At the end of this lesson, I will be able to:

• identify sentences and non-Sentences and

• share basic information about myself.

What about you? What is your name? Where are you from? Let us get to know each other.

Write your name inside the box.

Draw your favorite hobbies

Listen as your teacher reads the group of words below. Each student is trying to tell you something about himself or herself. Can you clearly understand what they are trying to tell you?

Let us go back to the group of words from the previous page.

Group A

Group B

My father

I live in Cavite.

Swimming

My favorite book is Pancakes! Pancakes!

Which group of words can you understand better? Why?

The groups of words under Group B are called sentences. A sentence must have the following:

It starts with a big or capital letter.

It expresses a complete idea or thought.

It ends with a punctuation mark such as a period (.) or a question mark (?).

Practice reading the sentences below:

1. My name is Ana.

2. I am six years old.

3. Where do you live?

4. I study in St. Edwards Academy.

5. What are your hobbies?

To introduce yourself

My name is __________________________.

You can call me __________________________.

To talk about where you live or where you are from

I am from __________________________.

I live in __________________________.

My hometown is __________________________.

To talk about your hobbies

I like to __________________________.

On my free time, I __________________________.

I enjoy __________________________.

Activity A

Put a ✓ check in the blank if the group of words form a sentence and an X if they do not. You may ask your teacher to read the sentences aloud for you.

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1. Misha studies in Jose Rizal Elementary School.

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2. My parents are Nina and Mario.

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3. lives in Barangay San Jose

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4. is walking to the canteen

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5. How old are you?

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6. tomorrow morning

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7. Where do you study?

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8. reads many books

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9. watching cartoons now

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10. I enjoy swimming and playing sports.

Activity B

Rewrite each sentence correctly by capitalizing the first word or putting a punctuation mark.

1. the family lives in baguio city The family lives Baguio City .

2. where do you have picnics Where do you have picnics ?

3. my name is Christine My name is Christine.

4. My father’s name is Martin

5. tina plays with her friends