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BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Listening

 is the active process of receiving and responding to spoken (and sometimes unspoken) messages.  Is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process.  When we listen, we use our ears to receive individual sounds (letters, stress, rhythm and pauses) and we use our brain to convert these into messages that mean something to us.  A key to all effective communication.

Types of Listening:

Appreciative Listening

 listening to enjoy, to appreciate or to have fun.  Listening for pleasure.

Emphatic Listening

 listening to provide emotional support for the speaker.  Listening with the intent to understand HOW the speaker FEELS in addition to understanding his/her ideas

Strategies to Develop Emphatic Listening

 It’s not about you  Put away your phone  Be an active listener  Refrain from criticism  Adjust your body language  Paraphrase your conversation partner  Ask open-ended questions  Stop giving unsolicited advice  Don’t ‘fill up’ the silence

Comprehensive Listening

 Listening to understand the message of the speaker  Accurately understanding the meaning of the speaker’s message while interpreting non-verbal symbols

Critical/Analytical Listening

 Listening to evaluate the message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it.

BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS

Subject-Intransitive Verb (S-IV)

 Intransitive verb - is a verb without a direct object o The class studied. o She wept o The choice sang.  Provides the basis for many kinds of sentences.

 How, when, where  The class studied diligently. (how)  She wept bitterly last night. (when)  The choir sang at the cathedral. (where)

Subject-Transitive-Direct Object (S-TV-DO)

 Transitive verb – an action verb that requires a subject and a direct object.  Direct object – answers the question what or whom. A noun or pronoun that receives the action.  The instructor discussed today’s lesson.  Paulo painted this picture last month.  She joined the basketball team.

Subject-Linking Verb-Subject Complement (S- LV-SC)

 Subject complement – a word or phrase (usually an adjective phrase, noun phrase, or pronoun) that follows a linking verb and describes or renames the subject of the sentence Subject-Linking Verb-Predicative Noun (S-LV- PN)

 Anne is the boss.  She is my mother.  Wilma has been my friend for a long time. Subject-Linking Verb-Predicative Adjective (S- LV-PA)

 During the storm, driving became difficult.  Her performance was phenomenal.  The corridor is too narrow.

Subject-Transitive Verb-Direct Object-Object Complement (S-TV-DO-OC)  Object complement – a noun, pronoun or adjective which follows a direct object and renames the it or tells what the direct object has become.  The class elected Nadine president.  She cut her hair short.  The clown got the children too excited.

Subject-Transitive Verb-Intransitive Verb-Direct Object (S-TV-IO-DO)  Indirect object  comes between the transitive verb and the direct object  answers the question to whom or for whom.  We gave these men our money.  Mark surprised his sister with a reward.  Pearl sent Tom a book.

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

Subjects and verbs must agree in number
Don’t get confused by the words the come between the subject and verb.
Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect the agreement.
If a sentence starts with “there” or “here” the subject will always be placed after the verb.  There is a meeting today.  Here are the results from this past month
Subjects can come after the verb in questions.  Does Betty always play with dolls?  How are the Bosco sticks today?
If two subjects are joined by “and” they typically require a plural verb.  The puppy and the lady are friends.
If two subject are separated by “and’ refer to the same thing, the verb is singular.  Spaghetti and meatballs is my favorite past dish.  The owner and manager of this store is very friendly.
Or Nor Neither/nor singular/plural Either/or Not only/but also
Or Nor Neither/nor nearest subject Either/or Not only/but also
Units of measure = singular  Six gallons was  Five dollars is  Five miles is  One thousand pesos is
Collective nouns = singular  The heard is  The class was  The flock  The jury has  The jury members have
Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. = singular
Two infinitives separated by and take a plural verb  To run and to read are
Gerunds = singular/plural
Each Every before the subject = singular No  Each boy and girl has  Every frog and toad turns  No paper and pen is
Indefinite pronouns = singular
Both Many Plural

Others Several 18. All Any More Object of the Most prepositional phrase None Some  All of the chickens have  Some of the milk has 19. The number = singular A number = plural INFLY VS INFER

Implication  Giving information  To strongly suggest the truth or existence of something that is not expressly stated.  The speaker, or someone who is giving information, may imply something.  When we imply something, we’re hinting at what we mean but not directly saying it directly  I didn’t mean to imply that your grasp on grammar is bad.  He didn’t make any promises, but he did imply that he’d be back for the holidays. Inference

 Receiving information  To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statement of that information  The listener, or someone who is receiving information, may infer something.  When you come to a conclusion based on something you think someone implied, you’re inferring.  Am I right to infer that you think my grammar is bad?  We inferred that he’d be back before the holidays because he didn’t leave with enough luggage for a long trip.

MOODS OF THE VERB

Verb mood – classifications that indicate the attitude of the speaker.

Three moods:

Indicates that something is happening at the time you express it.
The worker is hammering and her foreman is watching lazily.
Is/are + present participle

Past Progressive Tense

Indicates two kinds of past action.
Simple past + past progressive
Was/were + present participle
The mob tackled Jean-Luc Goddard while he was introducing the film.

Future Progressive Tense

Indicates a continuing action in the future.
Will be + present participle
The government will be monitoring the phones in the lab.

Perfect Progressive Tenses

Also called perfect continuous tense
Used to say an event or action is, was, or will be continually occurring (progressive) but that it is, was, or will be completed at a late time, or that it relates to a later time (perfect).

Present Perfect Progressive Tense

Indicates action continuing from the past into the present and possibly into the future.
Has/have been + present participle
The teacher has been grading since yesterday afternoon.

Past Perfect Progressive Tense

Indicates that a past action went on until another occurred.
Had been + present participle
Before her promotion, Nico had been working on restoring open space on campus.

Future Perfect Progressive Tense

Indicates that an action will continue until a certain
Will have been + present participle
On Tuesday I will have been working on this paper for six weeks.

Emphatic Tenses

Often used to give greater emphasis to the idea expressed by the verb.
The auxiliaries DO, DOES and DID are used to give additional emphasis.

Present Emphatic Tenses

Formed by adding the basic present form of the verb to the present tense of the verb to do (do or does)
He does run fast.
I do call.

Past Emphatic Tenses - Formed by adding the basic present form of the verb to the past tense of the verb to do (did). - He did call me last night. - He did come to work yesterday.

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BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Listening

is the active process of receiving and

responding to spoken (and sometimes

unspoken) messages.

Is the ability to accurately receive and

interpret messages in the communication

process.

When we listen, we use our ears to

receive individual sounds (letters, stress,

rhythm and pauses) and we use our

brain to convert these into messages that

mean something to us.

A key to all effective communication.

Types of Listening:

Appreciative Listening

listening to enjoy, to appreciate or to

have fun.

Listening for pleasure.

Emphatic Listening

listening to provide emotional support

for the speaker.

Listening with the intent to understand

HOW the speaker FEELS in addition to

understanding his/her ideas

Strategies to Develop Emphatic Listening

It’s not about you

Put away your phone

Be an active listener

Refrain from criticism

Adjust your body language

Paraphrase your conversation partner

Ask open-ended questions

Stop giving unsolicited advice

Don’t ‘fill up’ the silence

Comprehensive Listening

Listening to understand the message of

the speaker

Accurately understanding the meaning

of the speaker’s message while

interpreting non-verbal symbols

Critical/Analytical Listening

Listening to evaluate the message for

purposes of accepting or rejecting it.

BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS

Subject-Intransitive Verb (S-IV)

Intransitive verb - is a verb without a

direct object

oThe class studied.

oShe wept

oThe choice sang.

Provides the basis for many kinds of

sentences.

How, when, where

The class studied diligently. (how)

She wept bitterly last night. (when)

The choir sang at the cathedral. (where)

Subject-Transitive-Direct Object (S-TV-DO)

Transitive verb – an action verb that

requires a subject and a direct object.

Direct object – answers the question

what or whom. A noun or pronoun that

receives the action.

The instructor discussed today’s lesson.

Paulo painted this picture last month.

She joined the basketball team.

Subject-Linking Verb-Subject Complement (S-

LV-SC)

Subject complement – a word or phrase

(usually an adjective phrase, noun

phrase, or pronoun) that follows a

linking verb and describes or renames

the subject of the sentence

Subject-Linking Verb-Predicative Noun (S-LV-

PN)

Anne is the boss.

She is my mother.

Wilma has been my friend for a long

time.

Subject-Linking Verb-Predicative Adjective (S-

LV-PA)

During the storm, driving became

difficult.

Her performance was phenomenal.

The corridor is too narrow.

Subject-Transitive Verb-Direct Object-Object

Complement (S-TV-DO-OC)

Object complement – a noun, pronoun

or adjective which follows a direct

object and renames the it or tells what

the direct object has become.

The class elected Nadine president.

She cut her hair short.

The clown got the children too excited.

Subject-Transitive Verb-Intransitive Verb-Direct

Object (S-TV-IO-DO)

Indirect object

comes between the transitive verb

and the direct object

answers the question to whom or for

whom.

We gave these men our money.

Mark surprised his sister with a reward.

Pearl sent Tom a book.

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

College English Prelim Reviewer Module 1-5

English 1 (Eng1)

Our Lady of Fatima University

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Course: English 1 (Eng1)

University: Our Lady of Fatima University

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