3rd Semester
English Topics
1) Importance of English language
for employability/ action plan to improve English Language skills
2) Routines- father, mother, sister,
brother, teacher / What you do on Sundays/ holidays etc.,
3) Expressing feelings-suitable
words / situations
4) Likes and dislikes- what do you
like in your friend/ a movie/ novel etc?
5) Questions –framing questions
6) Food- Describe food you had in a
hotel/ hostel/ function etc.
7) Note making- Cue method/ mapping
method
8) Summarizing-
9) Telephoning skills- calling your
boss/ railway station, fixing/ cancelling/ rescheduling appointment, booking tickets
10) Making requests- Please…./ can you…./ could you please….
11) Offering help- May I…./ Shall I….
12) Seeking permission- Can I use your computer? May I…? Could I….?
13) Giving permission- Yes, Of
course./ Certainly./Sure / By all means.
14) Making complaints- I am sorry to say that it is not working. Could you please
repair it?
15) Offering suggestions- Shall we
….? / Let’s …. / How about ….?
16) Extending and accepting
invitations- Would you like to come to the party? / why don’t you…?/ Please do
come…
Thank you,
that would be great. / Thank you but I’m sorry I won’t be able to
attend.
17) Making comparisons- Write a paragraph comparing your school life to your
college life. Etc.,
18) Quantity- identify/ use quantity
denoting words- a little, a few, little, few, some, any, many, lot of, plenty
of, full, half enough, all etc.,
19) Possessions- describe what you
have/ what you do not have. / describing your house/college/ lab/ school etc.,
20) Past- describe a past event.
21) Fill up the blanks with
dialogues/ questions
22) Reading Comprehension tests
Probable Questions
Importance of English
Make an action plan
to improve your English keeping in mind the needs, problems and solutions/
Importance of English / English and employability
Your likes and
dislikes & the likes and dislikes of your neighbour/ your uncle/ your
teacher your aunt/ your cousin / your grandfather
Write what food/drinks
you have every day/often/rarely/never.
Write about the food you had at a wedding that you recently
attended.
Write the dialogue to
-fix an appointment with your doctor?
-Request the receptionist to fix an appointment to meet the
Municipal Commissioner at 4.00 p.m. to register a complaint about irregular
supply of drinking water.
-Request the
receptionist to fix an appointment with the Neurologist for treatment
-Request the
receptionist to reschedule the appointment with the surgeon as you are out of
the town.
-Due to the
bad weather, you cannot practice cricket at Gymkhana ground. Request the coach to reschedule the time for
today’s practice
-You cannot
meet the teacher as you have to take your grandmother to hospital.
-Your boss wants you to go to Vijayawada to inspect the
branch office there.
-Tell your friend that you cannot accept his
invitation for dinner.
-Write a dialogue that takes place to fix an appointment
with the Deputy Engineer, A.P. Transco to ask his permission to visit the
substation.
-A student requests permission from the librarian to
take a reference book out for photo copying as the library photo copier is out
of order
-A student asks the teacher’s permission to borrow a scale
from a friend in the drawing hall.
-An employee asks permission from his boss to leave office
an hour early.
-A student asks permission from
parent to go to an excursion to Goa
-You are going on a holiday.
You don’t have a camera. You ask
your friend for it. Your friend gives it
to you. Write the dialogue.
-You are the group leader. Your group wants to visit an
industry nearby your Polytechnic. Ask the manager of the company for permission
to see it. Write the dialogue.
Write dialogue making
complaints
-You are studying for your examinations. Your neighbour is playing music on a high
volume.
-A’ is a guest in
a hotel. She finds the phone in her room
out of order and complains
to the receptionist
-You bought a watch at a shop. It is not working properly.
Make a complaint.
-Complain to your neighbour about the garbage dumped in
front of your house.
-Make a
complaint to the principal that the electrical motor in your hostel needs
repair as you are taking acute water shortage.
-Your co-passenger in the bus is smoking. The smoke makes
you sick. Make a complaint to the conductor.
-You bought a laptop. It is a faulty one. Make a complaint
to the shopkeeper.
Your feelings in the given situations- (express in full sentences
e.g. I was …./ I felt...)
Identify the
following
Complaints /Offering help/
Suggestions/ Seeking permission/ Requests/Accepting or rejecting invitation
Using polite expressions / making polite requests/ offering help in the
given situations
eg
-Request the clerk to cancel your
railway ticket
-Request the traffic constable to
show you the way to railway station.
-You can’t go to shopping as you
are busy. Request your roommate to do it for you.
-You are staying in a hostel. The tap in your bathroom is leaking. Request the plumber to repair it.
-A woman who was traveling by a
train wants to buy a water bottle at a station where the train doesn’t stop for
more than a couple of minutes. You observed it.
-Your neighbour is waiting for an
auto to go to his office. You are also
going on the same direction by a car.
-You see an old man who is trying
to board a bus with a lot of luggage.
-Your friend’s cycle tyre has a
puncture. He is finding it difficult to
change the
tyre/ get it repaired
Seeking and giving
permission
-Ask your brother to bring your friend to his party
-Request your mother to switch off the fan in the room
-Request your teacher to borrow a dictionary for a day
-Request your neighbour to use internet in his house for an
hour.
-Request your principal to one day leave of absence
Write a paragraph
- Write about how you spent your last summer using the
following words
-Give suggestions to your cousin on ways of improving English
communication skills
-Write a paragraph using the hints about your experience
during a bus journey
-Write a paragraph on the poor service of a telephone
company
-Write a paragraph on the shop you prefer to buy your
clothes from& Compare that shop with the others and give reasons for your
preference & Show similarities and differences by using words of comparison
-Write a paragraph about things that you own.
-Write
about your scientific calculator and its features
-Write about your English Language laboratory and the
facilities you have there.
- Write a paragraph about your childhood possessions
-Write a paragraph describing the first day of your college
life.
- Write a paragraph about a funny situation in your life.
-Write about your favourite school teacher
Compare the following
-a bicycle and a motor cycle in terms of cost, speed and usefulness
-a television and a radio in terms of cost, entertainment and information
-a car and a bus in terms of cost, maintenance and usefulness
-a mobile phone and a landline phone in terms of usefulness and mobility
Daily routine:
Your / your mother’s /father’s/ friend’s/teacher’s daily routine
-Write about the “Daily Routines” of a housewife
- Write a paragraph on
what you do on Sundays and holidays.
-Describe your neighbour’s activities in your own words
Telephone
conversation
-Make a call to the bus station
enquiry and ask about the timing of the first bus to Hyderabad.
Note down the conversation between the clerk and yourself.
-Make a call to Leela Travelers
and hire a car for an official tour.
-Your telephone
is not working. Give a complaint using another phone.
- Make a call to
a courier service and ask them to collect letters from your office.
- Invite your classmate to your
birthday
- Telephone a
travel agency and book two air tickets to Chennai.
- Call your
friend and find out the price and specifications of a television that he
has
bought. Write the dialogue
Framing questions
-You have seen an advertisement of a house for sale. Write
down the questions you would ask the owner of the house who wishes to sell it.
-What questions you would ask your senior to know how he has
got a job.
-Write the questions that a policeman is likely to ask when
he gets a complaint about a lost bike.
