QUICK CHECK- Philippine Folk Speeches

This is mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed.

• proverbs or sayings

• riddles

• quatrains

• folk songs

It is a four-line Filipino poem with 7 or 8 syllables having rhymes and rhythm.

• riddles

• proverbs or sayings

• quatrains or tanaga

• poem

This is a short, pithy sayings that expresses a traditionally held truth or piece of advice, based on common sense or experience.

• riddles

• proverbs or saying

• quatrains

• poems

A folk literature that is spoken and passed on by word of mouth is (a)   .

Which is not part of folk speeches?

• folk songs

• riddles

• quatrains

• proverbs

This ancient oral literature was used as games in social gatherings and wakes.

• proverbs or sayings

• tongue-twisters

• riddles

• proverbs

Riddle Time:

Tagalog: Nagtago si Pedro, labas ang ulo.

English: Peter hides but you can still see his head.

• a headboard

• a hammer

• a nail

• a backdoor

What positive value is portrayed in this proverb?

Give and you shall receive.

• patience

• honesty

• generosity

• courtesy

What does this tanaga mean?

Ang katwiran ma's nabaon

Ng sanda-sandaang taon,

Pag dumating nag panahon,

Lilitaw din at uusbong

Truth, though buried hundreds of years,

In due time, it will come out and flourish.

• We can never hide the truth.

• Truth is something we need to keep.

• The truth will never set us free.

• It is better to be kind than to be right.

What lessons do proverbs/sayings illustrate ?

• To entertain us

• To give us advice in various aspects of life

• To give us warning.

• To inform us about life ahead of us.