Inferring the

Speaker’s Tone,
Mood and Purpose

●English 4 Quarter 3 Week 6

At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:

infer the speaker’s tone, mood and purpose

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 DRILL
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 Read the sentences
and identify the mood
by writing the letter of
the correct answer.

DRILL

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1. “What a place! Cockroaches everywhere, cobwebs and
dust thick enough to plant potatoes in.”

A B
excitement appreciation

C D
joy disgust
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2. “Only one peso? What can I buy with that these days?”

A B
discontent curiosity

C D
honesty grateful
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3. “That was a close fight. I’m glad that our team won.
You were marvelous on the court, boys.”

A B
jubilation displeasure

C D
caution excitement
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4. “You are always late for work. You don’t even finish half of
what you are assigned to do. You might be fired.”

A B
assurance threat

C D
fear plea
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5. “Say good morning to sister”, Mae reminds her
younger sister. Mae wants her sister to be .

A B
polite honest

C D
helpful brave
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6. Celso was playing with his pet dog. Suddenly it ran to
the middle of the road.

A B
joy worried

C D
sad brave
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7. A speeding truck passed by and left his dog limping by
the roadside.” Oh, my dog is hurt”

A B
joy gratefulness

C D
pity anger
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8. It was Cora’s birthday and Helen gave her a box with yellow
ribbons. She said, “Thank you for this wonderful gift.”

A B
pity joy

C D
sorrow concern
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9. Fe was busy cleaning their house for the coming fiesta. She was arranging
everything in the storeroom when suddenly she saw something black inside the
broom box. She shouted,” Oh there’s a big snake in the broom box!”

A B
angry hungry

C D
concern frightened
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10. “I wonder where father and Arthur are, their boat is
out of sight.”

A B
angry hungry

C D
concern frightened
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 REVIEW

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 Arrange the events to form a story.
Write each event in the appropriate
box in the chart. Be guided with the
signal words.

REVIEW

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Those were her school things - the bag, One evening, Theodora went to sleep without fixing her
books, notebooks, pens, and papers. school things. While she was sleeping, she was interrupted by
They all came alive! some noises.

Theodora asked forgiveness from her school things and Her school things were mad for not
promised to take care of them. Suddenly, she opened her eyes fixing them.
realizing everything was just a dream.

Finall
First Next Then y

Theodora asked
One evening, Theodora Those were her Her school things forgiveness from her
went to sleep without school things - the were mad for not school things and
fixing her school fixing them.
bag, books, promised to take care
things. While she was
notebooks, pens, of them. Suddenly, she
sleeping, she was
and papers. They opened her eyes
interrupted by some
realizing everything
noises. all came alive!
was just a dream.

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 LET’S READ

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 One day a lion was sleeping in the
forest. A little mouse was looking for
something to eat. She ran over his paw.
The lion opened his eyes, then roared
at the mouse and put his paw over her.
“I will eat you,” he cried.
“I did not know it was you, “said the
mouse. “Please let me go!, someday I
will help you.”
“Foolish mouse!,” said the lion. “What
a little thing like you can do? I am
strong, so how could you ever help
me?”
The lion laughed, but let the
mouse go. He did not think the
little mouse could ever help him.
Soon after, the lion was running into
the forest. He ran into a trap. The trap
was a net made of rope.
The lion tried to break the net, but the
rope was strong. The mouse saw the
lion in the net, she said, “I will help
you”.
“It was hard to chew the strong rope. The
mouse bit and chewed for a long time. At
last, she chewed the rope enough so that
the lion could break the net.
“You have saved my life. Thank you,”
roared the lion, as he walked away into the
forest.“ A little mouse can help after all”,
said the mouse.
Comprehension Checkup
1.What did the lion do in the forest?
2. Why did the lion want to eat the mouse?
3. What did the mouse promise to the lion?
4. Did the lion think the mouse will fulfill his
promise to him? Why?
5. What happened to the lion later?
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Comprehension Checkup
6. How did the mouse help the lion?
7. What lessons can be derived from the story?
8. What do you think is the tone of the story?

9. What do you think is the mood conveyed in the story?

10. What do you think is the writer’s /speaker’s purpose

for writing the story?
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 Inferring the speaker’s
tone, mood or purpose may
be done by determining the
purpose of the author in
writing selection.

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 tone
expresses the attitude the author
has towards the subject or topic of
the poem.

Examples:
hopeful, affectionate, angry, impatient

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 mood
atmosphere or the emotion that
arouses in a reader.

Examples:
annoyed, jealous, confident, passionate

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 purpose
the reason an author writes about
a topic

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 purpose

to inform to entertain to persuade

to give information to amuse o delight, to convince the
about a subject, like like fairytales and reader, like editorial
encyclopedias and comics and top ten
magazines

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 PRACTICE
#1A
Based your answers on the story you have just read.
Choose the best word that completes each sentence.

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 1. The lion roared at the mouse, put his paw over her and
said’ “I will eat you”. The lion was ________________

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playful B
powerful C
tearful

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 2. The mouse was____________ of the lion.

A
scared B
mad C
ashamed

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 3. The lion laughed and said, “I am strong. How could you ever
help me? “The lion thought that the mouse was ____________.

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careless B
friendly C
serious

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 4. The lion tried to break the net, but the rope was strong, the lion
felt __________.

A
careless B
friendly C
helpless

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 5. “You saved my life. Thank you,” said the lion to the mouse. The
lion was ______.

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cheerful B
thankful C
thoughtful

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 PRACTICE
#1B
Infer the mood of the following utterances: Choose your answer inside
the box.

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B
Evelyn was chosen to be Miss Grade 4 because she has a smiling face.
Everyone was happy for her except Linda. Linda was muttering
something behind Evelyn’s place. The audience was full of admiration
for Evelyn’s beauty and wit. Evelyn went home contented.

fright emergency pity surprise regret

1. “Its cold here. Don’t leave me alone please!” Pleaded the young girl.
2. “Flowers, flowers everywhere. This is Eden,” cried the young lady.
3. “Won’t you wait a few minutes sir? I’ll call my father,”
4. “That was the biggest mistake I made in my life. Now everything is
different.”
5. “Get the life-saving station, please,”
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 Answers

1. fright
2. pity
3. surprise
4. regret
5. emergency

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 PRACTICE #2A
Select the proper word from the box that tells how the
person saying the lines.

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1. “Really! You won in the oration contest? Son,
I’m really proud of you!”
2. “What in the world is that? It looks like a man a. desperate
with a helicopter cap?” b. curious
3. “I don’t know what to do… please I beg you.
c. embarrassed
Only you can help me.”
4. “There I am, talking to my handsome crush.
d. bored
He smiled at me and whispered in my ears, e. pleased
“Your zipper is open.” Oh, my! I started to
melt!”
5. “What? There is still no electricity out there? I
cannot stand staying in this far-flung barrio
without TV or radio.”
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 PRACTICE #2B
Choose the letter of the word which tells what the reader
feels.

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1. “Leave me alone! You always give me
headaches because of your stubbornness.”

sad
A

B happy

C angry
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2. “Yes! Yes! I did it! My parents will be proud of
me!

sad
A

B happy

C angry
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3. “Thank you for helping me. Thanks for being a
shoulder to lean on. You are an
angel sent by God from heaven.”
helpfully
A

B stubbornly

C gratefully
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4. “And where did you get these lovely pair of
eyes my little angel? Of course, from
me, your good-looking father. Ha ha!”
sadly
A

B curiously

C teasingly
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5. “Don’t worry. I know you can do it. Just
practice a lot. You’ll see.”

curiosity
A

B hopefully

C encouragingly
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 EVALUATION
Infer the speaker’s tone, mood or purpose. Write the letter
of the correct answer.

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 1. “Oh, God I pray that You take care of
her. She is the only one I have.”

A thrilled B lonely

C anxious D joy

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2. ”I will work and study hard. In those ways
my parents will be proud of me.”

A lazy B glad

C rude D determined

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3. Dan looked at his guardians with
sparkling eyes. He could not forget their
kindness.
A grateful B sad

C amazed D loving

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4. “Oh, Dan, your Aunt’s operation was a
success!.”

A supportive B happy

C anxious D proud

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5. Gosh! It’s so dark. Please, help me.

A scared B glad

C proud D sad

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6. Yippee! I won the game.

A joyful B mad

C rude D lonely

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7. Please accept my apology. I just don’t
mean what I said.

A sad B shocked

C glad D sorry

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8. What? Is it true? Jane won the race?

A joyful B surprised

C assertive D loving

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8. What? Is it true? Jane won the race?

A joyful B surprised

C assertive D loving

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9. “No, I don’t want any tea or food. I don’t even
want to see your beautiful dance. Just give me a
present to take home with me.”

A angry B rude

C selfish D ungrateful

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10. “Old man, why didn’t you take the heavier chest? We
could have gotten as twice as many jewels and gold. You
are silly to have chosen the smaller and lighter ones.”

A greedy B honesty

C untrustworthy D ungrateful

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