CBRC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM - MARCH 2023 LET

MENTOR: MA. CATHERINE CAUBA-GABUTAN, LPT, TOP 1- LET OCT. 2022

LEARNING MODULE IN PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH

This CARL method module is anchored in the basic learning competencies in English K-
12 Basic Education Curriculum which are essential for effective communication. The students’
theoretical knowledge about English will be supplemented through application and
answering the activities provided.
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
• use the English language with ease in effective communication; and
• use the English language confidently for special purposes.

I. COMMENCEMENT
Instructions: Read the conversation below.

Holidays
By: Helena Daily English

A: So what were you doing during the holydays? Any plans?

B: Yes! Actually I’m going on vacaytion. I’m going to Thailand for 2 weeks by my parents.

A: Thats grate! Have you visited Thailand before?

B: I’d been there a few times. But it well be the first time for my parents.

A: Ooh. How did they feel? I remember taking my parents with me in Mexico. It was a little stressfull.
Parents are not easy to travel with some times.

B: My dad is a nervous traveler but my mom is easy going. As long as day have Google translate and
Google maps, they well be okay. We aren’t doing anything too crazy – Just relaxing on the beach for
a week and then a few days visiting different city.

A: That’s great. My parents aren’t so brave. They get nervous leaving the house. How are the
beaches?

B: Beautiful. There are a lot more tourists than before but still breathtaking.

A: I can imagined.

B: The secret is to travel to the smaller towns. Most tourists doesn’t want to explore. If you drive an
hour or two hours outside the big cities, it’s very quite.

A: How about the food?

B: Spicy! I’m a little worried my parents won’t be able to eat the food. They both love seafood but
they don’t really like chilies. Thai people love chilies on everything… So what about you? What’s your
plan?

A: I think I will take it easy. We spend way too much money on our last vacation. So this time well
have a staycation. We will stay at home and do nothing.
B: Those are nice.

A: Yeah, probably will go to some new restaurants and watch a few movies. Nothing special.

B: Great! Well have a good holiday.

A: You too. Good luck!

II. ANALYSIS
A. Identify the words/phrases/marks which are grammatically incorrect. Underline the
words/phrases; and encircle the marks.
B. Write down below the mistakes and identify what part of speech they belong based on
the conversation. (Example: holiday – noun)

III. RESTORATION
Study the lecture notes below. This will help you restore the most important and
complicated topics in the English K-12 Basic Education curriculum. Have fun learning!
a. Count Nouns vs Noncount Nouns
1. Count Nouns – examples: coins, paper bills, bed, chairs, mango
2. Noncount Nouns – examples: money, furniture, information, news, Physics, billiards,
pants, pajamas, headphones, scissors, salt, juice, water, air, flour

Remember:
• “Money”, “furniture”, and “information” need not be pluralized by adding “s” or “es”.
They don’t have plural forms.
• “News” and “Physics” are some of the nouns ending in “s” though they’re singular, while
“billiards” can either be singular or plural.
• “Pants”, “pajamas”, “headphones”, and “scissors” are always presented in plural form.

b. Collective Nouns
Examples: army, audience, crowd, jury, choir, drove/herd, school of fish, flock of birds

Remember:

• When the group is acting as a whole, singular verb is used.

Example: The choir is singing beautifully.
The audience sang along with the singer.
The band is playing rock music.
• When the members of the group do things individually on their own, then the noun is
plural in form.
Example: The choir are from four different schools.
The class were asked to go to their respective groups.
The band discuss their next performance.

c. Possessive Nouns

Examples:

• singular - boy’s cap, house’s door, James’s toy, bus’s wheel, box’s cover
• plural - cars’ engines, boys’ shirts, houses’ doors
• compound nouns (singular) – trash bin’s lid, brother-in-law’s car
• compound and hyphenated nouns (plural) – trash bins’ lids, brothers-in-laws’ cars
 a. Objects of Preposition – answers whom/what after a preposition in a phrase
Examples: Cathy went to the mall with her friends.
Maria found her pen under the table.

b. Direct Objects – answers whom/what after an action verb; receiver of the action
Examples: She gives food to beggars.
He ate chicken curry for dinner.
Frank sent a letter to Catherine.

c. Indirect Objects – answers “to whom/what” or “for whom/for what” after an action verb;

never has the word “to” or “for”

Examples: Uzzi sent Anna a letter.

The teacher gave Chance a D on his essay.

d. Appositive – renames another noun; placed next to the noun it renames

Examples: Paul, a criminology student, likes to play basketball.

Spoliarium, Juan Luna’s masterpiece, was submitted to the Exposicion

Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid.

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a. Reflexive vs Intensive Pronouns (self/-selves)

Reflexive Pronouns – refer back to the subject

Examples: 1. She made herself a cup of coffee.

2. I will eat everything by myself.

Intensive Pronouns – emphasize the antecedent (noun/pronoun existed before it)

Examples: 1. Mike himself built that house.

2. I myself washed the dishes.

b. Reciprocal Pronouns: each other vs one another

Examples: Carlo and Carla are talking to each other.

The board passers congratulated one another during the oath taking.

a. Regular Verbs – form past tense by adding “d” or “ed”

b. Irregular Verbs – form past tense by making some changes or no changes in the wordS

Base Form Past Past Participle Present Participle

bite bit has/have/had bitten am/is/was/are/were biting
bear bore has/have/had born am/is/was/are/were bearing
lie (to recline) lay has/have/had lain am/is/was/are/were lying
lie (dishonesty) lied has/have/had lied am/is/was/are/were lying
lay (something down) laid has/have/had laid am/is/was/are/were laying
read read has/have/had read am/is/was/are/were reading
cut cut has/have/had cut am/is/was/are/were cutting

a. Simple Present Tense – happens regularly/routine in the present; fact

Examples: Carla eats bacon and egg every morning. (routine)

The Sun’s light reaches the Earth in eight minutes. (fact)

b. Simple Past Tense

Example: We went to the mall last Saturday.

c. Simple Future Tense

Example: From tomorrow onwards, I will eat vegetables every day.

d. Present Continuous Tense – action is going on at the time of speaking

Example: He is closing the window.

e. Past Continuous Tense – ongoing past action

Example: They were playing basketball when the bell rang. (2 past actions)
f. Future Progressive Tense – ongoing future action

Example: Sheena will be exercising for the next three months.

g. Present Perfect Tense – actions began in the past and continue in the present

Examples: We have gone to the mall.

I have loved him for ten years now.

Mars has been a teacher since 2019.

Uzzi has just eaten his meal.

h. Past Perfect Tense – actions that were completed prior to some other past actions/time

Examples: My mother asked if I had seen her phone.

I had submitted my assignment before you asked for it.

i. Future Perfect Tense – completed activity in the future

Examples: I will have finished all my projects by next week.

We will have left Japan by 8 o’clock tonight.

j. Present Perfect Continuous Tense – actions that began in the past, continuous to present, and
possibly in the future

Example: She has been reviewing for the LET.

k. Past Perfect Continuous Tense – took a while in the past before it is interrupted

Example: They had been playing when the bell rang.

l. Future Perfect Continuous Tense – action that will be continuing until a certain point of time in the
future

Example: When I have finished this course, I will have been learning French for three years.

NQSiAShCOMUN – proper order of adjectives

Number – one, two, three, …

Quality/Opinion – good, intelligent, beautiful, dirty, …

Size – short, tall, long, small, large, …

Age – older, aging, senior, antique, ancient, mature, …

Shape – square, round, circular, oval, curved, straight, …

Color – dark, blue, white, …

Origin – Filipino, Chinese, American, …

Material – silver, silk, wooden, ceramic, …

Use/Purpose – smoking, shopping, fishing, …

Noun – (for compound nouns)

a. Adverb of Manner – “how” the action is done; -ly

b. Adverb of Time – “when” will/did the action happen

c. Adverb of Place – “where”; maybe a word or a prepositional phrase indicating place

d. Adverb of Degree – “how much”/intensity

e. Adverb of Frequency – “how often” the action is done

https://www.toppr.com/guides/english/prepositions/kinds-preposition/
IV. LEARNING CHECKPOINTS
A. Observing correct use of grammar, rewrite the whole conversation that can be seen in
the “Commencement” part.

B. Read each sentence carefully. Provide the correct verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Either Mr. Tan or his sons ______ directing the school play.
2. The President and his Cabinet _______ welcoming the foreign delegation.
3. Neither the floor nor the walls of your room (look) ______ clean and tidy.
4. The jury (linking verb) ____ from the different parts of the Philippines.
5. Ms. Lim’s class of second graders (linking verb) _____ going on a field trip today.

C. Identify the functions of each underlined nouns in each sentence.

1. The church looks grand for the wedding.
2. You are old enough to sleep by yourself.
3. The crocodile slowly swims in the shallow swamp.
4. The cat ate the fish.
5. I made a cake for my baby.

D. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. I couldn’t _____ the thought of losing you. (bear, bare)
2. Millie likes to hug her toy _____. (bear, bare)
3. The devotees walked on ______ feet. (bear, bare)
4. I’m terrified of being ______ by a dog. (bit, bitten, bite, beat, beaten)
5. Charm had been _____ by a poisonous snake. (bit, bitten, beat, beaten)

E. Arrange the adjectives in sequence to describe the nouns.

1. cotton, green, long (skirt)
2. strange, four, black (creatures)
3. several, street, flickering (lights)
4. three, juicy, big (mangoes)
5. tiny, pearl, white (ring)