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This document discusses modals, conditionals, and communicative styles. It defines modals as helping verbs that indicate concepts like permission, possibility, obligation, and preference. It lists common modal verbs. It then defines conditionals as statements expressing the results of particular conditions, using an if-clause to present the condition and a main clause for the result. It also outlines five communicative styles - casual, consultative, frozen, intimate, and formal - describing their typical contexts, language features, and examples.

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Quarter 1-English

This document discusses modals, conditionals, and communicative styles. It defines modals as helping verbs that indicate concepts like permission, possibility, obligation, and preference. It lists common modal verbs. It then defines conditionals as statements expressing the results of particular conditions, using an if-clause to present the condition and a main clause for the result. It also outlines five communicative styles - casual, consultative, frozen, intimate, and formal - describing their typical contexts, language features, and examples.

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ENGLISH 9 QUARTER 1

MODALS
Modals are helping verbs used to indicate permission, possibility, obligation,
advice, ability, prohibition, requests, and preference.
 Modals denoting ability: can and could
 Modals expressing permission: can and may
 Modals for like hood: will, might, may, can and could
 Modals for denoting obligation: must and have to
 Modals for giving advice: should
CONDITIONALS
Conditionals are statements expressing the result of a particular condition.
If-cause and when-cause present the condition while the main clause
explains the results.
CONDITION RESULT
COMMUNICATIVE STYLE has a set, agreed-upon
vocabulary structed
TYPE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES complex sentences and
CASUAL This is an informal  Everyday convo noun phrases.
language used by with buddies or FROZEN This style is rarely or  National Anthem
friends and peers. friends. never changes. It is  Holy Mass
Slang, vulgarities and  Phone Calls “frozen” in time and  Religious Rites /
colloquialism, informal  Tweets content. It is generally Rituals
contractions (ain’t,  Letter to friends used in a very formal  Pledge of allegiance
dunno, gonna) are  A personal setting. This is the most
normal in this type of  Constitution
message formal communicative  The Lord’s prayer
speech. style for a respectful
CONSULTATIVE This is used in semi-  Regular Classroom  Oath
situation It has a fixed
formal communication, Discussion  Creed
and static language
where sentences tend  Doctor – client and uses long
to be shorter and  Lawyer – client sentences with a good
spontaneous. It  Counselor – client command of grammar.
happens in two-way  Group discussion INTIMATE This type of  Sharing secrets
participation. This is the  Teacher – student communicative style between friends
normal style for applies to  Parents talking
 Expert - apprentice
speaking to strangers conversational about their family
or persons who are experiences between goals
neither acquaintances and/or among people  Meditations
nor friends nor who share intimate
relatives. relationships. Usually
FORMAL Formal speeches are  Meetings done in private, this
straightforward  Interview also shows no social
speeches. It is used in  SONA boundaries among the
peaking to large groups  Research Papers speakers considering
and is impersonal in  Scholarly Books their intimacy. This also
nature. Speaker must  Announcement employs informal and
frame whole sentences intimate language.
 Welcome Address
ahead before they are
delivered. It avoids
using slang
terminologies and uses
formal English.
Language is
comparatively rigid and

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