1. Better Grammar Better Writing
SUCCESS TO ENGLISH
Better Grammar
Better Writing

2. 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.

3. Myths about English Grammar
It is hard
No one can be perfect in English grammar, even the native speakers.

4. Grammar?
Why do we need to learn English grammar?
What grammar points do we need to learn?
How do we learn it?

5. Why?
Language tests
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking

6. Language Tests
GEPT
CSEPT
IELTS
TOEIC
TOFEL
Job tests

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Speaking and Writing Speaking in ungrammatical sentences
Not well-educated
Foreigners: low English levels
Example:
Tarzan said, “I Tarzan, you Jane.”

11. 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 ?

12. 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.

13. What to Learn Five simple English sentence patterns Parts of speech
Tenses
Complex sentences
Clauses
Adjective
Noun
Adverb

14. 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

15. Parts of Speech ARTICLES: a, an, and the
NOUN: the name of anything As: school or garden, toy, or swing

16. 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

17. 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  

18. Parts of Speech PREPOSITION: before a noun As: in or through a door.
INTERJECTION: show surprise As: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise! .

19. How to Learn Grammar Systematic learning One grammar point at a time
As a review

20. How to learn Learning materials
A good grammar book: With clear explanations
Grammar websites
Exercises
Do exercises

21. Conclusion Grammar is the basis of English learning
Don’t leave home without it