Confusing Nouns

• advice (counsel)
• advices (orders, news, instructions)

• candy (general use)
• candies (different kinds)

• cloth (fabric)
• clothes (finished garment)

• fish (general use/collectively)
• fishes (different specimens/kinds)

• food (general use)
• foods (different specimens/kinds)

• fruit (general use)
• fruits (different specimens/kinds)

• hair (entire growth on head or skin)
• hairs (strands of hair)

• glass (for drinking, material)
• glasses (spectacles)

• grass (general use)
• grasses (different specimens)

• instruction (teaching)
• instructions (orders, regulations)

• lace (general use)
• laces (different specimens/kinds)

• land (isolated portion of the earth's surface)
• lands (different nations or countries)

• paper (material for writing, printing)
• papers (documents)

• people (general use)
• peoples (different races or nations)

• pottery (industry)
• potteries (wares fashioned out of clay)

• property (possession, real estate)
• properties (materials used on the stage)

• sand (the whole stretch of sand)
• sands (individual grains)

• wood (lumber)
• woods (forest)

• work (product of human labor)
• works (all products; duties, ceremonials; a place where industrial labor is carried on as in iron works or public works)

Haiku by II-Acacia 2010

Modern

Grass slowly withers
Beneath the heat of the sun...
Prisoner's freedom.
~ Lalaine Esquilla

It's dark and I wait
For someone to rescue me
and make my world shine.
~ Bryan Barce

The sky is crying
Because of this endless war
Peace became a lie.
~ Justin Jordan Maquinana

In the wide forest
a gust of wind is coming
be prepared or else.
~ Hans Fernandez

This big, green building
Full of happy memories
I will miss this school.
~ Christine Loise Belleza

Mud is not dirty
It can be mold into pots;
Bad persons can change.
~ John Paul Apuli

Move your feet and hands
and don't just wait for God
pray, you will be saved.
~ JP Remar Serrano

Cars move to and fro
In the heart of busy roads
Look back, be careful.
~ Christine Ayala

Love your folks today
The clock may soon surrender
Time will not go back.
~ Allyn Mae Buiza


Traditional

Birds fly to the south
The cold breeze from the window
What a hopeless love.
~ Armi Ariane Alcantara

Last leaf on a tree
Here in this darkest winter
I, too, have survived.
~ Maria Marchy Llaguno

In the cold blizzard
There's a fire heating our life;
A mother's warm hug.
~ John Paul Apuli

River flows calmly
Its destiny is the sea
We hope endlessly.
~Alyssa Marie Nasayao

Raindrops stop falling
Rainbow in the sky above
Joy after sadness.
~ Melissa Serina




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Haiku by II-Molave 2010

Modern

A paper crumpled,
Leaves a mark though you fix it.
Some wounds never heal.
~ Dawn Camba

Cherries on your cake
attracts buyers at a glance --
lies on retail.
~ Patrick Miguel Manjares

Teardrops on my cheeks
numb body and puffy eyes --
thinking of the past.
~ Aja Dycoco

A rose starts to bloom
In the bushes full of thorns...
A forbidden love.
~ Dion Mari Comia

Ups and downs of life
have given me time to try --
Life experiences.
~ Alyssa Gem Repolles

Glasses are fragile

hold them close, softly with care

love can be unsure.

~ Amicah Relleta

Walking down the aisle
Very busy picking stones --
I lost a friend.
~ Wendy Mae Manalo

Do not be afraid
Take a step and don't look back
You will get there soon.
~ Michael Alec Corral

Zeroes are famous
in a test with numbers -
Math is difficult.
~ Marc Evan Sto. Tomas



Traditional

Buds are still closed
along the winding pathway --
the patience of love.
~ Aja Dycoco

Withering flowers
trying to regain their strength
Do not ever give up.
~ Patrick Miguel Manjares

The clouds of winter
Leaving the bright big sun
Sadness has arrived.
~ Tristan Verdillo

Lonely wild flower
surrounded by tall green grass...
why are friends strangers?
~ Amicah Relleta

The breeze of the wind
never disappointed me;
Life - flowers and trees.
~ Alyssa Gem Repolles

Footprints in the sand
Are washed away by the waves...
All worries are gone.
~ Mary Philline Descalzo

A soaring eagle
Flying in the clear blue sky
There is hope waiting.
~ Reena Matocinos

A droplet of rain
touched the cracked and dried up land
At last, hope is found.
~ Dion Mari Comia

Ponds below the trees
bring falling leaves to comfort
A life's burdens eased.
~ Vince Gabriel Bejerano

Clouds are turning dark,
The sun will come after rainfall...
A passing challenge.
~ Agathxa Mae Ordona


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Haiku by II-Narra 2010

Modern


Justice for victims
Punishment for criminals
An equal judgment.
~ Daniel Duane Balana

Trees burnt to a crisp
A sprout reaches for the sun
Gives hope to mankind.
~ Christian de los Reyes

On a dark cold night...
Women shouting, men dancing
Disco ball sparkling.
~Alvin Joseph Aguinaldo

River water flows
to the sea, creating waves
Never ending love.
~ Princess Luchavez

Seven little dwarfs
can move the heavy mountains --
Cooperation.
~Ralph Raymund Woodrow Apodaca

Watch that window
different people are seen
A television.
~ Carl Justin Azucena

Shouting in vain
Pressing CTRL, ALT, DELETE
My computer broke.
~ Garry Grant Gaveria


Traditional

Blooming bright petals
Clinging on the rigid stem
A faith formed from love.
~Dionessa Biton

The leaves start to fall
Then, season of misery...
Cold winter, cold heart.
~Ahra Nodalo

Snow on every tree
melting as the sun rises --
start of a new life.
~Jay Montecastro

The fury of storms
Kills everything they pass by
How cruel life can be.
~John Patrick Monzon

Mighty waves crashing
Washing away bits of sand --
This hope still remains.
~ Ma. Jada Soreda

Beneath the oak tree
As silent as it would seem --
A world full of life.
~ Garry Grant Gaveria

Cherry blossoms bloomed
with the birds singing in spring
A new hope sprouting.
~ Aaron Alarcon

Snow melts to water
The breeze of spring is coming
A new start unfolds.
~Haerim Mae-lin Bolanos




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Special Quiz #1: Lefties

Are you left-handed? Answer these questions and get a chance to win a special prize.


1. If  destra is the Italian for right, what is the Italian word for left?
2. What adjective can you describe a person who can use both right and left hands with equal ease?
3. Name this lefty from Australia who played the writer Virginia Woolf in the movie The Hours.
4. What is the boxing term used to designate the normal stance of a left-handed boxer?
5. True or false: Barack Obama is a lefty.




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The Parable of Talents (II-Acacia)

Quiz #7: Spot the errors

Which underlined word or phrase contains an error? Rewrite each sentence to correct the error.

1. Congratulations! You did good with your report.

2. The laboratory's new robot easily corrected it's mistake.

3. Yesterday, somebody left their bag at the library.

4. She is a better dancer than them.

5. Across the street, beside the blue truck, is my brother's Labrador puppies.

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Quiz #6: Capitalization

Correct each sentence by using capitalization correctly.

1. in 1849 more than 90 percent of the approximately 6,000 chinese lived in or around manila.
2. the legendary founder of music in chinese mythology was ling lun, who made bamboo pipes tuned to the sounds of birds.
3. dalai lamas are the most influential figure in the gelugpa sect of tibetan buddhism.
4. the word tsinoy, which is derived from tsino (chinese) and pinoy (slang term for filipino), is a filipino of chinese ethnicity but born or raised in the Philippines.
5. many of chinese-filipino catholics still tend to practice the traditional chinese religions side by side with catholicism.


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The Parable of Talents (presented by the Peking Group, II-Acacia)

Quiz #5: Run-on

Rewrite these sentences to correct the run-on errors and comma splices.

ASIAN WOMEN

1. Anna Sui is a Chinese-American fashion designer she has her own brand “Anna Sui” and produces lines of women’s clothing, accessories, cosmetic and fragrance that are retailed through stores and boutiques in over 50 countries.

2.  Lucy Liu personifies the harmonious balance between Chinese cultural heritage and the American freedom experienced by Asian women living in the United States,  in 2005 Lucy Liu was a U.S. Fund for UNICEF Ambassador.

3. Aung San Suu Kyi  is a Burmese opposition politician and was General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, she has remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 14 out of the past 20 years.

4. Maria Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office she is revered by many Filipinos as an icon of Democracy and hailed by TIME Magazine in 1986 as its 'Woman of the Year.'

5. Xuē Xīnrán  is a British-Chinese journalist and broadcaster, born in Beijing in 1958, in the late 1980s, she began working for Chinese Radio and went on to become one of China's most successful journalists.