List of Philippine Regions and Provinces

Mga Rehiyon ng Pilipinas: This 4-page pdf is a list of the provinces (and their capitals) in the 17 regions of the Republic of the Philippines. A pdf of the Population and Annual Growth Rates for the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities (based on 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses) is available (here) from the website of the National Statistics Office.

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Filipino Synonym and Antonym Pairs

Below are links to two pdf files that list Filipino synonym and antonym pairs.  There are around 280 synonym pairs or mga salitang magkasingkahulugan and about 100 antonyms pairs or mga salitang magkasalungat. The words are arranged alphabetically. The antonym pairs list is also translated in English. I hope you'll find these helpful. Mga Salitang Magkasingkahulugan : This is a 4-page pdf file that lists about 280 Filipino synonym pairs. Mga Salitang Magkasalungat :  This is a 3-page pdf file that lists about 100 Filipino antonym pairs.  

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Key Terms in Learning Filipino

This post does not contain worksheets. The link below is a 9-page pdf file that lists key words in learning Filipino grammar. I based the list on the Department of Education's (DepEd) Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) on Filipino. The list is in English and the terms are translated in Filipino. A few examples are given for some terms. The definitions of these key words or phrases are not given. However, knowing the English equivalent of the term will (hopefully) help one in searching for its meaning. If you wish to know the Filipino terms for the different kinds of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, this list will help you. If you want to know the Filipino names for different punctuation marks, this list will help you. I've also included some terms used in studying literature. It is my hope that this will serve as a short reference guide for…

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