Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

 

Today when we speak of a house we think of structures made of wood, steel, stone, glass and concrete. In less developed countries people built houses with the materials found in their surroundings – wood, leaves, grass and mud. 

 People built their houses where they can survive and find some type of protection. Some people, long ago, built tree houses and lived in them to be protected from wild animals. Others lived in houses built over water- in lakes or ponds. 

Some live in boats, junks, as they are called in China. But would you like to live in a house on stilts? In the Philippine Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, many farmers build their houses on stilts. The stilts are made from bamboo stalks or light wooden stems. The bamboo floor of the house rests on the stilts, about one or two metres above the ground. To get to the floor, you must use a ladder. At, night the ladder is pulled up so that strangers cannot get into the house. Perhaps you would be comfortable in such a house. The heat will not be great, since the roof is made of straw or leaves and as the wind blows, the air moves through the space under the house and keeps the entire house very cool. 

 Sometimes, during the rainy season there are very heavy rains, which cause flooding. Since the house is on stilts, well above the ground it stays dry, as the water must rise well above three metres to get into the house. Can you imagine what would happen if the heavy floods occurred with houses build flat on the ground? In the dry season, the farmers make good use of the space under the house. In the heat of the day, cattle and other farm animals rest there. It also makes a suitable place for tools and reaped crops to be stored.

8. If floodwaters rose to five metres, what would most likely happen to the homes mentioned in paragraph 3?

9. What part of speech is 'heavy' in the last paragraph?

10. What part of speech is 'occurred' in the last paragraph?

WORD FORMATION

Complete the following sentences using a word formed from that in CAPITALS. 

1. ABLE : The teacher was a man of great ______________________. 

2. CRUEL : There is a society to prevent ___________________ to children.

 3. OBSERVE : From my own _______________ I can be sure he is an excellent student. 

4. DECEIT : The girl acted ___________________ . 

5. SATISFY : The result caused him great _________________________ . 

6. PUBLIC : The paper _______________ the results of the examination

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Finding a Percentage of a Quantity

1. This hat costs $40. You have 20% of the money. 

a. How much money do you have?

b. How much more money do you need?

2. My groceries came to $250. I received a 10% discount on this total. What was my discount?

3. This tablet cost $455. My friend has 20% of the money. 

a. How much money does she have?

b. How much more money does she need?

4. A pair of shoes costs $960. What is 20% of this price?

5. A man saved 50% on this laptop. If the original price of the laptop is $2400, how much money did I save?

6. The backpack costs $550. The lunch bag cost 10% less. What is the cost of the lunchbag?

7. What number is 20% more than 60?

8. What number is 50% more than 480?

9. A man has $680. His friends has 20% more. How much money does his friend have?

10. A TV costs $1000. A fan costs 25% less. What is the cost of the fan?