Tag: English

Communicate in English

Communicate in English – Ask questions/Answer them

Personal Introduction

What is your name?

My name is Susan.

 

How old are you?

I am eleven years old.

In which class do you study?

I study in Class six.

What is the name of your School?

The name of my school is Aim Academy.

 

What is the name of your class teacher?

The name of my class teacher is Mrs. Mary Bell.

What is the name of your school Principal?

The name of my school Principal is Mr. Henry James.

What is your father’s name?

My father’s name is William.

What is your father?

My father is a doctor. (an engineer, a banker, a teacher, a businessman, a lawyer, a police officer, a film producer/director etc.)

What is your mother’s name?

My mother’s name is Emma.

What is your mother?

My mother is a homemaker. (a housewife, a teacher, a journalist, a television anchor/news reader/actor etc.)

 

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

I have an elder brother and a younger sister. (I don’t have any brother or sister. /I have no brother or sister.)

Do you love your family?

Yes, I love my family very much.

Whom do you admire more- your father or your mother?

I admire both of them equally. My father cares for the sick whole heartedly. He works very hard to give us a good life. And my mother is a perfect homemaker. She looks after all our needs and works tirelessly to give us a warm and comfortable home.

Question-words

  • Read the following conversation between a student and a teacher. Study the use of question-words carefully:

 

Teacher – What is your name?

Student – My name is Jack.

Teacher – In which class do you study?

Jack – Sir, I study in fifth class.

Teacher – When do you come to school?

Jack – I come to school at 8’oclock.

Teacher – Where do you live?

Jack – I live near Oxford Street.

Teacher – What subject do you like?

Jack – Sir, I like English.

Teacher – Why do you like English?

Jack – Sir, English is an interesting subject. I love reading English stories.

  • The above sentences have words like what, which, when, where, why. These words help us to ‘ask questions’. They are also called question-words.
  • Who and whose are also question words; e.g.

Q. Who are you?

A. I am a student.

Q. Whose book is that?

A. It is my book.

  • When questions time.
  • Where questions place.
  • Why questions reason.
  • What questions identity, manner and action.
  • Which questions choice?
  • Who and whose question identity and possession.

Spoken English

Spoken English

Speech serves as a foundation for learning any language. Notice how a child learns a language. He picks up, absorbs, and internalizes the language that is spoken around him. We never teach a child language through the rules of grammar and pronunciation. Yet by the time a child is two years old, he is able to convey meaning through words and simple sentences. Therefore the best way to learn a language is to surround oneself with it.

In case of a foreign/second language (in our case English),sometimes a little bit of training is helpful as the habits acquired in connection with our first language stand in the way – this is called mother-tongue interference. Initially, it requires a conscious effort on the part of the learner to resist the pull of the mother-tongue and reorganize speech habits.

The need to learn spoken English has, increased tremendously all over the world. With the growth of international travel, tourism, trade, work opportunities and education, the demand for learning spoken English has gone up manifold. There is a strong desire and motivation for learning spoken English in people of all ages and walks of life – students for higher education, job aspirants for attractive careers or advancement in their chosen professions, others for business or travelling.

Communicating clearly, confidently and effectively, socially and at the work place is everyman’s desire. And as English is an international language – used and understood in most parts of the world – learning to speak English well, can take you, a step ahead of others in realizing your dreams.

If you speak English fluently, you can:

  1. Get the job of your dreams.
  2. Can face an interview board confidently.
  3. Can manoeuvre conversation to your benefit at business and social meetings.

What do spoken English courses offer?

  1. Spoken English courses focus both ‘what to say’ and ‘how to say’ i.e. the content and structure and the manner of speech. They aim at training students to express themselves in a wide range of situations, such as asking questions, making requests, expressing greetings, thanks, apologies, regrets, farewells, buying groceries, flying in an airplane, making a sales call, borrowing books from a library, making a phone call, applying for a job, facing an interview etc. They create and provide situations for people to interact in English.
  2. Aim at training people in speaking English with a reasonable degree of fluency, intelligibility and social acceptability.
  3. Aim at developing the skill to understand English spoken by native speakers.
  4. Aim at promoting the ability to produce English approximating to the sound system of the native speakers for international intelligibility. English has acquired a number of accents as it is spoken by large sections of people separated from each other geographically, educationally and socially. But people seeking social and career advancement need to make a conscious effort to learn acceptable English. It is here that spoken English courses and training programmers come to aid.
  5. They train people in the production of English speech sounds (vowels and consonants), word stress, rhythm and intonation.

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Remember:

God helps those who help themselves

There is no shortcut to success.

Your future depends on your efforts.

If you keep yourself updated and speak well, you will soon accomplish your desires.

Pairs of Words

Pairs of Words

There are some words in English that often go in pairs. Let us study some of them:

  1. Day and Night
  2. Sun and Moon
  3. Black and White
  4. East and West
  5. North and South
  6. Morning and Evening
  7. Rich and Poor
  8. Up and Down
  9. In and Out
  10. Here and There
  11. Bread and Butter
  12. Door and Window
  13. Needle and Thread
  14. Hammer and Nail
  15. Table and Chair
  16. Bat and Ball
  17. Look and Key
  18. Teacher and Student
  19. King and Queen
  20. Mother and Father
  21. Sister and Brother
  22. Uncle and Aunt
  23. Male and Female
  24. Doctor and Patient
  25. Boy and Girl
  26. Ladies and Gentleman
  27. Buy and Sell
  28. Loss and Gain
  29. Throw and Catch
  30. Cup and Saucer
  31. Wait and See
  32. Short and Sweet

Exercise 1 :- Fill in the blank spaces by choosing the right pair:

  1. A see-saw goes ______ and ______.
  2. I will______ the ball and you ______ it.
  3. Bring your______ and ______ for the game.
  4. Always serve tea in a ______ and ______.
  5. Arrange the ______ and ______ in the classroom.
  6. I have to sew this piece of cloth. Please give the ______ and the ______.
  7. Mr. Brown owns a vegetable shop. He______ and ______ vegetables.
  8. Look at the blackboard. Do not look______ and ______.
  9. A good message is ______ and ______.
  10. The ______ and the ______sat on the throne.

English Alphabetical Order

Alphabetical Order

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z are the 26 letter of the English alphabet. We use these letter to form words. The A B C D order is also called the alphabetical order of English. In a dictionary or an encyclopedia words are arranged in this order. It helps to locate the meaning easily. In a telephone directory or an attendence register also names of people are given in this order.

Exercise 1 – Write 5 words each beginning with the alphabets given below:

A B C D E F K L

Exercise 2 – Arrange these names in alphabetical order:

Anita, Rita, Bill, Sam, Mary, Johiv, Kate, Charies, Liz, Harry, Tom.

Exercise 3 – Write the names of these birds in alphabetical order:

Crow Cuckoo Cock Crane

Pengeein Parrot Peacock Pigeon

Exercise 4 – Make any ten words using the letter of the word:

COMPOSITION