Competency Competency Content Learning Outcome/s No.

of
level Periods
1. Identifies 1.2 Reads aloud • Help students to read aloud different types of texts Students will be able 2
the sounds of different types of (given in the text book) accurately and to read aloud different
English texts accurately and meaningfully. types of texts
Language meaningfully Text types- Tongue Twisters, announcements accurately and
(obituaries, events, official announcements),dialogues / meaningfully.
conversations, instructions, news, stories, poems, role
plays, speeches, commentaries etc.

Activities –

Loud reading, acting out

1.4 Pronounces • Help students to pronounce English words with Students will be able 2
English words with different spelling combinations properly. to pronounce English
different spelling • Help students to improve their spellings. words with different
combinations Eg. knee, know, honourable, honest, calm, spelling combinations
properly properly
palm, boutique, grotesque, plait, pseudonym
psychology, bouquet, campaign, foreign,
queue, ect. See Grade 10 Teacher’s Guide
Text Types – words, word groups, phrases, sentences,
dialogues, role plays, stories, poems etc. with different
spellings.

Activities – listen and read, listen and tick, listen and

underline, listen and circle, listen and show, read aloud,
categorizing, dictation with games, games etc.
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 1.5 Pronounces • Help students to pronounce – affirmatives, Students will be able 3
English sentences imperatives, interrogatives, negatives and question to pronounce –
properly. tags used in various situations. affirmatives,
imperatives,
interrogatives,
E.g. The teacher is in the classroom. negatives and question
Please be silent! tags used in various
The teacher is not in the classroom. situations.
Is the teacher in the classroom?
The teacher is in the classroom. Isn’t she/ he?
The teacher is not in the classroom. Is she/ he?

Text Types –phrases, sentences, dialogues, role plays,

stories, poems etc.

Activities – listen and read, listen and tick, listen and

underline, listen and circle, listen and show, read aloud,
categorizing, games etc

2.Uses 2.7 Uses exclamation • Help students to identify the places to use Students will be able 2
mechanics of mark appropriately exclamation mark appropriately. to identify the places
writing with to use exclamation
understanding Text Types - phrases, simple sentences, simple passages, mark appropriately.
simple dialogues, role plays, stories, poems etc.
Students will be able
Activities - re-writing, underline the errors, correcting to use exclamation
mark appropriately.

3. Engages in 3.3 Listens to a • Get the students to listen to various types of texts Students will be able 3
active simple text for and to find specific information. to listen to various
listening and specific information • E.g. Names of persons, animals, places, dates, types of texts and find
responds days, months, years and other important specific information
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appropriately information. such as names of
• Text types – dialogues, stories, descriptions of persons, animals,
people/ places/ animals, processes (e.g. recipes) places, dates, days,
and events, songs, minutes of English Literary months, years and
Association other important
Activities - matching, labeling a diagram, multiple choice, information.
filling the blanks/ filling a grid etc. (options should be
given to select the correct answer.)
3.4 Listens to and • Help students to listen to and transfer the given Students will be able 4
transfers information information to other forms. to listen to and transfer
to other forms the needed
Text types – descriptions of pictures, notices, notes, information into other
letters- formal/informal, instructions, messages, forms.
descriptions of places/ people/ things/ events and
processes, articles, minutes, advertisements, stories,
songs.

Activities – Listen to texts and draw pictures/charts,

complete a flow chart, filling blanks etc. (options should
be given to select the correct answer.)

3.5 Identifies • Help students to identify different intonation Students will be able 2
different intonation patterns and uses of word stress. to identify different
patterns and uses of Eg. Ayana played netball yesterday. intonation patterns and
word stress. Ayana played netball yesterday? uses of word stress.
Ayana played netball yesterday?
Ayana played netball yesterday?
Ayana played netball yesterday?
Text Types – phrases, sentences, dialogues, role plays,
stories, poems etc.
Activities – listen and read, , listen and tick, listen and
underline, listen and circle, listen and show, read aloud,
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3.6 Listens to and • Help students to listen to and report information. Students will be able 2
reports information to listen to and report
Text types – notices, notes, letters (formal / informal), information orally or
instructions, messages, descriptions of places, people, in written form.
things, events and processes, articles, minutes,
advertisements, stories, songs, telephone conversations,
dialogues, speeches, news articles, announcements etc.

Activities - complete a grid, filling blanks etc. (options

should be given to select the correct answer.) and reports
information orally or in written form.

3.7 Recognizes • Help students to recognize discourse markers. Students will be able 2
discourse markers to recognize discourse
E.g.; However, nevertheless, therefore, but, in addition to, markers.
anyway, etc.
Students will be able
Text Types – dialogues, conversations instructions, news, to guess the other part
stories, poems, role plays, speeches of the sentence or the
text with the help of
Activities – listen and identify, guess the other part of the
sentence (matching, filling blanks etc.) discourse markers.

3.8 Takes notes from • Help students to take notes from oral presentations Students will be able 2
oral presentations to take notes from oral
Text types – notices, notes, letters (formal/informal), presentations.
instructions, messages, descriptions of places, people,
things, events and process, articles, minutes,
advertisements, stories, songs, recipes, etc.

Activities – note taking

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4. Building up 4.3 Finds synonyms • Help students to identify synonyms and antonyms Students will be able 4
vocabulary and antonyms for Synonyms to find synonyms and
using words given words antonyms for given
appropriately afraid- frightened, scared, alarmed words.
and achieve – accomplish, acquire,
accurately to attain astonish – amaze, surprise
convey precise bad – evil, naughty, wicked, worthless
meaning begin – commence, originate, start
big – enormous, gigantic, great, huge, immense, large,
vast
brave – courageous, daring,
fearless bright – intelligent, clever
calamity – adversity, catastrophe, disaster,
misfortune cause- motive, purpose, reason
choose – differentiate, discriminate,
select clever – skillful, smart
collect – accumulate, assemble, gather
dangerous – perilous, risky, hazardous
dishonest – deceitful, fraudulent, unfair,
unjust, unscrupulous
famous – celebrated, distinguished, eminent, renowned

Antonyms

abundant – scarce accept – refuse

advance – retreat agree – contradict
amateur – professional appear – vanish
appoint – dismiss ancestor – descendant
conceal – reveal confusion – orderliness
eager – reluctant emigrant – immigrant
inferior – superior exact – approximate
premature – overdue extravagant – thrifty

Text Types- dialogues, role plays, simple folk stories,

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Activities – matching, categorizing, multiple

choice questions, finding, filling the blanks etc.

4.4 Uses affixes to • Help students to change the word class and the Students will be able 3
change the word meaning of words using affixes –ly, -fully, – ness, to use affixes –ly,
class and the -tion, -sion, -ment, -ance, - ous, -some -fully, - ness, -tion,
meaning of words -sion, -ment, -ance
- ous, - some to
Adjective Noun Verb Noun change the word class
and the meaning of
bright - brightness judge – judgment words.
dark – darkness advertise – advertisement
great – greatness develop – development
ready – readiness content - contentment

Verb Noun Noun Adjective

introduce – introduction trouble – troublesome

create – creation quarrel – quarrelsome
invite – invitation mystery- mysterious etc.

Adjective Adverb

immediate - immediately
extreme - extremely
thoughtful - thoughtfully
truthful - truthfully

Text Types - dialogues, role plays, simple folk tales,

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 fairytales, poems, songs, passages with words that can
be added –ly, -fully,–ness, -tion, -sion, -ment, -ance, - ous,
-some

Activities – matching, categorizing, multiple choices,

finding, filling blanks, filling a grid etc.

4.5 Forms the plurals • Help students to identify the plural forms of these Students will be able 2
of nouns. types of nouns to identify the plural
forms of nouns
erratum – errata medium – media
axis – axes curriculum – curricula
criterion – criteria formula – formulae/ formulas
index- indices/indexes syllabus – syllabi/ syllabuses
spoonful – spoonfuls passer- by – passers- by
by-way - by-ways guest-of-honour - guests-of-honour

Text types – sentences, passages etc. with the nouns as

given above

Activities – matching, completing, and pluralizing the

sentences.
4.7 Uses nouns, • Help students to use nouns, verbs, adjectives and Students will be able 3
verbs, adjectives and adverbs appropriately in a sentence. to use nouns, verbs,
adverbs adjectives and adverbs
Eg.
appropriately. appropriately in a
1. Close your eyes and imagine that you are in a forest. (v)
2. The child has done that work imaginatively. (Adv.) sentence
3. He has got no imagination. (N)
4. It is an imaginative idea. (Adj.)

Text Types- sentences, dialogues, role plays, simple folk

tales, fairytales, poems, songs, passages with nouns,
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Activities – matching, categorizing, multiple choice,

finding, filling blanks, filling a grid etc

4.8 Uses collective • Help students to use collective nouns and Students will be able 2
nouns and compound compound nouns appropriately in a sentence. to use collective nouns
nouns and compound nouns
E.g. Company of actors, host of angels, sheaf/quiver of appropriately in a
arrows, peal of bells, brood of chicks, board of directors, sentence.
bench of magistrates, troupe of dancers, crowd of
spectators, congregation of worshippers, etc.

Text Types- sentences, dialogues, role plays, simple folk

tales, fairytales, poems, songs, passages with above
nouns.

Activities – matching, categorizing, multiple choices,

finding, filling blanks, filling a grid etc.

5. Extracts 5.1 Uses visual and • Help students to study the pictures given in each Students will be able 2
necessary contextual clues to text book to derive the meaning of that particular to study the picture
information derive the meaning text. given in each text
from various of the text book to derive the
Text types –stories, passages, poems and advertisements,
types of texts meaning of that
with pictures which help students to comprehend the
particular text.
meaning of unfamiliar words.

Activities – Asking ‘wh’ questions related to the given

picture which helps to derive the meaning of the text
(orally). Stories and passages with pictures to complete

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5.2 Extracts specific • Help students to determine the meaning of a new Students should be 4
information from word by looking at a picture and reading the able to find specific
various types of sentence that comes with the word. information (names,
simple texts • Help students to use both context and picture clues dates, days, places etc.
to determine the meaning of new words
- what, when, where,
• Help students to find specific information from a
who, which Qs from
text. (names, dates, days, places etc. - what, when,
where, who, which questions. various types of texts.

Text types - notices, notes, letters ( formal/informal),

instructions, messages, descriptions of places, people,
things (E.g. statues of Lord Buddha, Goddess Saraswathi,
Jesus and other deities and kings, national heroes and
heroines, scientists, Adam’s peak, national and religious
festivals, world famous places etc.) events and process,
articles, minutes and advertisements.

Activities – comprehensive questions, filling blanks,

completing sentences and simple passages, multiple
choice questions, true/false, matching, grid filling.

5.3 Transfers • Help students to transfer the given information to Students will be able 4
information into other forms. to read and transfer the
other forms Text types – pictures, notices, notes, letters- needed information
formal/informal, instructions, messages, descriptions of into other forms.
places, peoples, things, events and process, articles,

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Activities – Drawing pictures or graphs to a written text,

transferring information to a grid, descriptions into
pictures, marking maps, (read the picture and write about
it, read the description and draw etc.

5.4 Reads and • Help students to understand poetic language, Students will be able 4
responds to simple techniques, structure and messages given. to identify the simple
poems. - visual imagery – colour/size poetic techniques
- auditory imagery – sounds that can be heard mentioned.
- metaphors- E.g. He is a lion/ My mother is a
goddess Students will be able
- Similes-E.g. He is like a lion/ My mother is like a to express their ideas,
goddess
feelings, emotions in
- number of stanzas
- number of lines simple sentences.
- rhyming words

Text types- interesting poems on nature, society, life and

death

Activities- comprehensive questions on above poetic

techniques and students’ attitudes, drawing, matching,
multiple choice questions, true/false questions, recitation

5.5 Reads and • Help students to read simple folk stories and other Students will be able 8
respond to simple extracts and find the characters, their dress, to identify
folk stories. qualities and message expressed. the characters, their
dress, qualities,

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 Text types – famous folk stories and extracts from Jane message expresse.
Eyer, Oliver Twist, Madoldoowa, Little Women,
Ambayahaluwo, David Copperfield, Robinson Cruiso Students will be able
Swiss Family, Tales from Shakespeare etc. to express their ideas,
feelings and emotions
Activities – simple comprehensive questions on in simple sentences.
characters, their dress, qualities, message expresses and
students’ attitudes, drawing, matching, multiple choice qs,
true/false qs, acting out etc.

• Encourage students to read those story books.

5.6 Extracts the • Help students to extract the general idea of a text. Students will be able 5
general ideal of a text Text types- notices, notes, letters- formal/informal, to extracts the general
instructions, messages, descriptions of places, peoples, idea of a text.
things (Eg. statues of Lord Buddha, Goddess Saraswathi,
Jesus and other deities and kings, national heroes and
heroines, scientists, Adam’s peak, national and religious
festivals, world famous places etc.) events and process,
articles, minutes and advertisements.

Activities – matching headings, matching sub headings

5.7 Infers elipted Help students to infer elipted information in different Students will be able 5
information types of texts. to infer elipted
information in
Eg. different types of
A: I play cricket.
B: So do I. ( I too play cricket.) texts.

A: I am happy.

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A: Have you seen Kandy perahara?

B: No, I haven’t. (I haven’t seen Kandy perahara.)

Etc.

Text Types - sentences, dialogues, role plays, folk tales,

fairytales, poems, songs, stories, passages, etc. 5.8 Infers
implied information

Activities – comprehensive questions filling blanks,

completing sentences and simple passages, true/false,
matching, grid filling. Multiple choice questions (MCQs)

5.8 Infers implied • Help students to infer implied information Students will be able 5
information (mentioned below) in different types of texts. to infer given implied
E.g. beat about the bush – approach a matter in an indirect information in
manner different types of
texts.
Behind the scene – privately
Blow one’s trumpet – boast
Butter someone up – flatter etc.

Text Types - sentences, dialogues, role plays, folk tales,

fairytales, poems, songs, stories, passages, etc.

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 Activities – comprehensive Qs, filling blanks, completing
sentences and simple passages, MCQ, true/false,
matching, grid filling.

5.9 Recognizes the

organization of • Helps students to understand the ways that Students will be able
authors, organize information in the text: to recognize the 4
a text
beginning, middle, and end. organization of a text.

Text types- narrative, description, exposition and

argument

Activities- matching ,ordering

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6. Uses 6.1 Constructs simple Active Voice - Perfect Continuous form Students will be able 3
English sentences to construct simple
1. Present Perfect Continuous form (Affirmative, sentences using
grammar for
Negative, Interrogative)
the purpose of Present Perfect
accurate and E.g. Continuous tense.
effective ( Active Voice)
communicatio I have been waiting.
I have not been waiting.
n Have I been waiting? Etc.

2. Past Perfect Continuous form (Affirmative,

Negative, Interrogative) Students will be able
to construct simple
sentences using Past 3
E.g.
Perfect Continuous
I had been waiting. tense. ( Active Voice)
I had not been waiting.
Had I been waiting? Etc.

Students will be able

Passive Voice - Continuous form to construct simple
3
sentences using Past
1. Present Continuous tense (Affirmative, Negative,
Present Continuous
Interrogative)
tense. ( Passive
E.g. Voice)

She is decorating the room.

The room is being decorated.

She is not decorating the room.

The room is not being decorated.

Is she decorating the room?

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2. Past Continuous tense (Affirmative, Negative,

Interrogative)
Students will be able
E.g. to construct simple 3
She was decorating the room.
sentences using Past
The room was being decorated. Continuous tense.
She was not decorating the room. ( Passive Voice)
The room was not being decorated.

Was she decorating the room?

Was the room being decorated?

3. Present Perfect tense (Affirmative, Negative,

Interrogative)
Students will be able
E.g. to construct simple
sentences using
3
He has washed the car. Present Perfect tense.
The car has been washed by him. ( Passive Voice)

He has not washed the car.

The car has not been washed by him.

Has he washed the car?

Has the car been washed by him?

4. Past Perfect tense (Affirmative, Negative,

Interrogative)

E.g. Students will be able

He had washed the car. to construct simple
The car had been washed by him.
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He had not washed the car. Perfect tense.
The car had not been washed by him. ( Passive Voice)
Had he washed the car?
Had the car been washed by him?

5. Future Perfect tense

(Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative)

E.g.
He will have washed the car.
The car will have been washed by him. Students will be able 3
to construct simple
He will not have washed the car. sentences using Future
The car will have not been washed by him.
Perfect tense.
Will he have washed the car? ( Passive Voice)
Will the car have been washed by him?

6.2 Uses pronouns • Help students to use the pronouns (reciprocal) Students will be able 2
appropriately each other, one another to use pronouns: each
other, one another in
Text Types- sentences, dialogues, role plays, simple folk
sentences
tales, fairytales, poems, songs, passages, etc.
appropriately.
Activities – multiple choices, filling blanks, filling a grid
etc

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6.3 Uses modals • Help students to use the modals; need and ought Students will be able 2
meaningfully to in sentences. to use the modals;
Text Types- sentences, dialogues, role plays, simple folk need and ought to in
tales, fairytales, poems, songs, passages, etc. sentences
appropriately.
Activities –multiple choices, filling blanks, etc.

6.6 Uses adjectives • Help students to use adjectives appropriately in a Students will be able 2
appropriately sentence. (Using Adjectives that formed under to use adjectives
Competency level 4.4) appropriately to
Text Types- sentences, dialogues, role plays, simple folk describe nouns.
tales, fairytales, poems, songs, passages, etc.

Activities – matching, categorizing, multiple choices,

finding, filling blanks, filling a grid etc

6.7 Uses prepositions • Help students to use prepositions given below. Students will be able 2
appropriately till, towards, until, round, since, within, off, during, to use prepositions
beyond, before, after, against, upon appropriately.

Text Types- sentences, dialogues, role plays, simple folk

tales, fairytales, poems, songs, passages, etc.

Activities – matching, categorizing, multiple choices,

finding, filling blanks, filling a grid etc

6.8 Uses • Help students to use conjunctions given below. Students will be able 4
conjunctions to use conjunctions..
Though, although, in spite of, even though, whenever, though, although, in
appropriately spite of, even though
however, while

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while

6.9 Uses adverbs • Help students to use adverbs appropriately in a to use adverbs 2
appropriately sentence. (Using the Adverbs that formed under appropriately.
Competency level 4.4)

Text Types - sentences, dialogues, role plays, simple folk

tales, fairytales, poems, songs, passages, etc.

Activities – matching, categorizing, multiple choices,

finding, filling blanks, filling a grid etc

6.10 Identifies ‘If’ • Help students to identify the differences between Students will be able 2
type 3 ‘If’ type 1, ‘If’ type2 and ‘If’ type 3. to identify the
E.g. differences between
‘If’ type 1, ‘If’ type2
Type 1: If I have time, I will go today.
Type 2: If I had time, I would go today. and ‘If’ type 3
Type 3: If had had time, I would have gone today.
If you had worked hard, you would have passed
the exam.

6.11 Uses Reported • Help students to understand the differences Students will be able 3
Speech between direct speech and indirect speech. to use indirect speech
• Help them to use indirect speech properly. properly.

E.g.

I said, ‘I don’t understand you.’ (direct speech)

I said that I didn’t understand him. (indirect sp.)

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 He said, ‘The sun rises in the east.”
He said that the sun rises in the east.

(A fact that always true – tense remains unchanged)

7.Uses English 7.1 Writes • Help students to write descriptions of peoples, Students will be able 3
creatively and descriptions of animals, places and things (their physical features, to write descriptions
innovatively peoples, animals, qualities etc.) of people, animals,
in written places and things Text types - Model essays (simple paragraphs) places and things
communicatio Activities - Guided writing, parallel writing, free writing, (their physical
n completing features, qualities etc.)

7.2 Describes • Help students to describe photographs and pictures Students will be able 3
pictures of historical and religious places, statues of Lord to describe
Buddha, Goddess Saraswathi, Jesus and other photographs and
deities and kings, national and religious festivals, pictures of historical
world famous places, cartoon pictures etc.
and religious places,
statues of Lord
Text Types - Pictures and model descriptions Buddha, Goddess
Saraswathi, Jesus and
Activities – filling blanks, completing, guided writing, other deities and
parallel writing and free writing. kings, national and
religious festivals,
world famous places,
cartoon pictures.

7.3 Writes for • Help students to write - invitations and other Students will be able 3
personal purposes personals letters. to write invitations
Text types- model letters and invitations and other personals
Activities -Writing letters- Rearranging, completing,
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writing

7.4 Writes • Help students to write instructions on different Students will be able 2
instructions type of situations, to do day to day activities etc. to write instructions
E.g. To write a letter, prepare curries, do a game appropriately.
etc.

Text types - Dialogues, role plays

Activities- Rearranging, sort out and write, completing,

numbering

7.6 Writes poems and • Help students to write simple poems on places, Students will be able 3
stories people and festivals to write simple poems
Text types – model poems on places, people and
festivals.
Activities – completing, sort out and write, parallel
writing, guided writing, free writing

7.7 Writes for official • Help students to write for official purposes. E.g. Students will be able 5
purposes Applications, letters of requesting, replying, to write for official
ordering, apologizing, thanking, appreciating etc. purposes.
Text types – model letters

Activities – completing, sort out and write, parallel

writing, guided writing, free writing

7.9 Writes • Help students to writes compositions on sports, Students will be able 5
compositions books, food, music, etc. to write compositions
on sports, books, food,
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Activities – completing, sort out and write, parallel

writing, guided writing, free writing

8.Communica 8.3 Describes objects, • Help students to describe objects, animals and Students will be able 5
tes clearly, animals and people people to describe objects,
fluently and using simple sentence (their physical features, qualities etc.) animals, people (their
concisely physical features,
patterns
qualities etc.)

8.4 Speaks on • Help students to speak on familiar topics. Students will be able 5
familiar topics E.g. sports, books, food, music, etc to speak on familiar
topics like sports,
Text types – Role plays
books, food, music,
etc.

8.9 Describes • Help students to describe photographs and pictures Students will be able 5
pictures of historical and religious places, statues of Lord to describe
Buddha, Goddess Lakshmi, Jesus and other deities photographs and
and kings, national and religious festivals, world pictures of historical
famous places, cartoon pictures etc.
and religious places,
Text Types - Pictures and model descriptions statues of Lord
Buddha, Goddess
Activities – filling blanks, completing, guided writing, Lakshmi, Jesus and
parallel writing and free writing. other deities and
kings, national and
religious festivals,
world famous places,

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8.11 Describes past • Help students to describe past events and actions Students will be able 3
events and actions to describe past events
and actions.
Text types – Role play

8.12 Uses question • Help students to ask to get information using what, Students will be able 3
words to get where, why, when, which, how many, how much, to get information
information how often etc. using what, where,
why, when, which,
Text types – Role plays how many, how much,
how often etc

8.13 Uses language • Help students to use language in different Students will be able 3
in a variety of situations. E.g. At the canteen, at the library, at a to use language in
contexts hospital, at an exhibition different situations.
E.g. At the canteen, at
Text types – Role plays the library, at a
hospital, at an
exhibition
appropriately.

8.14 Describes future • Help students to describe future events and actions Students will be able 2
events and actions to describe future
events and actions
Text types – Role plays

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8.15 Engages in • Help students to engage in telephone Students will be able 2
Telephone conversations using language appropriately to engage in
conversations telephone
conversations using
Text types – Role plays
language appropriately

8.16 Engages in • Help students to engage in debates on current Students will be able 4
debates topics using language appropriately. to engage in debates
E.g on current topics using
language
- Vegetarian diet is healthier than non- vegetarian diet.
- Face book should be banned. appropriately.
- Internet is a boon / a bane.
- Television wastes time.
- Should cell phones be allowed in schools?
- Printed books do not have a future.

Text types – Role plays

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