.
GRADE IV
PRACTICE TIME
A. What questions would like to ask from the following: Write your questions in your notebook. Begin your questions with who, when, where, what or why?
1. A fruit vendor
2. Your barangay captain
3. Your friend who has just arrived in your place. 4. An American visitor
5. The President
B. Can you make an interrogative sentence from these declarative sentences?
Write your sentence in your notebook.
Example:
Fruits are good for our health. Are fruits good for our health? What fruits are they?
1. Fruits and vegetables come from plants. 2. Meat and milk come from animals.
3. Some animals can live both on land and water. 4. Some people have animals as pets.
5. Pet animals live in houses.
6. Birds as pets are placed inside a cage. 7. Dogs stay in dog houses.
8. Pigs say in pig pens.
GRADE IV
A. Read this story.
The Eskimos of Alaska
How would you like in a place where you won’t see the sun for about six months. Day after day you will see nothing but snow. There are no green grass, no trees, flowers, and birds.
Such is the kind of place where the Eskimos live. During the long, cold dark months, they have to live in shelters made of blocks of ice. The children cannot go outdoors. They stay crowed in a small room without windows.
GRADE IV
The Arabs of the Desert
How would you like to live in Arabia?
Arabia is a very hot country. Rain seldom falls there. The sand and stones grow so hot in the sun that they feel as if their feet are burning.
Water is so scarce that it cannot be wasted for bathing.
The people in the desert live in tents with two rooms. They have little furniture. They sleep on rugs or mats on the ground.
Desert children work and play. They work goats and bring jars of water. The boys herd goats and sheep. They hunt for rabbits, lizards and birds.
GRADE IV
The Thais of Thailand
Children of Thailand look like Filipinos. They are usually named after everyday common things. Such names as the following are common.
Chang – meaning elephant
Nam – meaning water
Most of the houses are built along the river banks. These houses have steep roofs.
GRADE IV
Copy the words from the list below that will fall under the proper heading.
Eskimos Arabs Thais
won’t see the sun for 6 months Water is scarce
Houses with steep roofs Stay in crowded rooms
Live in houses made of ice Pray a lot
Very hot country Look like Filipinos
Religious people Floating schools
Named after common objects Milk goats
Writing Activity
You have read stories about people from hands. Can you write something about out country and its people?
Try writing a paragraph about the Filipino children. Tell something about their characteristics, habits and what they like or dislike.
GRADE IV
TEST YOURSELF
A. Below is a list of things. Copy the things that belong to once column.
Then give a name for each group. You will have three columns for these things. Do this in your notebook.
Yellow bell ilang-ilang orchids
Rabbit Ben carabao
Sampaguita pig sunflower
Car Mario Gloria
Albert Rose George
B. Study the chart and the list of words below. In your notebook make four columns and copy the headings for each column a shown in the chart on the next page.
Copy the words from the list that will the correct heading on your answer sheet.
airplane farming salt making
car fish shorts
belt camping shoes
blouse fruit skirt
bread lumbering socks
boat meat train
bus milk truck
cart mining vegetables
fishing pants weaving
GRADE IV
A - Means of Transportation B - Things We Wear
C – Things We Eat
D – Different Occupations
Food Cothing Transportation Industries
C. Which of the following sentences are interrogative sentences? Copy them in your notebook. Put the correct punctuation marks.
1. Filipinos have many beautiful traits 2. Do they show respect for their elders 3. Where do Filipinos usually go on Sunday
4. The Filipinos celebrate fiestas in honor of their patron saint 5. Do Filipinos have happy families
6. They have to play games and hold contests 7. Have you participated in contests
8. When were the contest held
D. Write an interrogative sentence for the following situations. Write your answer in your notebook.
