Handout 1

Let’s read this text carefully.

Satellite Communication

Satellite communication, in telecommunications, is

an artificial satellite. The use of artificial satellites is to
provide communication links between various points on
Earth. Satellite communications play a vital role in the
global telecommunications system. Approximately 2,000
artificial satellites orbiting Earth send equivalent and
digital signals carrying voice, video, and data to and from
one or many locations worldwide.
Satellite communication has two main components:
the ground segment, which consists of fixed or mobile
transmission, reception, and additional equipment, and
the space segment, which primarily is the satellite itself.
A typical satellite link includes the transmission or up
linking of a signal from an Earth station to a satellite.
The satellite then receives and increases the signal and
retransfers it back to Earth, where it is received and
reamplified by Earth stations and terminals. Satellite
receivers on the ground include direct-to-home (DTH)
satellite equipment, mobile reception equipment in
airplane, satellite telephones, and handheld devices.

Written by:
Virgil Labrador
Handout 2
Let’s analyze the subject, verb, form, and tense of each
sentence inside the text.

1. Satellite communication, in telecommunications, is an artificial satellite.

(Paragraph 1, First Sentence)
Subject: Form:
Verb: Tense:
2. The use of artificial satellites is to provide communication links between
various points on Earth. (Paragraph 1, Second Sentence)
Subject: Form:
Verb: Tense:
3. Satellite communications play a vital role in the global telecommunications
system. (Paragraph 1, Third Sentence)
Subject: Form:
Verb: Tense:
4. Approximately 2,000 artificial satellites orbiting Earth send equivalent and
digital signals carrying voice, video, and data to and from one or many
locations worldwide. (Paragraph 1, fourth Sentence)
Subject: Form:
Verb: Tense:
5. Satellite communication has two main components: the ground segment,
which consists of fixed or mobile transmission, reception, and additional
equipment, and the space segment, which primarily is the satellite itself.
(Paragraph 2, First Sentence)
Subject: Form:
Verb: Tense:
6. A typical satellite link includes the transmission or up linking of a signal from
an Earth station to a satellite. (Paragraph 2, Second Sentence)
Subject: Form:
Verb: Tense:
7. The satellite then receives and increases the signal and retransfers it back to
Earth, where it is received and reamplified by Earth stations and terminals.
(Paragraph 2, Third Sentence)
Subject: Form:
Verb: Tense:
8. Satellite receivers on the ground include direct-to-home (DTH) satellite
equipment, mobile reception equipment in airplane, satellite telephones, and
handheld devices. (Paragraph 2, Fourth Sentence)
Subject: Form:
Verb: Tense: