LEARNING OUTCOME 1 Group discussion

OBTAIN AND CONVEY WORKPLACE Interaction

INFORMATION Lecture
CONTENTS: Reportorial
- Parts of speech
- Sentence construction ASSESSMENT METHODS
- Effective communication Written Test
Practical/Performance Test
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Interview
1. Specific relevant information is accessed from
appropriate sources. LEARNING EXPERIENCES
2. Effective questioning, active listening and LEARNING OUTCOME # 1 OBTAIN AND CONVEY
speaking skills are used to gather WORKPLACE
and convey information INFORMATION
3. Appropriate medium is used to transfer Learning Activities Special Instructions
information and ideas. 1. Read information sheet 1.1-1
4. Appropriate non-verbal communication is used. Parts of Speech
5. Appropriate lines of communication with If you have some problem on the
superiors and colleagues are content of the information sheet
identified don’t hesitate to approach your
6. Defined workplace procedures for the location facilitator.
and storage of information. If you feel that you are now
7. Personal interaction is carried out clearly and knowledgeable on the content of the
concisely. information sheet, you can now
answer self-check provided in the
CONDITIONS: module
The students/ trainees must be provided with the 2. Answer self-check 1.1-1
following: Refer your answer to answer key 1.1-
Writing materials (pen & paper) 1
Reference (books) 3. Read information sheet 1.1-2
Manuals Sentence construction
If you have some problem on the
METHODOLOGIES: content of the information sheet
don’t hesitate to approach your 3. Learn and apply each part of the speech in
facilitator. constructing a sentence.
If you feel that you are now
knowledgeable on the content of the THE PARTS OF SPEECH
information sheet, you can now There are thousands of words in any language. But
answer self-check provided in the not all words have the
module. same job. For example, some words express
4. Answer self-check 1.1-2 "action". Other words express a
Refer your answer to answer key 1.1- "thing". Other words "join" one word to another
2 word. These are the "building
5. Read information sheet 1.1- blocks" of the language. Think of them like the
3 parts of a house. When we want
Effective Communication to build a house, we use concrete to make the
If you have some problem on the foundations or base. We use bricks
content of the information sheet to make the walls. We use window frames to make
don’t hesitate to approach your the windows, and door frames
facilitator. to make the doorways. And we use cement to join
If you feel that you are now them all together. Each part
knowledgeable on the content of the of the house has its own job. And when we want to
information sheet, you can now build a sentence, we use the
answer self-check provided in the different types of word. Each type of word has its
module. own job.
6. Answer self-check 1.1-3
Refer your answer to answer key 1.1- What are the Parts of Speech?
3 “Parts of speech” are the basic types of words that
INFORMATION SHEET 1.1-1 English has. Most
PARTS OF SPEECH grammar books say that there are eight parts of
Learning Objectives: After reading this INFORMATION speech: nouns, verbs,
SHEET, you MUST be adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and
able to: interjections.
1. Determine the Parts of Speech The Noun
2. Identify the eight parts of speech A noun is a word used to name a person, animal,
3. Define each of the eight part of the speech place, thing, and abstract
idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small He stole the selkie's skin and forced her to live with
children learn. The him.
highlighted words in the following sentences are all When she was a young woman, she earned her
nouns: living as a coal miner.
Late last year our neighbours bought a goat. After many years, they returned to their homeland.
Portia White was an opera singer. The Adjective
The bus inspector looked at all the passengers' passes. An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by
According to Plutarch, the library at Alexandria was describing, identifying, or
destroyed in 48 B.C. quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes
Philosophy is of little comfort to the starving. the noun or the pronoun which
The Verb it modifies.
A verb is a word which describes an action (doing In the following examples, the highlighted words are
something) or a state adjectives:
(being something). The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.
In each of the following sentences, the verb or Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with hideous
compound verb is wall paper.
highlighted: The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea.
Dracula bites his victims on the neck. The coal mines are dark and dank.
The farmer searches the woods for his cow. Many stores have already begun to play irritating
His automobile develops a motor trouble. Christmas music.
The Pronoun A battered music box sat on the mahogany sideboard.
A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. The back room was filled with large, yellow rain
You use pronouns like boots.
"he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your The Adverb
sentences less cumbersome and An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another
less repetitive. adverb, a phrase, or a
In the following sentences, each of the highlighted clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place,
words is a subjective cause, or degree and answers
personal pronoun and acts as the subject of the questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how
sentence: much".
I was glad to find the bus pass in the bottom of the While some adverbs can be identified by their
green knapsack. characteristic "ly" suffix,
You are surely the strangest child I have ever met.
most of them must be identified by untangling the She read the book during class.
grammatical relationships In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition
within the sentence or clause as a whole. Unlike an locates the noun "book" in
adjective, an adverb can be space or in time.
found in various places within the sentence. The Interjection
In the following examples, each of the highlighted An interjection is a word added to a sentence to
words is an adverb: convey emotion. It is not
The seamstress quickly made the mourning clothes. grammatically related to any other part of the
The midwives waited patiently through a long labour. sentence.
The boldly spoken words would return to haunt the You usually follow an interjection with an
rebel. exclamation mark. Interjections
We urged him to dial the number more expeditiously. are uncommon in formal academic prose, except in
The Conjunction direct quotations.
You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases, The highlighted words in the following sentences are
and clauses, as in the interjections:
following example: Ouch, that hurt!
I ate the pizza and the pasta. Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today.
Call the movers when you are ready. Hey! Put that down!
The Preposition I heard one guy say to another guy, "He has a new
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to car, eh?"
other words in a I don't know about you but, good lord, I think taxes
sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition are too high!
introduces is called the object
of the preposition.
A preposition usually indicates the temporal,
spatial or logical relationship
of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the
following examples:
The book is on the table.
The book is beneath the table.
The book is leaning against the table. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct
The book is beside the table. answer from the given
She held the book over the table. choices.
1. It is the basic types of words that English has a. preposition
and consists of eight parts. b. adverb
a. noun c. interjection
b. parts of speech d. noun
c. conjunction 7. “He” and “she” are the common example of what
d. adverb part of speech?
2. It is a word used in a place of a noun. a. noun
a. noun b. adjective
b. verb c. preposition
c. pronoun d. pronoun
d. conjunction 8. It is a word which describes an action or a state
3. A part of speech which is added to a sentence to of being.
convey emotion. a. adverb
a. interjection b. verb
b. noun c. noun
c. conjunction d. pronoun
d. verb 9. It links words, phrases, and clauses.
4. A part of speech that links nouns, pronouns and a. adjective
phrases to other words in b. preposition
a sentence. c. interjection
a. speech d. conjunction
b. interjection 10. Is a word used to name a person, animal, place,
c. preposition thing, and abstract idea.
d. verb a. verb
5. It usually precedes the noun or the pronoun b. adverb
which it modifies. c. noun
a. adjective d. pronoun
b. pronoun ANSWER KEY # 1.1-1
c. adverb 1. b
d. verb 2. c
6. It usually indicates the temporal, spatial or 3. a
logical relationship of its 4. c
object to the rest of the sentence. 5. a
6. a
7. d
8. b
9. d
10. c