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English Plus A Communicative Approach by Ida Yap Patron
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This module intends to let the students:
- identify statements expressing commands as well as requests;
- distinguish the meanings of sentences connected by prepositions; and
- use appropriate prepositions in constructing sentences.
Introduction
The world moves around the sun together with the other planets in the solar system. As it revolves, we taste the essence of day times and night times. We, people, are also moving and doing some things each day. Upon spending our precious moments, we cannot avoid the act of commanding especially if we cannot do the certain thing or work alone.
God even made His 10 Commandments in which Christian people always give importance. So, the world now is considered to be fully dominated by commands.
Language Activity
Read and sing this chorus of a song:
Whataya Want From Me
by: Adam Lambert
[CHORUS]
Just don't give up I'm workin it out
Please don't give in, I won't let you down
It messed me up, need a second to breathe
Just keep coming around
Hey, whataya want from me
Whataya want from me
Whataya want from me
Please don't give in, I won't let you down
It messed me up, need a second to breathe
Just keep coming around
Hey, whataya want from me
Whataya want from me
Whataya want from me
Guide Questions:
1. Based on the song lyrics above, what words express commands?
2. What is the main role of the underlined word in expressing a command?
Language Focused
Sentences always generate meaning and have their own purpose. Basically, there are four kinds of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. Since our topic is all about imperatives, we will focus on imperative sentences.
Q: By the way, what is an imperative sentence?
An imperative sentence is a group of words which expresses a complete thought in a form of commands as well as requests. This sentence usually ends with a period.
Q: What makes a command different from a request?
A command is an imperative sentence which simply tells the listener to do a certain thing.
Examples:
Invite friends to join the celebration.
Come to me and be my love.
It is quite different from requests. Although they both tell the listener to do something, a request possesses a factor of more respect to listeners. This imperative is commonly used in commanding elders but it is more appreciated if it is also used to command listener younger than the speaker.
Examples:
Please bring those books here.
Kindly pick up the pieces of paper on the floor.
Since we are done talking about the difference between a command and a request, we now proceed tackling about relationships. Speaking of relationships, sentences always contain ideas which need to be related to other ideas to form a new and complete thought. In short, we can form a new complete idea by combining two or more ideas.
Q: What words as specific part of speech are used to combine ideas aside from conjunctions?
These words are called prepositions. They denote different relationships. They are commonly used to express relationships between nouns or pronouns and another words in the sentence. In some cases, they can express more than one relationship.
Q: So, what are those relationships?
Prepositions are used to express these following relationships:
1. Place or position
→ at, by, in, over, from, near, around, among, in front of, in the back of, on top of, beneath, to, up, on, against, under, beside, between, inside, outside
Examples:
☻I want to travel around the world.
☻Rico put his favorite shoes on top of the cabinet.
☻Ophelia is hiding in her grandparents' house.
* at = used for specific address
* in = for name of towns, country, state, or continent
2. Direction
→ toward, into, by way of, from, out of, to
Examples:
☻My mother and I went to the market.
☻Andrew had walked for 30 minutes from their house.
3. Manner
→ by, on, in, with, like, through
Example:
☻I can release my feelings through writing poems.
4. Time
→ at, by, in, before, until, during, at the end of, in the middle of, at the beginning of, since, after, on
Examples:
☻I am a Boy Scout member since 1998.
☻We will have our warm-up exercises before the discussion of the topic.
☻You should finish your work at exactly 10:30 a.m.
* at = used for specific time
* on = for days and date
* in = for non-specific time
5. Agent
→ by, with
Example:
☻The ball was thrown by Antonio.
6. Accompaniment
→ with
Example:
☻World War II made me left the city with my relatives.
7. Similarly
→ like
Example:
☻My bird can fly like an airplane.
8. Purpose
→ for
Example:
☻We must study hard for our own future.
9. In the capacity of
→ as
Example:
☻I can share my knowledge as great teachers can do.
10. By reason of
→ for
Example:
☻I always go to school for I know, it can also help to improve my grades.
Some are used to express the relationships in association, in measurement, etc. As we have observed to some prepositions, they are made up of more than one word. They are called compound prepositions. A preposition is usually followed by a noun or pronoun, which is called the object of the preposition.
Note: Prepositions may also function as adverbs.
Examples:
☻Brent reads the sentences below. (adverb of place)
☻I was amazed every moment you smile before. (adverb of time)
Q: How about prepositional phrase? What is it?
Together, the preposition, the object, and the modifiers of the object form the prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase is a word-group modifier, used either as an adjective or an adverb. As an adjective, it modifies a noun or a noun equivalent. As an adverb, the prepositional phrase answers the questions when, where, why or how.
Examples:
☻Life-giving knowledge is found in the Bible.
☻My assignments were checked by my seatmate.
I. Identify whether it is a command or a request. Write C if it is a command and R if it is a request.
___1. Close the door, please.
___2. Clean the backyard.
___3. May you please give this form to the principal?
___4. Kindly fetch me a gallon of water.
___5. Write a simple poem about bringing peace to earth.
II. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions. Choose from the list below. (Some prepositions may be repeated.)
1. _____ bed (due to sickness)
2. _____ the table
3. _____ (penetrate) the thick clouds
4. _____ San Pedro Street
5. _____ the center
6. _____ (secret) two friends
7. _____ the bridge (pass through)
8. _____ March 8, 2011
9. _____ the rooftop
10. _____ March
11. _____ 3 Jade Street, 4 Ecoland
12. _____ (traveled) the hills and valleys
13. _____ the graduates (divided the tasks)
14. _____ Rizal Park
15. _____ the basement of the building
III. Underline the prepositional phrase/-s in each sentence.
1. Do you believe in hypnotism?
2. This is a tribute to the retiring president.
3. The second wave of marines came just in the nick of time to save the operation.
4. Often new students lose their way in the building.
5. The books are on the table.
Q: What words as specific part of speech are used to combine ideas aside from conjunctions?
These words are called prepositions. They denote different relationships. They are commonly used to express relationships between nouns or pronouns and another words in the sentence. In some cases, they can express more than one relationship.
Q: So, what are those relationships?
Prepositions are used to express these following relationships:
1. Place or position
→ at, by, in, over, from, near, around, among, in front of, in the back of, on top of, beneath, to, up, on, against, under, beside, between, inside, outside
Examples:
☻I want to travel around the world.
☻Rico put his favorite shoes on top of the cabinet.
☻Ophelia is hiding in her grandparents' house.
* at = used for specific address
* in = for name of towns, country, state, or continent
2. Direction
→ toward, into, by way of, from, out of, to
Examples:
☻My mother and I went to the market.
☻Andrew had walked for 30 minutes from their house.
3. Manner
→ by, on, in, with, like, through
Example:
☻I can release my feelings through writing poems.
4. Time
→ at, by, in, before, until, during, at the end of, in the middle of, at the beginning of, since, after, on
Examples:
☻I am a Boy Scout member since 1998.
☻We will have our warm-up exercises before the discussion of the topic.
☻You should finish your work at exactly 10:30 a.m.
* at = used for specific time
* on = for days and date
* in = for non-specific time
5. Agent
→ by, with
Example:
☻The ball was thrown by Antonio.
6. Accompaniment
→ with
Example:
☻World War II made me left the city with my relatives.
7. Similarly
→ like
Example:
☻My bird can fly like an airplane.
8. Purpose
→ for
Example:
☻We must study hard for our own future.
9. In the capacity of
→ as
Example:
☻I can share my knowledge as great teachers can do.
10. By reason of
→ for
Example:
☻I always go to school for I know, it can also help to improve my grades.
Some are used to express the relationships in association, in measurement, etc. As we have observed to some prepositions, they are made up of more than one word. They are called compound prepositions. A preposition is usually followed by a noun or pronoun, which is called the object of the preposition.
Note: Prepositions may also function as adverbs.
Examples:
☻Brent reads the sentences below. (adverb of place)
☻I was amazed every moment you smile before. (adverb of time)
Q: How about prepositional phrase? What is it?
Together, the preposition, the object, and the modifiers of the object form the prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase is a word-group modifier, used either as an adjective or an adverb. As an adjective, it modifies a noun or a noun equivalent. As an adverb, the prepositional phrase answers the questions when, where, why or how.
Examples:
☻Life-giving knowledge is found in the Bible.
☻My assignments were checked by my seatmate.
Test of Learning
I. Identify whether it is a command or a request. Write C if it is a command and R if it is a request.
___1. Close the door, please.
___2. Clean the backyard.
___3. May you please give this form to the principal?
___4. Kindly fetch me a gallon of water.
___5. Write a simple poem about bringing peace to earth.
II. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions. Choose from the list below. (Some prepositions may be repeated.)
1. _____ bed (due to sickness)
2. _____ the table
3. _____ (penetrate) the thick clouds
4. _____ San Pedro Street
5. _____ the center
6. _____ (secret) two friends
7. _____ the bridge (pass through)
8. _____ March 8, 2011
9. _____ the rooftop
10. _____ March
11. _____ 3 Jade Street, 4 Ecoland
12. _____ (traveled) the hills and valleys
13. _____ the graduates (divided the tasks)
14. _____ Rizal Park
15. _____ the basement of the building
III. Underline the prepositional phrase/-s in each sentence.
1. Do you believe in hypnotism?
2. This is a tribute to the retiring president.
3. The second wave of marines came just in the nick of time to save the operation.
4. Often new students lose their way in the building.
5. The books are on the table.
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