Wednesday, 24 January 2018

VIDEO SCRIPT - ENGLISH DRAMA ON PARTS OF SPEECH


VIDEO SCRIPT
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ENGLISH DRAMA ON PARTS OF SPEECH
INTRODUCTION
For the English language, words can be considered as the smallest  units that have distinctive meanings.  We use thousands of words in our daily life.  Based on the use and functions, words are categorized into several types of parts of speech, they are: Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection.
The B.Ed trainees from English department of Valiyam Memorial College of Teacher Education 2016-20118 are going to present a drama in one of the topics of English Grammar – “PARTS OF SPEECH”.
The main purpose of presenting this play is to make clear and understand the concept, use and function of each parts of speech.  Let’s have a look on the eight types of parts of speech.  We hope you will enjoy and learn the parts of speech through our drama.
CHARACTERS AND ACTORS
Sentence     :         King of parts of speech Kingdom
Word                   :         Queen of parts of speech Kingdom
Minister
Messenger
The eight daughters of sentence and their children.
CHARACTERS  ACTORS
1.     King Sentence                -        Mithun
2.     Queen Word                            -        Fousiya. B
3.     Minister                         -        Asha Antony
4.     Messenger                      -        Saranya S. Babu
5.     Noun                              -        Soumya. S
6.     Common Noun              -        Deepthy
7.     Abstract Noun               -        Anjana Krishnan
8.     Concrete Noun               -        Namitha
9.     Proper Noun                           -        Padma
10.                         Countable Noun           -        Jaseela
11.                         Uncountable Noun        -        Arya Anil
12.                         Collective Noun            -        Soumya. K
13.                         Pronoun                        -        Achala. Y
14.                         Indefinite Pronoun        -        Shyja
15.                         Relative Pronoun          -        Kavitha
16.                         Possessive Pronoun      -        Arya. B
17.                         Adjective                       -        Subuhana. A
18.                         Verb                              -        Nainu Shahina
19.                         Adverb                          -        Neethu Sajeev
20.                         Preposition                             -        Sumayya
21.                         Conjunction                  -        Tisha
22.                         Interjection                    -        Hima Mohan
SCENE – 1
[An ante chamber in the King’s palace.  King sentence sitting sadly looking on a photo frame.  Queen word enters the chamber]
Queen: [Fousiya]:                            Dear, why are  you looking so sad?
King [Mithun]:                      Nothing my sweetheart, I was just recalling my last birthday celebration with our children.
Queen [Fousiya]:                    (Sighing) Yes, it was very joyful moment.
King [Mithun]:                       I wish… we could get that moments back.
Queen [Fousiya]:                    Hope, So…
[Both of them looking at the photo frame of their family]
SCENE – 2
[Minister enters the chamber]
Minister [Asha Antony]         :        Your Majesty! May I come in?
King [Mithun]:                       Yes please.
Minister [Asha Antony]:         Your Majesty! I have passed all the invitations for your birthday celebration.  Here is the list, please check whether anyone is left as there are few days for your birthday.
King (says sadly) :                  Oh! No need of that
Minister:                                 Your Majesty! Is there any problem?
King:                                                 I wish I celebrate my birthday with my children
Minister:                                  What so issue about that?  You first read to inform and they will be present the right time before you.
King:                                        Yeah I know, but this time they already informed me that they will not be coming on this birthday.
[Minister and Queen looks at King Sadly]
SCENE – 3
[Messenger comes to the chamber with delight]
Messenger [Saranya]:             Your Majesty! May I come in.
King:                                                Yes please
Messenger:                               Your Majesty! You have a message from your elder daughter noun.
King:                                                Give me that
[King reads the message.  His face turn to delight]
King:                                        Oh my  sweet heart! It’s a happy news that our children comes next week for celebrating my birthday.
Queen:                                     Oh thank God! I’am eagerly waiting to see all.
[Both of them look at each other excitedly]
King:                                                Minister! Arrange all things for our children
Minister:                                 Yes your Majesty!
[Minister goes to inform the happy news to the courtiers]
SCENE – 4
[The next week, the day before King’s birthday, King, Queen waits at the entrance for the arrival of their kids.  The kids enters the palace.  They invite all.]
SCENE – 5
King:                                        Dear friends and courtiers.  This is an auspicious moment for us our kinds came with their family to celebrate my birthday.
[An applause raises]
King:                                                Let my children introduce themselves.
[King’s eight children with their family enters the dias]
Noun [Soumya. S]:                  Greetings all.  I am noun.  I am the first daughter of my parents.  I am a naming word.  I give names to all.  I have seven daughters.
[The seven daughters enters]
Common Noun [Deepthy]:     I am the first daughter of Noun.  I express the name of people (eg. Man), things (eg. Books), animals (eg. Monkey) and places (Church)
Abstract Noun [Anjana Krishnan]:         I am Abstract Noun.  I am the second daughter of Noun.  I specify the name of something that we can only think or feel but cannot touch and see.  (eg. Kindness, Lace, Truth)
Concrete Noun [Namith]:       My name is Concrete noun.  I name for the persons, places and things, which have physical existence.
(eg. India, John, Bird, Girl etc.)
Proper Noun:                           I am proper noun.  I am a special one among others as I specify special names of people (Kevin), things (eg. Financial Times), animals (King Kong) and places (eg. India)
I begins with a capital letter
Countable Noun:                     I am countable noun.  I can name things or persons which can be counted (eg. Trees).  I has pleural form and can be preceded by a, an, or the.  (eg. An elephant is a strong animal)
Uncountable Noun [Arya Anil]: My  name is uncountable noun.  I am the noun which cannot be counted (eg. Smoke).  I refer to things of a class and not to place.
(eg. Poetry, News)


Collective Noun [Soumya. K]:        I am collective  noun.  I give name for member of people, things or animals together and treated as one.
(eg. A group of friends, a bunch of bananas)
Pronoun [Achala]:                   I am pronoun.  I am the second daughter of the King sentence.  I help my sister noun.  I am a word that replaces a noun in a sentence.  I refer to a person or thing without giving the name.  I have three daughters.
Indefinite Pronoun [Shyja]:    I am indefinite pronoun.  I am used in a general way, without specific reference to persons or things.
(eg. Everybody, none, little, much etc.)
Relative Pronoun [Karthika]: I am Relative Pronoun.  I am used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun.  I usually seen in complex sentences.
(eg. Which, who, that, where, whose)
Eg. The answer which you gave is right.
Possessive Pronoun [Arya. B]: My name is possessive pronoun.  I am the youngest one.  I always show ownership.
(eg. Mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its)
Adjective [Subuhana. A]:       I am Adjective.  I am the third child of King Sentence.  I always describes or clarifies my sister noun.  I describe the noun’s size, colour, age, origin etc.
(eg. It’s a big table.
She is very beautiful)
Verb (Nainu Shahina):           I am the fourth child of my parents.  My name is verb.  I express an action or a state of being
(eg. Jump, run, swim, walk)
Adverb [Neethu Sajeev]:         I am adverb and I am the fifth one.  I help my sister verb.  I describe or modifies the verb.
(eg. He run fastly
She writes neatly)
Preposition [Sumayya]:           My name is preposition.  I am the sixth daughter of my parents.  I am the word placed before my sisters noun and pronoun.  I used to show time, position and direction.
(eg. in, on, at, under, with, to)
My birthday falls in September.
Conjunction [Tisha]:               I am the seventh daughter of my parents.  I am a word that joins two or more words, phrases or clauses.
(eg. But, or, and, etc.)
I am tired but happy.
Interjection [Hima Mohan]:    I am Interjection and the eighth and youngest daughter.  I am a word that shows emotion or feelings.  I usually come at the beginning of a sentence.
(eg. Ahh, Alas, Bless you, Bah etc.)
Ahh! That feels wonderful.
[Applause echoed in the room, the children went back to their seats.  King enters]
SCENE – 6
King:                                        I am so happy and proud of my children.  They serves many things to the country English.  It’s time to enjoy.
[Everyone enjoys the part.  At the time Minister takes the family photo of King Sentence.  The new photo puts on the table.]


THE END

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