1. HOW MY BROTHER
LEON BROUGHT HOME
A WIFE
by:
Manuel E. Arguilla

2. VOCABULARY
WORDS

3. cud - partly digested food returned from the first stomach of
ruminants to the mouth for further chewing
yonder – the far distance
bolted – fastened to something else with a bolt
jolted – pushed or shook abruptly and roughly
yoke - a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of
two animals and attached to the plow or cart that they are to
pull.
unhitch – unhook or unfasten

5. Manuel Estabillo Arguilla
 was born in Barrio Naguilian in Bauang, La Union on June 17, 1911
 is an acclaimed Filipino short story writer as well as a patriot and a
guerrilla hero.
 He studied at University of the Philippines where he finished BS
Education in 1993.

6. Manuel Estabillo Arguilla
 He married Lydia Villanueva, another talented writer in English.
 Arguilla secretly organized a guerrilla intelligence unit against the
Japanese.
 In October 1944 at the age of 33,he was captured, tortured and
executed by the Japanese army at Fort Santiago

9. “A lovely small dimple appeared on Maria’s right
cheek.”
“The wide and deep, blue sky.”
“Many floating big purple and red and yellow
bubbles”
“The clean dust-free and smoke-free Nagrebcan air”

10. ROYAL ORDER OF
ADJECTIVES
Determiner Observation
Physicaldescription
Origin Material Qualifier Noun
Size Shape Age Color
an expensive antique mirror
long vintage purple silk dress

11. Arrange the following adjectives in proper sequence.
1. (black, long, lovely) hair ____________________________________________
2. (big, a bashful) stranger _____________________________________________
3. (good-looking, five, tall) boys ____________________________________________
4. (white, big, a) background ______________________________________________
5. (fine, long, ten, red) pencils ______________________________________________
6. (American, young, my) friend _____________________________________________
7. (small, these, yellow, ripe) bananas _________________________________________
8. (typical, a few, aerobics) exercises ___________________________________________
9. (a pair of, attractive, red) shoes _____________________________________________
10. (bookish, small, a) girl _________________________________________________

12. Assignment:
Select a scene in the story and draw.

13. Prepared by:
Analene V. de Guzman