The MOST BASIC PATTERN of 40-ENGLISH-SENTENCES

We can think in English using this basic pattern of 40 English sentences having "play" as the keyword.

I STATE

1. I am a Cricket player.

2. I was a Cricket player.

3. I will be a good Cricket player.

4. I have been a State level Cricket player for the last five years.

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II POSSESSION

1. I have good players in my team now.

2. I had good players in my team in the last match.

3. I will have good players in my team during finals.

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III REALITY

1. There is a playground nearby.

2. There was a playground here around ten years ago.

3. There will be a playground in this school next year.

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IV ACTION

PRESENT 

1.Habit - I play Cricket.

2.Attitude - I like playing Cricket.

3.Present Live Action - I am playing now.

4.Future Action in Present - I am playing tomorrow.

5.Past Action in Present - I have played well this month.

6.Present Live Action plus Time Taken - I have been playing since morning.

PAST

7.Past Action - I played a match yesterday.

8.Live Action in Past - I was playing just now.

FUTURE

9.Future Action - I will play in the next match. 

10.Live Action in Future - I will be playing in the evening.

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MODALS

1. Can I play?

2. May I play?

3. Shall I play?

4. Could you please play with me?

5. Should I play?

6. Would you like to play?

7. I might play today.

8. Do I have to play?

9. Do I need to play?

10.Do I ought to play?

11.Did you use to play Cricket?

12.Must I play?

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PASSIVE VOICE

1. Cricket is played here.

2. Playing Cricket is considered as a good hobby.

3. Cricket is being played now.

4. Cricket is being played here tomorrow.

5. Cricket has been played here many times.

6. Cricket was played here.

7. Cricket was being played here.

8. Cricket will be played here.

TO BE CONTINUED....

The 12-CONVERSATIONAL-VERBS

1. DO you like conversations in English?

2. DOES your class help you in getting new ideas?

3. AM I disturbing you?

4. IS  your class interesting?

5. ARE you thinking about something?

6. HAVE you used English sentences today?

7. HAS your class helped you?

8. WAS there any class yesterday?

9. WERE you attending the class?

10. DID you understand the topic?

11. WILL you clear my doubts?

12. CAN you describe your plan?

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The MOST BASIC PATTERN of 9-ENGLISH-QUESTIONS (Wh-type)

Did you see any new movies recently?

Yes ...Karib Karib Single

1.     From where did you see it?

From Crown ...I saw it from Crown theatre.

2.     What was the ticket fare?

200 rupees...I paid Rs.200.

3.     When did you go?

Yesterday...I went yesterday.

4.     Which show did you watch?

1 pm show...I watched the 1 pm show.

5.     With whom did you go?

With a friend...I went with a friend.

6.     How was it?

It was a fun ride...from start to finish.

7.     Who were the main stars?

Irrfan and Parvathy.

8.     Why did you choose this particular movie?

Well....the reviews were tempting...I couldn’t help myself.

9.     Whose performance was the best in your opinion?

Both of them were rocking...and awesome direction by Tanuja.

The MOST BASIC PATTERN of 7-ENGLISH-QUESTIONS(Yes/No type)

Here all the five forms of the verb “write” are used.

1.     Do  I  write clearly? 

2.     Did  I  write clearly?                                    
3.     Am  I  writing clearly?

4.     Have  I  written clearly?

5.     Was  I  writing clearly?

6.     Will  I  write clearly?

7.     Can  I  write clearly?

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1.     Do  you  write clearly?

2.     Did  you  write clearly?

3.     Are  you  writing clearly?

4.     Have  you  written clearly?

5.     Were  you  writing clearly?

6.     Will  you  write clearly?

7.     Can  you  write clearly?

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1.     Does  she  write clearly?                                  Yes, she writes clearly.

2.     Did  she  write clearly?                                        Yes, she wrote clearly.    
                     

3.     Is  she  writing clearly?

4.     Has  she  written clearly?

5.     Was  she  writing clearly?

6.     Will  she  write clearly?

7.     Can  she  write clearly?

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SHARING DREAMS EXERCISE

Asked the students to think about a dream that they can share about their society/state/country/age group.

The groups have to then come and do a presentation/role-play/conversational drama based on their dream. 

TO BE CONTINUED...

BMH 2022

 SPAR METHOD

I

STATE

I am Vinod Kaliyath from Chelannur in Calicut. 

POSSESSION

I have a family of 4 members.

ACTION

I study in ......

REALITY

There are 60 students in our batch.

Speaking is all about having a good VOCABULARY, awareness of GRAMMAR and having IDEAS.

READING  is all about GRASPing the content, SPEAKING or taking an action and then getting a FEEDBACK or a response or reaction from the audience.

What is TIME?

TIME is Past, Present and Future.

STATE

1. I am in an English class now.

2. I was in Foundation class yesterday.

3. I will be in Sociology class tomorrow.

4. I have been in this college for 4 weeks.

YES/NO QUESTIONS

Are you in an ......?

Am I in an ....?

Was I....?

Were you....?

Will I.....?

Will you...?

Have I been....?

Have you been....?

POSSESSION

You have a class now.

You had a class today.

You will have a class tomorrow.

YES/NO QUESTIONS

1. Do you have....?

2. Did you have....?

3. Will you have...?

REALITY

1. There is a meeting now.

2. There was a meeting yesterday.

3. There will be a meeting tomorrow.

YES/NO QUESTIONS

Is there....?

Was there...?

Will there be....?

ACTIONS

1. She plays Tennis.

2. She likes Sports.

3. She is playing now.

4. She is playing a match tomorrow.

5. She has played a game today.

6. She has been playing for the whole day.

YES/NO QUESTIONS

1. Does she play....?

2. Does she like....? 

3. Is she playing now?

4. Is she playing a match tomorrow?

5. Has she played a game today?

6. Has she been playing for the whole day?

STUDY ....OBSERVATION EXPLORING IMAGINATION DISCOVERY

THINK...ASKING QUESTIONS

VERBAL LANGUAGE

7. He played Cricket yesterday.

8. He was playing in the evening.

9. He will come tomorrow.

10. He will be coming by car.

YES/NO QUESTIONS

7. Did he play .....?

8. Was he playing....?

9. Will he come...?

10. Will he be coming....?

We have studied 20 English sentences.

MODAL VERBS

1. Rekha can sing.

2. Rekha could sing.

3. Rekha shall sing.

4. Rekha should sing.

5. Rekha must sing.

6. Rekha may sing.

7. Rekha might sing.

8. Rekha would like to sing.

9. Rekha has to sing.

10. Rekha needs to sing.

11. Rekha ought to sing.

12. Rekha used to sing.

 

1. Can R sing?

2. Could she sing?

3. Shall R sing?

4. Should she sing?

5. Must R sing? 

6. May R sing?

7. Might R sing?

8. Would she like to sing?

9. Does R have to sing?

10. Does R need to sing?

11. Does R ought to sing?

12. Did R use to sing?

Non Verbal Language

PASSIVE VOICE

I write notes.

1. Notes are written by me.

2. Notes are being written by me.

3. Notes have been written by me.

4. Notes were written by me.

5. Notes were being written by me.

6. Notes will be written by me.

CONVERSATIONAL VERBS

DO DOES DID AM IS ARE WAS WERE HAVE HAS CAN WILL

MAKING 10 QUESTIONS WITH "SONG" AS THE KEYWORD

LEAVE LETTER MATTER

I request you to grant me a day's leave on ....... as I have to attend a .....

COVERING LETTER

With reference to .......daily dated ...... may I request  you to consider my candidature for the post of a Staff Nurse in your reputed hospital. My CV is attached with this letter.

cv

WORK PROFILE

A B.Sc Nursing graduate from......., ......batch looking for a job in healthcare sector. 

SPEECH ABOUT A MALAYALAM SONG

A DISCUSSION ON OLD SONGS VS NEW SONGS

SPEECH ABOUT AN ENGLISH SONG

SPEECH ABOUT A DISH

1. What is it made of...the ingredients?

2. How is it made/prepared?

3. What is the time needed to prepare?

4. What is the taste...salty, spicy, sour, sweet, bitter?

5. What is the cost?

6. What is its origin...South Indian, North Indian, Inter continental, Arabic, Italian...?

7. Is it a main dish/side/dessert?

8. Is it festival dish?

9. Do you know any restaurant/hotel famous because of this dish?

10.What makes this dish healthy?

Write a 50-word-paragraph on your favourite dish.

IMPORTANCE OF FOOD - SPEECH

SPEECH 3

SPEECH ABOUT A PERSON using adjectives.

1.AGE young old middle aged

2.HEIGHT tall short medium in height

3.BUILT PHYSIQUE fat thin medium slim well built

4. COMPLEXION dark fair wheatish

5. DRESS casuals formal traditional trendy fashionable

6. NATURE friendly shy reserved jovial serious cool short tempered

7. FACIAL FEATURES long/short/thick hair bald,bobbed, tied in plaits, 

forehead moustache thin/thick beard short/long, clean shaven

8.ORNAMENTS gold chain bracelet nose stud, ear rings.

9.ACCESSORIES specs walking stick vanity bag 

10. FOOTWEAR slippers shoes high heeled slippers  

11. HABITS

12. PURPOSE/PASSION IN LIFE   

WRITE A SMALL PARAGRAPH/SPEECH IN 50 WORDS ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER(AN IMAGINARY CHARACTER FROM A BOOK/MOVIE/STORY/COMICAL/FANTASY) 

IMPORTANCE OF MOVIES IN YOUR LIFE AND SOCIALLY : WRITE A SHORT ESSAY IN 125 WORDS- INDIVIDUALLY

SPEECH 4

Speech about an interesting place that you have visited.

SUB TOPICS 

1. People and culture

2. Adventurus activities

3. Nature and climate

4. Facilities

QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU GIVE A SPEECH

1. How far is this place?

2. How did you go there?

3. How much time did you take to reach that place?

4. What was the travelling expense?

5. What is there to see?

6. What did you do there?

7. Where did you stay?

8. How was the food and accomodation facilities?

9. Did you meet anybody at the place?

10. Did you have any memorable experience?

LAST EXERCISE

A INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION ABOUT YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

A TEAM PRESENTATION ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS IN NURSING IN THE FUTURE

GIVING THEIR OPINION EX.

On the topics given below the students have to come to the front and voice their opinions.

1. Joint family - Nuclear family
2. Mixed school - Girls'/Boys' only school
3. Old movies - New movies
4. Old songs - New songs
5. Indian culture - Western culture
6. Hostel life - Home life
7. Life in Kerala - Life in other states
8. Nursing - Other professions
9. Arranged Marriage - Love Marriage
10. Gender Equality - Good/Bad
11. Fast food - Home made food
12.Old fashion - New fashion
13. Social media - good/bad
14. Life before/after mobile phones
15. Life before/after Internet

TO BE CONTINUED...