Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION VI- WESTERN VISAYAS DIVISION OF ESCALANTE CITY ESCALANTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Name of Learner: ____________________________________________________ Grade Level: ______________Section: ____________Date: __________________ Grade 8 – Dressmaking Learning Activity Sheet - Week 4 and Week 5 Taking Accurate Body Measurements Taking accurate body measurements is the key to a great fit. You must study the techniques in getting the actual measurement to acquire the correct and accurate body measurements. Pre-Test Directions: Select the best answer from the given choices. Write your answers in your answer sheets. 1. Which of the body measurements is taken around the smallest part of the waistline? a. bust b. hip c. waist d. wrist 2. How will you take circumferential measurement? a. along the side of the body b. around the body part c. left to the right d. top to its base 3. What dressmaking term means, the appropriateness of a measured distance in taking measurements? a. accurateness b. calculation c. division d. multiplication 4. In measuring the hip, what is the divisor? a. 2 b. 5 c. 6 d. 4 5. How will you take vertical measurements? a. along the side of the body b. around the body part c. left to the right d. top to its base 6. It is taken from the base of the neck over the bust down to the waistline? a. bust distance b. bust point height c. front chest d. front figure 7. Which of the following is not a horizontal measurement? a. front chest b. front figure c. bust distance d. shoulder 8. Which of the procedure must be followed in taking horizontal measurement? a. taken along the side of the body b. taken around the body part c. taken from the top to its base d. taken from the left to the right 9. Which of the following is not a circumferential measurement? a. bottom b. bust c. bust point height d. waist 10. How will you describe a garment applied with accurate measurement? a. attractive and elegant to wear b. easy to wear c. good fitting d. durable and neat to wear