Have you met Farhad before?

When did you meet him?

He was having his
exams.

He now wants to
improve his English

He wants to learn
how to write sentences
Can you help him write good sentences?

What is a sentence?
The basic sentence gives information

Sentence Construction Skills

Unit 1 - H95804 - Lesson 11
Self Development for the world of work
Certificate in Employability Skills
March 26, 2016

What is the purpose of a sentence?

Does

a sentence answer a
question?
Does it give information?
Can you help Farhad to write
good sentences?
How?

How can a sentence

be constructed?
Pair up, discuss and put
your ideas on cards
One idea per card

Volunteers to collect the cards

Read out each, stick to board
Discuss, group similar cards
Add a title card to each group

Reflection
What

are the title cards suggesting?

Can a volunteer take a group of cards and
explain how sentences can be formed?

Fundamental English

Week 7, Slide 6

You can give as much information as you want to.

A sentence gives information

Where should you add the full stop?
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
The boy

ran

to the swing

at tiffin time

to play

My teacher

shouted

in class

this morning

as we did
not do our
home work

The horse

won the race

My mother

was unwell

The car

What is the minimum information you should give?

Office or business situation...?

Can

you think and give examples of an

office situation?
Pair up with your LP. Think of a difficult
office situation involving two people.
Write out the office situation as a play
between two people covering about 3
minutes.
Now use the table to rewrite the play:

Use the table to rewrite your play:

Who?

What? Where? When? Why?

Four teams to act out the play:

All

LP teams to act out their play.

Teams should not take more than 3
minutes each.

Home work 1
Upload

your drama in your e-portfolio.

Mention which character you played. Write
out what you learned from the play about
office situations.
As a marked assignment, pick an office
situation from the office situation role play
cards. Write out the play sentences using the
questions who, what, where, why, when, how.
Submit your assignment for assessment.

Home Work 2
Upload

your assignment in your e-portfolio.

Discuss what you learned from preparing the
role play about sentence writing, speaking
clearly in phrases and office situations.
Invite comments from your LP. Read:
https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/RolePla
ying.htm