'Chitchat' was my initiation at the office to help juniors and colleagues to improve their English Communication Skills. There are two PPTs covering tenses and basic sentence structure. Along with that we have created an environment at workplace where team has to communicate in English, Write letters on their favorite topics (reviewed by other people of the team having good skills), and tea time group discussions. This PPT is designed in very general manner and can be used in school, college, and even in office (like we do) to boost people with English.

1. OFFICE ChitCHAT
But Ooonly in english...
Training Session – 2
By Aalok Shah

2. CHITCHAT RULES
1> Communicate in English.
2> Have a conscious participation.
3> Be interactive to learn more.

3. PLAY TIME
Rock & Roll

4. LEARN TIME
Tenses

5. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

6. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

7. Form The Sentences

8. PAST PERFECT TENSE

9. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

10. Form The Sentences

11. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

12. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

13. Form The Sentences

14. PLAY TIME
Rock & Roll

15. LEARN TIME
WRITING GUIDELINES

16. 1> Use a comma after long introductory prepositional phrase:
Before noon, we left town.
2> Use a comma after an introductory word:
Well, I am not really sure.
3> Use a comma after an introductory dependent clause:
When I had finished the work, I went to bed.
4> Use a comma after an introductory verbal phrase:
Driving across the street, we saw an elephant.
5> In compound sentence, if sentence is long then a comma can be added before
conjunction:
I came late in the office, but I started session on time.
6> Semicolon is mandatory if two sentences are not connected with conjunction:
Gaurang is a genius; his neighbour is cool.
7> Use a comma to separate the items of a list:
I want to read, to play, and to relax.
He bought milk, bread, and jam.

17. 8> Use a comma when two adjectives are used, and they are not relational:
He has tall, handsome brother.
There is a large green table cloth.
9> Use a comma to separate an unnecessary clause or part of sentence:
Pratik, who sits beside Pankaj, will be married soon.
10> Use a colon to separate two independent sentences when the second one
explains the first:
Gandhiji believed in simple living: he wore a dhoti, and lived in a small house.
11> Use a semicolon, if the sentence has many comma:
.Having eaten the pudding, a terrible mixture, my sister became ill; but there were no
doctors nearby.
12> Never use a comma before “that”:
Did you say that you had called three times:
13> Never use a comma between connecting words connecting two items,
Ram and Shyam are brothers.
The team practiced hard and played well.

18. 14> A dash can be used to emphasize more, or in place of colon:
The athlete has one outstanding quality - he has good strength.
He runs a successful business - a business which was criticized in the past.
15> Hyphen can be used as a word divider in between two lines:
They are laying new elec-
tricity cables in our area.
16> When to use first letter as capital:
- To begin with a new sentence
- To write all nouns or pronouns referring to God
O Master, we thank you.
- To write the pronoun “I”
- To address father, mother, uncle, aunt, etc…
When will Uncle and Aunt arrive?
- For writing any part of a country or world
South India, Far East, etc…
- Name of organization, degree and position held by people
Mr. A . R. Shah was a B.E. student of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. He is serving
as Embedded Engineer at Volansys.
- A few more cases…. Please explore Google!!
Note: We have mentioned around 30% useful rules out of what English offers!!

19. Example Letter
My Friend’s Daily Schedule in Working Days
My friend’s name is Priyal Parikh. I am writing some brief on his daily schedule in this letter.
He wakes up around 6:30 AM in the morning. He is very conscious about his health, so after brushing his teeth, he walks in
a garden for around 30 minutes. As he is living alone in the room, he seldom does his household work too. Thereafter, he
takes a bath and gets ready to leave for the job. He reaches at his workplace around 9:30 AM in the morning.
He is a very sincere and a career oriented person, so he starts his working immediately after reaching the office. He usually
takes his lunch before 2:00 PM in the morning. After having lunch, he plays table tennis for 30 minutes before continuing his
work. He often leaves his office after 6:30 PM.
He reaches his room at around 7:00 PM in the evening and then he starts cooking for himself as he does not like to rely on
outside food. He usually becomes free from his daily activities at around 8:30 PM. Afterwards, he watches shows on
television or a movie on his PC. He seldom calls his family as he is not living with them. He frequently goes to the bed
around 10:30 PM.

20. Notice Board
● Thanks for your involvement.
People have started communicating in English, and reaching to us for queries.
● Create a folder with your name.
● Guidelines for weekly writing along with group formation.
● If you are not interested in the participation then notify right away.
Plans will be pre decided, and rework shouldn’t come on them.
● You are already on a way to become better. Just do this,
○ Refer the tenses every morning
○ Daily English grammar email will teach you a new concept of English
everyday.
○ Follow ChitChat rules.
○ Definitely, communicate as much as possible!

21. Thank You!