English 3
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English – Grade 3
Quarter 3 – Module 1: Differentiating Words with Different Medial Vowels (eg.:
cap-cop-cup; fan-fin-fun)
First Edition, 2020
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English 3
Quarter 3
Self-Learning Module 1
Differentiating Words with
Different Medial Vowels
(eg: cap-cop-cup; fan-fin-fun)
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
Welcome to the English 3 Self-Learning Module on Differentiating words with
different medial vowels (eg: cap-cop-cup; fan-fin-fun!
This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and
reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.
This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:
Notes to the Teacher
This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
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For the Learner:
Welcome to the English Self-Learning Module on Differentiating Words with
Different Medial Vowels (eg: cap-cop-cup; fan-fin-fun!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:
Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills
that you will learn after completing the module.
Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson
at hand.
Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts
and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.
Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.
Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.
Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and
application of the lesson.
Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the
lesson.
Posttest - This measure how much you have learned from the
entire module.
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EXPECTATIONS
This is your self-instructional learner module in English 3. All the
activities provided in this lesson will help learn and understand:
Differentiating Words with Different Medial Vowels (eg: cap-cop-
cup; fan-fin-fun)
PRETEST
Directions: Read each sentence carefully. Encircle the word inside
the parenthesis that makes the sentence correct.
1. The fish swims using its________. (fan, fin, fun)
2. Andrea likes to eat________. (nets, nots, nuts)
3. Dads get water from the _______. (jag, jog, jug)
4. Aling Nida boiled _______water in the pot. (hat, hot, hut)
5. The ________ has a gun. (cap, cop, cup)
RECAP
Find and encircle the CVC words that have short / o / in the
puzzle.
d a g m u g
i m o m e h
d a a e f o
j n r o d g
o o i b l o
g a b w o n
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LESSON
Let’s have a game. Guess the middle sound by putting the correct
medial vowels.
p __ n c __ b
p__n
c __ b
b __ d p __ d
b __ d p __ d
Read the passage and answer the question below.
The Cat, The Dog and The Bad Bat
The cat sat on the cot.
The dog dug on the ground.
The bad bat hit a bit the cat on the cot.
The cat fell on the ground.
The dog sat on the cot.
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1. Who sat on the cot?
2. Where did the cat sit?
3. Who digs the ground?
4. What was the dog doing on the ground?
5. Who hits the cat?
6. How do you describe the bat?
Let us read and study the table below by answering the following
question.
cat cot cut
cap cop cup
dig dog dug
fan fin fun
ham him hum
bat bet bit but
hat hit hot hut
What have you noticed about the words in each row?
Can you differentiate each word?
Today, let us talk about how to differentiate words with
different medial vowels.
Example:
cap- cop-cup
A cap is a form of headgear or it’s a head
covering;
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cop is a police officer, and a
cup is a container with handle used for
drinking coffee.
Another example:
cat-cot-cut
cat is a kind of an animal;
cot is portable bed and
cut means slit.
Next example:
dig-dog dug
dig means cultivating the soil;
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dog is an animal and
dug is past and past participle of dig.
Remember: There are words with different medial vowels and
each have different meanings.
Guided Practice
Let’s try a few items as practice exercise. Use the words in
the box to complete the sentences.
cat
1. Melody wants to ______ paper fruits.
2. The _______ sat on the mat. cot
cut
3. The soldier slept on a ______.
4. The _____ is seen at night. bat
5. Alfred likes to play _____ his mother doesn’t. bit
6. Grandma tastes a ______ of cake.
but
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ACTIVITIES
Activity 1
Directions: Look at the pictures. Encircled the word that tells about
the picture.
Cat cot cut
hat hit hut
bat bet but
dag dig dog
nat net nut
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Activity 2
Directions: Match each picture in column A to its name in column
B. Write the letter on the space provided.
A B
______1. A. ham
http://images.clipartpanda.com/leg-clipart-cliparti1_leg-clip-art_04.jpg
_____ 2.
B. leg
http://images.clipartpanda.com/log-clipart-log_with_a_leaf_0071-1002-1001-2252_SMU.jpg
______ 3.
C. hum
https://www.clker.com/cliparts/c/4/r/z/B/m/ham-md.png
______ 4.
D. log
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/b8/53/10b85361849501524864939f08620c6f.jpg
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______5.
E. him
https://education.byu.edu/sites/default/files/2017-10/drum-hum-title.png
Activity 3
Directions: Draw a picture of the following sentences.
1. The hat is in the hut.
2. The cop holds a cup.
3. Used the fan for fun.
4. The sunsets on the west.
5. The ham is for him.
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WRAP-UP
Directions: Write Yes if you agree that these are the things you
have learned about the lesson, and No If it is not.
_____ 1. There are words with different medial vowels and each
has different meanings.
_____ 2. The words bad-bid-bud are examples of words with
different medial vowels.
_____ 3. If we change the middle vowel of the word jet, we can
form the word net.
_____ 4. All words have different medial vowels.
_____ 5. We can differentiate words with different medial vowels
like gam-gem-gum.
VALUING
Draw a star ( ) if the statement shows Faith in God and
draw a moon ( ) If not.
______ 1. Ben always prays before he goes to sleep at night.
______ 2. Melinda plays in the mud that’s why she got sick.
______ 3. Santos family trust the Lord to keep them safe from the
pandemic.
______ 4. Lot Believes that his mother will heal from her sickness.
______5. Mel gives food to the needy.
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POSTTEST
Directions: Choose the word that will best complete the sentence.
Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. Joy studied the ____of her mother’s town.
A. map B. mop C. mup
2. Mary and Joy sit on the ______.
A. lag B. leg C. log
3. Father drinks coffee from his______.
A. cap B. cop C. cup
4. Little James caught a ______.
A. bag B. bog C. bug
5. Sara used a ______ because it’s hot.
A. fan B. fin C. fun
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KEY TO CORRECTION
5. A 5. c 5. nut 5. cop
4. C 4. e 4. dig 4. hot
3. C 3. a 3. bat 3. jug
2. C 2. d 2. hut 2. nut
1. A 1. b 1. cat 1. fin
Posttest Activity 2 Activity 1 Pretest
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