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Interactive EnglishMembers: Cornito, Mary Rose

Macawile, MelisaPadual, NormaRosaldo, Mariza

Gayo, LeanAcang, Emilyn

Presented by: Group I

New SituationExamples:

CongratulationYou can say congratulations in many circumstances,

such as for wedding, promotions, passing exams, or to the parents and family of a new baby.

Well doneYou can say this to someone who has passed an

exam or achieved something difficult like a promotion

Birthdays The most usual ways of referring to someone’s

birthday are by saying Happy Birthday! Or more formally, Many happy returns!

Before an exam or something difficultWish someone good luck before something

difficult, by saying Good Luck! But if people are superstitious and believe that saying”good luck” will have the opposite effect, you could also hear Break a leg!

ToastingAt parties and gatherings, you might be asked to

drink a toast to celebrate a happy event.Here’s to …Let’s drink to …Ladies and Gentlemen, “ The Bride and Groom”.Please raise your glasses to …Writing someone who has passed an exam

If you are writing a card or letter to someone who has passed an exam, you can use the following expressions:

1. Well done! It’s a fantastic result.2. Congratulations on passing! You deserved it

after so much hard work.

Writing wedding cards

Here are a couple of standard phrases to write on wedding cards:

Congratulations! Wishing you many happy years together.

Wishing you the best of luck in your future together.

Writing in a sad situations

I was so sorry to heard that ….I was deeply saddened to hear … please accept my deepest condolence on the

death of …

A Yes- No Question

Statement

• Einstein and Heisenberg are physicist.

• Galaxy is a cluster of stars.

Question

• Are Einstein and Heisenberg physicist?

• Is galaxy a cluster of stars?

Yes or No

Yes No

Typical responses to question maybe long or short responses.

Question Long responses Short responsesShe’s absent, isn’t she?

Yes, she is absent.No, she’s not absent.

Yes , she is.No, she isn’t

You can swim, Can’t you?

Yes, I can Swim.No, I can’t swim

Yes, I can No, I can’t

Basic Sentence Pattern

Subject-Verb(S-V) the first basic sentence pattern. May include other words called modifiers. The modifiers or the intransitive verb answer the question how, when, where or why.

Example: When do tourists travel? = SummerThe subject is the tourists and the modifiers or

the intransitive verb is travel

Subject-Linking Verb-Complement(S-LV-C) There are 3 components in this pattern: Subject-Linking Verb- and Complement. The complement may either be a noun or an adjective.

Example:subject Linking Verb Complement

Guess jeans are Expensive ( adjective)

These jeans are Product of the U.S. ( noun)

Subject-Transitive verb-Direct Object (S-TV-DO) The components of this pattern are the : subject- transitive- and object.

Example:

subject Transitive verb Direct object

Most students read Magazines and newspaper.

A disk jockey spins His records.

Subject- Transitive verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object(S-TV-IO-DO) This patterns use two objects, the first tells to whom the action is done(DO), the other comes between the verb and the direct object(IO).

Example:Subject Transitive

verb Indirect object Direct object

The radio provide listeners entertainment

Teacher’s teach children The 3R’s

Subject-Transitive verb-Direct object- Object Complement (S-TV-DO-OC)- the pattern consists of subject, transitive verb, direct object and object complement, which may be a noun or an adjective.Examples:

Subject Transitive verb Direct object Object complement

Many people regard The radio A necessity

communication Makes countries Neighbors

Subject Transitive verb

Direct object

Object complement

adjective

Scientist consider The ozone dangerous

they Want Their doubts Justified

The sound /iy/ and /i/ To produce the sound, raise the front of the

tongue toward the hard palate. Spread the lips in a smiling positions so that there is a narrow opening between the teeth. This is a long sound.

/iy/ Example: Each , Beat , Novena , Eager , Eat , Adhesive /i/ Example: Pick , pip , sip

Giving Directions

English ExpressionsExpression

Could you tell me how to get to (… Library)?

How do I find (…City Hall)?

Which way do I go to get to (… the post office)?

Response

Go to the next light and turn right. Go to blocks, it’s on the left.

Just go straight, its on this street, on the right, about a mile and a half.

Drive to Jackson Street and turn right. The post office is in the middle of the block, across from the park.

Pardon me, I’m lost, How do I get to the

(… Museum)?

Could you direct me to(…1-10)?Which is the best route

to (…the stadium)?

Go to the second light and turn left. Then go to the third stop sign. The museum is on that corner.

Take Pinal Avenue north about 8 miles, you’ll run into it.

Take Washington Street north to the Papago freeway and Head west. You can’t miss it.

Suggestions for giving directions

Giving street directions is really very easy when you remember to follow these points. When giving directions you are actually giving two sets of instructions.

In the first set-”Go To”- you are telling the listener what street to go to or how far to go.

In the second set-”Then”, you are telling the listener what to do when they get there.

(turn right/left, go straight, on the left, etc.)

Preposition of location most commonly used when giving directions:

go straight go to turn right turn left cross on your on your beside

right left next to behind across from in front of caddy corner

On the corner of(to be very specific NE, SE, NW, SW corners)

ThatExample: That is my bag.

That

The word that is used in the English language for several grammatical purposes:

to a restrictive relative clause as a demonstrative pronoun as a demonstrative adjective as a complementizer/subordinating conjunction as an adverb as a prepositional phrase

ThisExample: This is my ballpen.

This• In the English language, is the singular

proximal demonstrative it may refer to:PeoplePlacesMediaMusiccomputers

• PeopleExample- Herve this, French biochemist whose

scientific approach to coisine is well known in France

PlacesExamples- this, Ardennes, a commune in the

ardennes department of France.thinis( sometimes written this) an

undiscovered ancient city in Upper Egypt thought to have been in the vicinity of modern day “Girga”

MediaExamples: This( Canadian magazine) a Canadian

political journal.This( journal), a poetry journal

published in the USA (1971-1982), by this press.This TV, a TV channel in the USA.

MusicExamples- this( Gescom EP)ComputerExamples- this, the identity function in many

object oriented computer languages.

ThoseExample: Arlene those are my classmates.

ThereExample: There are 54 students enrolled in Interactive English

StressIs the degree of loudness or force with which syllables

are spoken in English.a. Primary(/) is the strongest stress in a phrase. Every

word spoken in isolation has primary stress on one syllable.

Examples: athlete , contract , program...b. Secondary stress (_)- a kind of reduced primary, is not

recognized by all analyst. It occurs only on major stress items that have entered into syntactic combinations.

Examples: exercise , telephone , realize , institute

c. Tertiary stress(-)- is the intermediate stress recognized by all analyst in English. Its ue is syntactic phrases has not been so widely recognized-personal pronouns, short prepositions, auxillary verbs unless negated with n’t.

d. Weak stress(.)- is the level of least intensityExample: /ey/ Sunday

/ow/ window

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