LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET GRADE 9 ENGLISH

Name: ________________________________________ Score: __________

Date: _________________________________________
COMMUNICATIVE STYLES
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: This Learner’s Activity Sheet will help you learn more about
communicative styles. Follow the instructions in each activity.

✓ Speech Styles refer to the form of language that we use in different social
situations. Since we change the way we relay messages depending on the
event, we also consider the necessary degree of formality that must be
present. (Joos, 1967)

A. Directions: Read the sentences in each item and identify which speech style is
being described. Choose your answer from the box and write it on the space
before the number.

Frozen Formal Consultative

Casual Intimate

_____________1. ____________, the most formal style of speech, is

characterized by long and complex sentence, a scientifically
vocabulary, and a consistently serious tone. Grammatical rules
are concerned, and the subject matter is substantial (Hamdany,
2017).
_____________2. ____________ is completely private languages develop within
families, very close friends, couple, etc. Furthermore, intimate
language is also characterized by ellipsis, deletion, rapid,
slurred, pronunciation, nonverbal communication, and private
code characteristics (Hamdany, 2017).
_____________3. ____________ is usually used in semiformal situation. It is a
style that shows our norm for coming to terms with strangers
who speak our language but whose personal stock of
information may be different (Joos, 1967).
_____________4. ____________ is used in addressing large audiences (Joos,
1967). The speaker should frame whole sentences and choose
the words before they are delivered (Hamdany, 2017).
_____________5. ____________ is defined as a style that is used for the
conversation in our relaxed or normal situation. People tend to
use this style when they have conversation with friends, family
and people who have close relationship (Hamdany, 2017).

Specific Week: Week 5 and 6

Target Competency: Employ the appropriate communicative styles for various
situations (intimate, casual, conversational, consultative, frozen)

Note to the Teacher:

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 B. Directions: Read each situation and determine which communicative style must
be used in the item. Write your answer on the space provided.
6. The school year has just begun, 7. Because there could be no F2F
and you meet new classmates. Your recognition programs, the school
teacher assigns the class to prepared a virtual program for your
accomplish a group activity. You are batch. Here, you watched the principal’s
sent to your groups to discuss. speech.
____________________________ ____________________________

8. Every week, you attended the
virtual Flag Raising Ceremony in
school. Part of this practice is reciting
the Patriotic Oath (Panatang
Makabayan).
____________________________
9. During your break, you spoke to
your best friend about how you feel
sad and worried because you miss
your group of friends.
____________________________

10. You were feeling a bit sick, so your

parent made an online appointment
with a doctor. The doctor talked to
you about what you can do to be well
and get healthy.
____________________________

C. Directions: Choose 1 speech style and draw a 3-panel comic strip to illustrate a
situation where the chosen speech style is used. (Content: 3pts; Design: 2pts)
Speech Style: ______________________

References:
Hamdany, M. (2017). Speech style used in the workplace in 500 Days of Summer movie. Language
Horizon, 5(1), 30-38. https://jurnalmahasiswa.unesa.ac.id/index.php/language-
horizon/article/view/18260#:~:text=It%20means%20that%20a%20lot,daily%20communi
cation%20in%20the%20workplace
Joos, Martin. (1967). The Five Clocks, New York: Harcourt, Brace and world Inc.

Specific Week: Week 5 and 6

Target Competency: Employ the appropriate communicative styles for various
situations (intimate, casual, conversational, consultative, frozen)

Note to the Teacher:

(This is a government property. Not for sale.)