Spoken English PPT 1
Spoken English PPT 1
• Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
• Consonants:b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y,
z.
Usage of vowels and consonants
Phonics
Activity
Silent letters
Phonics worksheet
Verb
• A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming
the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such
as hear, become, happen.
• Examples:
• Run.
• Dance.
• Slide.
• Jump.
• Think.
• Do.
• Go.
• Stand.
THE TENSES
Action Verbs
Helping Verbs
Modal Verbs
action words - verbs
• An action verb shows action
• it tells what the subject of the sentence does.
• Bill hit the ball.
• The Cat purred gently.
• I walk to the school.
• A Linking verb shows connection
• It links or connects the subject to the Predicate.
• Am, is, are, was, be, been, seems, feels, tastes.
Helping verbs
• Helps a main verb express action . It helps express tense and voice.
• They always need an action word with them.
• E.g. Susie will go to the store.
• Here will is the helping verb and go is the action verb
• He was eating his food.
• Common helping verbs – shall, will, should, would, had, has, do, did, is, are, was,
• Must, might, could, may, have, am, being been etc.
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Blow up Discuss
Chip in Help
MODALS
It is a verb that cannot work without another verb.
These include can, will, must, may, would, could,
should and shall. They are never followed by ‘to’.
If you could visit your dream place…
•If a word ends in ‑s, ‑sh, ‑ch, ‑x, or
‑z, -y
Noun
Noun
• A noun is a name of a person, place, animal or
thing.
• Ex: boy, goat, tail, house, table, pencil
Examples of nouns
• Likith Opens the Door
• She is painting a picture
• The Cat is mewing
• She is buying a book
• The plane is up in the sky
• The boy is riding a bicycle.
• Krishna is playing in the garden
• Sudhanva is playing with a dog
Here Krishna and Sudhanva are the names of
boys/girls. They are called as proper nouns. Proper
Nouns are special names we give to:
People: Soumya, Likith, Sindhu
Days and months: Monday, Friday, January
Places: Udupi, Mount Everest, Cubbon Park, Ajjarkad
Things: Amul, Lux, Bata, Camlin
Circle the proper nouns:
• Today is Tuesday
• Rahul is at the Zoo
• Can I buy a KIT Kat?
• We are going to Sudarshan Bakery
• Sindhu Lives in Bangalore
• Kapil sees Meera. He is Meera’s best friend
• I will go and tell my mother. She is at home.
• Do you see that bridge? It is very old
• Kapil, Meera and Soumya reach the river- bank. They stand near the
river.
He= Kapil
She= mother
It= Bridge
They= Kapil, Meera and Soumya
He, She, It, They are pronouns .
We use pronoun in place of noun
• Kapil sees Meera. Kapil is Meera’s best friend
• Kapil sees Meera. He is Meera’s friend.
• Likith is at home. He is playing with his kitten
Here He= -----
• Maya is in the garden. She is flying a kite
• Here She=----
• What is Priya doing? ----- is painting a picture.
• What is Arjun doing?----- is climbing a tree.
• What are the men doing? ---- are digging a hole.
• Where is the clock?----- is on the wall.
Personal pronouns
This car belongs to us.
The matter is between Chris and me.
Grammar
Adjectives are
words that ●
This is a strong drug.
describe nouns ●
This is a stronger drug.
and have a ●
This is the strongest drug.
degree. This helps ●
He is a tall man.
you understand ●
He is a taller man.
the extent of ●
He is the tallest man.
description.
Find the adjectives
• The young boy helped his father to wash the dirty car.
• The pretty girl twirled in her new dress.
• The clean windows shone in the sunlight.
• Mary put her blue pencil, her red marker and her sharpener back in her pencil case.
• The green grass grows under the warm sun of summer.
• His yellow pajamas were so long that they dragged on the floor.
• The fluffy pillows covered his small bed.
• She tied her long, black hair in a ponytail.
• The nervous cat jumped when the loud children entered the room
• Mark rode his new green bicycle to the park.
• The children danced to the groovy music
• Luke organized his numerous toys on the shelf.
• The young boy helped his father to wash the dirty car.
• The pretty girl twirled in her new dress.
• The clean windows shone in the sunlight.
• Mary put her blue pencil, her red marker and her sharpener back in
her pencil case.
• The green grass grows under the warm sun of summer.
• His yellow pajamas were so long that they dragged on the floor.
• The fluffy pillows covered his small bed.
• She tied her long, black hair in a ponytail.
• The nervous cat jumped when the loud children entered the room
• Mark rode his new green bicycle to the park.
• The children danced to the groovy music
• Luke organized his numerous toys on the shelf.
Degree of comparisons
adverbs
• Adverbs are used to describe adjectives, verbs or another adverb. They tell us how
where or when some thing is done. In other words, they describe the manner, place
or time of an action.
• She came yesterday.
• Of course, I looked everywhere!
• She was walking very quickly.
Adverbs
ADVERBS OF MANNER - explanation
• They talk about how some things are done or happen.
• E.g. Happily, angrily, slowly, quickly etc.
• 1) She walked slowly
• 2) He drove carefully
• 3) The soldiers fought bravely
Adverbs of manner – position
• Adverbs of manner normally go in end position ( end of a clause).
• She sang well.
• He talked loudly.
• He managed it skilfully.
• She speaks English well.
Adverbs of place
• Some adverbs and adverb phrases answer the question, HOW OFTEN AN ACTION IS
DONE?
• The kids always go to school by Bus.
• I will never make that mistake again.
• I clean my bedroom everyday.
• Dad polishes his shoes twice everyday.
Adverbs of time
• They answer the question WHEN ?
• The train has already left.
• We moved into our new house last week.
• I am going to my new school tomorrow.
• He called here a few minutes ago.
• We shall now begin to work.
prepositions
PREPOSITIONS
A preposition is a word or group of words
used before a noun, pronoun, or noun
phrase to show direction, time, place,
location, spatial relationships, or to
introduce an object. Some examples of
prepositions are words like "in," "at,"
"on," "of," and "to.“
Conjunctions
• Conjunctions are parts of speech that connect
words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
• There are many conjunctions in the English
language, but some common ones
include and, or, but, because, for, if, and
when.
Coordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions
INDIANISM
‘a’ and ‘an’ are indefinite articles which introduce a noun or speaks of
a random noun.
“the” is a definite article which recalls a noun that has/ had been
previously introduced or speaks of a specific noun.
Articles
Sentence structure
How to start a conversation in English!
• Excuse me, Sir/ Madam….( Older Woman- Ma'am, younger woman-
Miss)
• Sorry Sir/ Madam, Come again
• I’m sorry, I don’t remember your name. you are?
• My name is Sindhu. What’s your name?
• Good morning!
• Good afternoon!
• Good evening!
• Nice to meet you!( When you meet a person for the first time)
• Pleased to meet you!
• It’s a pleasure!
Small talks
• How are you? How are you doing? ( neutral)
Ans: I’m well. How are you?
• How’s it going? (informal)
Ans: it’s going well, thank you. How are you doing?
• How are the things? (Informal)
Ans: Fine, thanks
• What’s up? (very Informal)
Ans: I’m good. How about you?
• If you don’t understand something, for example, a word or even some
idea relating to your conversation, you could say:
• I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you please repeat that?
• I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you please explain that?
• or even…
• Do you Care to elaborate on this ?
• If you simply didn’t hear something, just say it like this:
• I’m sorry, I didn’t hear that. Could you please repeat?
• I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Could you please repeat?
• or even…
• Could you say that again, please?
• Come again?
(This is very informal, and it can sound rude to some people.)
When you are late
• I have to get going. / It’s time for me to go.
(This is polite and neutral.)
• I have to run—can we continue later?
(This is more informal, but also polite.)
End the conversation
• Before saying goodbye, it’s polite to say something like:
• Have a good day!
(This works in any situation.)
• Enjoy your day!
(This one’s a bit more formal.)
• Good luck!
(If the person needs it; it’ll depend on the situation.)
• Talk to you soon!
(This is neutral and doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll really talk to the person
soon.)
• Great seeing you / Great talking to you!
(This is informal yet common.)
• Catch you later!
(This is very informal and fun.)
Tips for English conversation
• Listen, listen always listen ..( Imitate, copying)
• Use some audio app/ Conversation apps
• Talk to yourself ( in front of the mirror, loudly)
• Describe what you see
• Listen to and watch English media
• Try tongue twisters
• Read out loud
Tongue twisters
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter
Piper pick?
• Black background, brown background
Make 20 small sentences using I AM..
• I AM LIKITH/SOUMYA/SINDHU
• I AM A TEACHER/ STUDENT/ HOME MAKER
• I AM AN INDIAN
• I AM A MAN/ GIRL/ BOY/ WOMAN
• I AM EATING/SLEEPING/WORKING
• I AM TALL/ FAT/SICK/TIRED
• I AM HAPPY/SAD/HUNGRY
• I AM A GOOD BOY/ GIRL
Self Introduction
Self introduction
• Self introduction is when we tell people about ourselves
• When you tell people who you are, what you do, what
your interests are, where are you from etc.
• It creates a good first impression on others
• It is telling about yourself to an audience, interviewer,
reader etc.
• It is a formal presentation of one person to other/ others
Self introduction for a classroom
• Read out loud:
• MY NAME IS …..
• I come from Udupi/ I am from Udupi/ I belong to Udupi
• There are four members in my family/ my parents and my
younger brother/ sister
• I have completed MBA/BED/7TH Std from Poorna prajna college
Udupi with 75%
• I am pursuing my education/ class from -----
• My ambition is to become an engineer/ singer/ teacher
Self introduction in a speech
• Good morning/afternoon/evening sir/ma’am and all my dear friends
• Today I am here to tell you about myself / I would like to introduce myself
• my name is Sindhu Guruprasad
• I come from Udupi
• I have completed my MBA from Poorna prajna college udupi with 75% marks.
• I have an overall of 6 years of teaching experience
• I am an National level Table tennis player. I have represented my college in
various sports.
• I have presented Various National level seminars.
• In my leisure time I love to read books, I love travelling and cooking.
• Thank you
Body language while speaking
• Empty your hands
• Keep your hands free
• Steepling
• Hands in the back