Pokus ng Pandiwa Worksheets.doc

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The two pdf worksheets below are about the focus of Filipino verbs (pokus ng pandiwa). The student is asked to to identify the focus of the underlined verb in the sentence. Each worksheet has fifteen items. items. The key to identifying the focus of the verb is to first identify the subject (simuno/paksa ) of the sentence and seeing how h ow the subject is related to the verb ve rb or how the verb relates to the subject. There are six categories or types of focus of verbs. The focus of verbs can change by changing the affix or affixes attached to the the verb. ook at the examples below (in (in blue). 1. Pokus sa Tagaganap Tagaganap o Aktor (Actor Focus): The subject is the one doing the action expressed by the verb.

!i "te Flor ay nagluto ng adobong manok. The subject is Ate Flor and she is the one who performed the action expressed by the verbnagluto . "te Flor is the one doing doing the cooking. The focus of the verb nagluto  is actor focus (pokus sa tagaganap o aktor ). 2. Pokus sa a!on o "ol ("oal Focus): The subject is the receiver of the action expressed by the verb. The subject is the direct object of the verb. The action is being done on the subject.

"ng adobong manok ay niluto ni "te Flor. The subject is the ado#ong manok  and  and the action niluto  was done on the adobong manok. The focus of the verb niluto is goal focus ( pokus sa la!on o gol ). $. Pokus sa "anapan o okati# (ocati%e Focus): The subject is the place or location where the action expressed by the verb takes place. The location  can be as large as a  park# auditorium# country# or continent# or as small as a table# container# bucket# or plate. “

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"ng kawali ay pinaglutuan  ni "te Flor ng adobong manok. The subject is the kawali and the action pinaglutuan  was done in the the kawali. The adobong manok was cooked in in the kawali. The focus of the verb pinaglutuan  is locative focus (pokus sa ganapan o lokati# ).

&. Pokus sa Tagatanggap o 'enepakti# ('eneacti%e Focus): The subject benefits from the action expressed by the verb.

!i $anay ay ipinagluto  ni "te Flor ng adobong manok. The subject is ana! and the action ipinagluto  benefits her. %pinagluto means for. "te Flor cooked the adobong manok for   $anay. The focus of the verb ipinagluto  is benefactive focus (pokus sa tagatanggap o #enepakti# ).

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*. Pokus sa "amit o +nstrumental (+nstrumental Focus) & The subject is used as the instrument to do the action expressed by the verb.

"ng sandok ay ipinangku,a  ni "te Flor ng adobong manok sa kawali. The subject is the sandok  (ladle) and the action ipinangku,a  means that the subject was used to perform the action of getting the adobong manok . Ginamit ang sandok para makuha ang adobong manok. The focus of the verb ipinangku,a  is instrumental focus (pokus sa gamit o instrumental ). 6. Pokus sa -an,i o usati# (Causati%e Focus) & The subject is the cause of the action expressed by the verb.

"ng pagluto ni "te Flor ay ikinasa!a  ni $anay. The subject is pagluto  (the act of cooking) and the action ikinasa!a  means that the subject was the cause of $anay becoming happy or masa!a. %kinasaya means caused to become happy. $anay became happy because "te Floor cooked (for her). The focus of the verbikinasa!a  is causative focus (pokus sa san,i o kusati# ). “

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 $ote that in all the sample sentences above the subject was mentioned first before the  predicate (dikaraniwang a!os ng pangungusap ). %n Filipino# the predicate usually comes first before the subject (karaniwang a!os ng pangungusap ). !o# correctly identifying the subject is important in determining the focus of the v erb. 'ou may print and distribute these worksheets to your children or students# but you may not do so for profit. These worksheets are appropriate for sixth grade students. The second page of each file is the answer key. okus ng andiwa* okus ng andiwa+

PA0A': There is another type of verb focus that % did not mention here. %t is thedirectional ocus . For more information about the focus of verbs# you may go to the website of the ,enter for !outheast "sian !tudies of the $orthern %llinois -niversity. ,lick the link http&www.seasite.niu.edutagaloggrammar/+0activities1rammar  /+0+2erbal/+0Focus2erbalfocus3fs.htm . ,lick on the s4uare3shaped links on the left  pane of that website to view the other pages.