Main Topic 12: Manufacturing Lesson 69: Quality Control/Assurance (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to QUALITY CONTROL/ASSURANCE. 2. Review Types of Pronouns - Possessive. I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. 1. Mr. Dempsey will assure the customers that our products have the finest quality. a. warn b. cheer c. shout d. guarantee 2. Pharma Corporation must strictly follow the production model today. a. sign b. build c. shape d. image 3. Sometimes our computers fail the quality assurance tests. a. not unsuccessful b. not poor quality c. do not pass d. do not break down 4. Our manufacturing engineers scan the problems in the products. a. stare b. view c. inspect d. test Page 1
5. This brand new luxury car passed the safety test. a. exam b. survey c. interview d. caution A. Sentence-Making Practice (3-4 minutes) Practice using the words you ve learned in your own sentences. 1. Assure 2. Model 3. Fail 4. Scan 5. Test Page 2
Exercise 2: What s the word? (4-5 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. Mr. Nathan, the production manager, is commending Mr. James, the production supervisor, for the high manufacturing quality at Asia Medicines International. Mr. Nathan: Good afternoon, Mr. James. Please come in and make yourself comfortable. Mr. James: Thank you, Mr. Nathan. I am pleased to have this meeting with you. Mr. Nathan: I am delighted to inform you that Mr. Palomar, our production head, is satisfied with your team s performance. Your team members always the quality of the products. Mr. James: It is encouraging to know that the management notices our hard work. Thank you so much for the compliment, Mr. Nathan. Mr. Nathan: You are welcome, Mr. James. Mr. Palomar also recognizes the dedication of all the employees. Because of your team s commitment to quality, we no longer need to the production. Mr. James: You are correct, Mr. Nathan. My team members always all quality standards. Mr. Nathan: I am proud to have diligent and reliable employees like you and your team. I will recommend that your team should get a raise. I will let you know as soon as the management approves my recommendation. Mr. James: Thank you very much, Mr. Nathan. I will let my members know about that. I m sure they would be glad. Choices: a. repeat b. guide c. control d. observe II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: Page 3
Topic: Possessive Pronouns (5-6 minutes) General Description: Possessive pronouns refer to person/s or thing/s belonging to another/ other person/s and thing/s. They can: refer to the subject or object in the sentence refer to a singular or plural noun Examples of Possessive Pronouns: Number Person Gender (Of "Owner") Possessive Pronouns 1 st Male/Female Refers to Object Mine Singular 2 nd Male/Female Yours 3 rd Female Hers Male His Neuter Its 1 st Male/Female Ours Plural 2 nd Male/Female Yours 3 rd Male/Female/Neuter Theirs Page 4
Remember: Possessive pronouns are used according to: number: singular (e.g.: mine) or plural (e.g.: ours) person: 1st person (e.g.: mine), 2nd person (e.g.: yours) or 3rd person (e.g.: his) gender: male (his), female (hers) Examples: 1. I like your laptop. Do you like mine? (object = laptop) 2. All the robots were good but his was the best. (subject = robots) 3. The engineers liked your plan. Do you like theirs? (object =plan) 4. Many reports were submitted early. Hers came in earliest. (subject = reports) 5. Their process needs improvement. Ours do not. (subject = process) Comprehension Check: How do you use possessive pronouns as subject in a sentence? Write one sentence that uses a possessive pronoun as a subject. Page 5
Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (3-4 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. Mr. Douglas passed his technical test but Ms. Dougal did not pass. a. his b. hers c. their d. theirs 2. Patty monitored her group s procedures but Tim did not monitor. a. his b. hers c. their d. theirs 3. Our department s score in the quality check is 84. is 85. a. Mine b. Ours c. Hers d. Theirs Page 6