MODULE 1: DEALING WITH THE PRESENT

Lesson 1: Grammar Elements (Review) and Present Tenses

Topic Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, the students must have been able to:
A. Identify parts of speech from sample resources and
B. Deduce subject-verb agreement rules from sample materials.

Link-it-in

TASK 1

Instruction: Read the quotes below and do the activity that follows.

1 2 3

4 5
Decoding Grammar Concepts
Instruction: Identify the grammatical function of each word in each quote. Write your answers
in the box.

Parts of
Quote 1 Quote 2 Quote 3 Quote 4 Quote 5
Speech

Noun

Pronoun

Adjective

Verb

Adverb

Preposition

Conjunctio
n

Interjection

Pin to Post!
Additional points to note:

● Gerunds are verbs with –ing however, these words do NOT function as a verb but a
noun.
● Infinitive is a verbal consisting the word to plus a verb in its simplest form. It may act
as a noun, adjective, or adverb depending on how it is used.
● Articles and determiners such ‘as a, an, the’ are adjectives since they modify nouns.

Plug in
Instructions: Read the article below by Our Better World Organization. Identify the
grammatical function of the underlined words inside the box.

A Day in COVID-19

(1) The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths can be tallied every
day, with (2) heartbreaking precision.

(4) Less precise, but no less essential, is keeping track of the goodness in
the world that helps all of us keep going, for yet (5) another day.

As COVID-19 spreads around the world to (6) devastating effect, so

has grace and kindness. People (7) across Asia are responding to
vulnerable communities falling (8) through the cracks in the
pandemic’s wake: the low-income, refugees, the elderly, migrant
workers, indigenous communities, (9) and people struggling with (10)
mental health.

(11) Among them are familiar figures (12) Our Better World has told
stories of, rising to the occasion with new ways (13) to support their
causes.

(14) Tracking every kind gesture is impossible. But here's a snapshot of

how (15) much can be done when hearts are in the right place.
 Place your answers here!

1. 4. 7. 10. 13.

2. 5. 8. 11. 14.

3. 6. 9. 12. 15.

Boot Up

PRACTICE A
Instructions: Below are sentences extracted from the Executive Order No. 97 Series of 2020
of the Office of the Malaybalay City Mayor. Identify the grammatical function
of the underlined word.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
PRACTICE B
Instructions: Write five sentences using the parts of speech in the order specified. If the
abbreviations are capitalized, the word must be capitalized as well. Your
sentences must be based on what is CURRENTLY happening in our society
(i.e. COVID-19, Bubonic Plague).

Here is the abbreviation code: n = noun; pro = pronoun; adj = adjective; v =

verb; advb = adverb; c = conjunction; prep = preposition; hv = helping verb;
mv = main verb; pro-adj = pronounadjective (such as these); art = article ( a,
an, or the).

1. Pro / hv / mv / art / n / prep / pro.

___________________________________________________________________________
2. Pro / prep / pro-adj / n / v / adj.
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Art / n / advb / v / pro-adj / n / advb / prep / art / n.
___________________________________________________________________________
4. N / conj / N / hv / mv / prep / N.
___________________________________________________________________________
5. Pro-adj / n / hv / conj / hv / mv / prep / pro-adj / n.
___________________________________________________________________________