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Better Grammar Better Writing
SUCCESS TO ENGLISH Better Grammar Better Writing
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Myths about English Grammar
Not necessary Fluency is more important than accuracy. Language is for Communication. Native speakers have never learned grammar. I know nothing about Chinese grammar, but I have no problem reading, writing, listening, and speaking Chinese.
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Myths about English Grammar
It is hard No one can be perfect in English grammar, even the native speakers.
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Grammar? Why do we need to learn English grammar? What grammar points do we need to learn? How do we learn it?
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Why? Language tests Reading Writing Listening Speaking
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Language Tests GEPT CSEPT IELTS TOEIC TOFEL Job tests
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Reading Find the main idea of a sentence Example:
1. The book which is on the table is mine. 2. Though he loves doughnuts, he has given them up for his diet.
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Reading Analyze complicated and long sentences Example:
At the end of my trip last November, I toured the grounds of Nanzenji, a Buddhist complex that sprawls through the wooded slopes to the east of the city, and watched red and gold leaves fall upon a rock garden, where they were swept up by monks.
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Reading At the end of my trip last November, I toured the grounds of Nanzenji, a Buddhist complex that sprawls through the wooded slopes to the east of the city, and watched red and gold leaves fall upon a rock garden, where they were swept up by monks.
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Speaking and Writing Speaking in ungrammatical sentences
Not well-educated Foreigners: low English levels Example: Tarzan said, “I Tarzan, you Jane.”
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Speaking and Writing Wrong word forms and punctuations
Example of errors: A heath body is very important., because we must do everything with health body. Even money can not buy health body. Since it’s so important, how can we important health body. x healthy healthy healthy improve healthy ?
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Writing Singular and plural nouns Tenses Prepositions
Girls come into the house. A girl comes into the house. Tenses A girl came into the house. Prepositions A bird flew on the sky. A bird flew in the sky.
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What to Learn Five simple English sentence patterns Parts of speech
Tenses Complex sentences Clauses Adjective Noun Adverb
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Five Basic Sentence Patterns
Subject + V. Intransitive. Subject + V. Linking + Subjective Complement Subject + V. Transitive + Direct Object Subject + V. Transitive + Indirect Object + Direct Object Subject + V. Transitive + Object + Objective Complement
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Parts of Speech ARTICLES: a, an, and the
NOUN: the name of anything As: school or garden, toy, or swing
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Parts of Speech ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun As: great, small, pretty, white, or brown VERBS tell of something being done As: to read, write, count, sing, jump, or run
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Parts of Speech ADVERBS: How things are done As: slowly, quickly, badly, well CONJUNCTIONS: join the words together As: men and women, wind or weather
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Parts of Speech PREPOSITION: before a noun As: in or through a door.
INTERJECTION: show surprise As: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise! .
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How to Learn Grammar Systematic learning One grammar point at a time
As a review
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How to learn Learning materials
A good grammar book: With clear explanations Grammar websites Exercises Do exercises
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Conclusion Grammar is the basis of English learning
Don’t leave home without it
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