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HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT
HOME A WIFE
by:
Manuel E. Arguilla
VOCABULARY WORDS
cud - partly digested food returned from the first
stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further
chewing
yonder – the far distance
bolted – fastened to something else with a bolt
jolted – pushed or shook abruptly and roughly
yoke - a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the
necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart
that they are to pull.
unhitch – unhook or unfasten
Manuel Estabillo
Arguilla was born in Barrio Naguilian in Bauang, La Union on
June 17, 1911
is an acclaimed Filipino short story writer as well as a
patriot and a guerrilla hero.
He studied at University of the Philippines where he finished BS
Education in 1993.
Manuel Estabillo
Arguilla He married Lydia Villanueva, another talented writer
in English.
Arguilla secretly organized a guerrilla intelligence
unit against the Japanese.
In October 1944 at the age of 33,he was captured,
tortured and executed by the Japanese army at Fort
Santiago
“A lovely small dimple appeared on
Maria’s right cheek.”
“The wide and deep, blue sky.”
“Many floating big purple and red and
yellow bubbles”
“The clean dust-free and smoke-free
Nagrebcan air”
ROYAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Determiner Observation Physical description
Origin Material Qualifier Noun Size Shape Age Color
an expensive antique mirror long vintage purple silk dress
Arrange the following adjectives in proper sequence.
1. (black, long, lovely) hair ____________________________________________
2. (big, a bashful) stranger _____________________________________________
3. (good-looking, five, tall) boys
____________________________________________
4. (white, big, a) background
______________________________________________
5. (fine, long, ten, red) pencils
______________________________________________
6. (American, young, my) friend
_____________________________________________
7. (small, these, yellow, ripe) bananas
_________________________________________
8. (typical, a few, aerobics) exercises
___________________________________________
9. (a pair of, attractive, red) shoes
_____________________________________________
10. (bookish, small, a) girl
_________________________________________________
Assignment:
Select a scene in the story
and draw.
Prepared
by:
Analene
V. de Guzman
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