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marker Clara linker coffee.)
2. Ayaw ni Clara ng puto. Clara doesn't want rice cakes.
(literally, doesn't want marker
Clara linker rice cakes.)
3. Gusto niya ng tubig. Clara likes water.

4. Ayaw niya ng tsaa. Clara doesn't like tea.
5. Kumakain si Clara ng puto. Clara is eating puto.

6. Umiinom si Clara ng kape. Clara is drinking coffee.

Pagsasanay

Practice these questions and answers by both speaking and writing. Use the earlier
pairs and the picture as a guide. In most instances, English words are used for
things that are not indigenous to the culture, such as cake and sandwiches. Please

use these words for more natural speech. The focus of this exercise is to practice
sentence structures used in offering, accepting, and refusing something.

1. TANONG : Gusto mo ba ng juice?
SAGOT : Oo. Salamat.

2. TANONG : Gusto mo ba ng ___________________?
SAGOT : Huwag na lang.

3. TANONG : Gusto mo ba ng ___________________?

SAGOT : ___________________?

4. TANONG : ___________________?
SAGOT : Huwag na lang.

5. TANONG : Gusto mo ba ng cake?
SAGOT : ___________________.