Sea water gets warm and rises as vapour. High in the sky it cools and turns into drops. The drops join and fall as rain. Which text type is this passage, and what tells you?

Heavy rain flooded Barangay Malaya on Monday. Ten families moved to the school gym. Barangay workers gave them food and dry clothes that night. Which text type is this passage, and what tells you?

Bread rises because yeast makes tiny bubbles of gas. The dough traps the bubbles inside. The bubbles push the soft dough up. Which question does this passage answer, and what type of text is it?

A new footbridge opened in Davao City on Tuesday. The mayor cut the ribbon at eight in the morning. Pupils used it to cross to school. Which question does this passage answer, and what type of text is it?

A reporter has facts about a road crash near the town market. A news report puts the most important information first. Pick the sentence that should come first.

Ice melts when it takes in heat. The heat makes the tiny bits of water move faster. They slide apart, so the hard ice turns into liquid. Which text type is this passage, and what tells you?

Pupils of Mabini Elementary won the town chess contest last Saturday. They beat six other schools. Their coach received the trophy at the covered court. Which text type is this passage, and what tells you?

Read this: "The road to Sitio Bato closed on Tuesday after a landslide. No one was hurt. Workers cleared the mud by night." This passage is a news report because it tells what happened, where and when.

Bats hunt in the dark. They send out small sounds. The sounds bounce back from insects, so the bats know where to fly. This text is a(n) ___.

Marikina held a clean-up drive last Saturday. Two hundred people joined. They filled sixty sacks with trash before lunch. This text is a(n) ___.

Read this: "Plants make their own food. Their leaves take in sunlight, air and water. These are mixed inside the leaf to make sugar." Why did the writer write this passage?

A reporter is preparing a news report about a fire at a rice store in Bulacan. Pick the sentence that does NOT belong in it.

A pupil is preparing an explanation about why the sea has waves. Pick the sentence that does NOT belong in it.

Dengue cases rise in the rainy season. Rain leaves water in old tyres and pots. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in that still water. Which text type is this passage, and what tells you?

A strong typhoon hit Northern Samar on Wednesday night. Classes stopped in three towns. The town hall opened as a shelter for eighty families. Which text type is this passage, and what tells you?

The moon looks different each week. It moves around the earth while the sun lights one side. We see only the lit part, so the shape seems to change. Which text type is this, and what tells you?

A news report says a truck spilled sand on the highway in Tarlac on Monday. Traffic stopped for two hours. About 300 trucks use that highway each day. Which detail could be cut from the end without losing the story?

A pupil asks, "Why do coconuts float on the sea?" Which kind of text will best answer her question, and what tells you?

Ana wrote about how storms are formed over warm seas. Ben wrote about what the storm did to their town on Friday. Whose text is a news report, and what tells you?

The school paper needs a page about the fire drill held last Friday. Which kind of text should the pupils prepare, and what tells you?