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YES, I CANLEARN & SPEAKENGLISH

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HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYSITTING AT A TABLE LOOKING AT YOUR NOTEBOOK IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO STUDY ENGLISH. MOST OF THE TIME, YOUR MIND IS NOT ACTIVELY USING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE STUDYING, AND PRACTICAL LEARNING DOES NOT TAKE PLACE. HERE ARE SOME TECHNIQUES THAT WILL HELP YOU LEARN MORE EFFECTIVELY. Energise Enable InvolveWRITE A JOURNALWriting every day lets you see your grammar clearly in front of you, express your ideas, and use a non-oral method in communicate in English. Then read the corrected version out loud. It is a good idea to re-copy the corrected journal too, so that you will have the experience of writing your ideas down in proper English.

Energise Enable InvolveREAD A BOOKBy Reading A Story, You Create A Picture In Your Imagination That Will Connected Different Parts Of Your Brain To English. Find A Book That Is Not Too Difficult.Do Not Stop Every Time You Find A New Word. Guess What The Word Probably Means, Continue Reading, And Check In Your Dictionary At The End Of The Page Or Chapter.

Energise Enable Involve Re-write your class notes every day.Writing your notes a second time will allow you to remember more strongly what you study.It will also make your notebook neater, making it easier to study.

Energise Enable InvolveWATCH TV AND MOVIES, AND LISTEN TO THE RADIO.Even if you dont understand everything, you will still be learning. It is possible to understand the content even if you know only 30% of the words that you hear! Your listening ability will improve day by day-and its fun!

Energise Enable InvolveKEEP A VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK IN A SEPARATE NOTEBOOK FROM YOUR CLASS NOTESTake an active approach to learning new vocabulary. If you find 5 words a day, 6 days a week, you will learn about 140 new words a month; 10 words a day would bring you over than 280 new words a month.Hint approach new words by subject: things connected to your hobies, to your interests etc.Do it this way:Think of a word you know in your language.Look it up in your dictionary.When you find the English word, write it down on the left side of your vocabulary note book.In the midle of the page, write down if the word is a noun (n), verb (v), adjective (adj), etc. so that you will know how to use the word.Look the word up in an English-English dictionary.Write the English definition on the right side of the the page (or on the next page).Copy a sentence from the dictionary. This will help you learn how to use the word correctly.Practice reading this sentence untll it becomes natural for you.

Energise Enable InvolveSPEAK LOTS OF ENGLISH WITH YOUR FRINDSYou improve your spoken English by speaking English in different situations with people of all nationalities. If you want to speak English better in the future, speak it as much as possible now!

Energise Enable InvolveTHINK POSITIVELYPeople who say I cant speak English well are corrected.People who say Every day in every way, my English is getting better and better are also correct. What you think is what you get.Practice saying the second sentence every day, and you will see greater improvement in your English and in your confidence.Remember: the more fun you have with English,the easier it will be to learn ENJOY

Energise Enable InvolveEnglish Grammar In Easy Way

Energise Enable InvolvePreviewDefinitionsNounsPronounsVerbsAdjectivesAdverbsPrepositionsConjunctions

InterjectionsDeterminersSubordinatorsInterrogativesQualifiersSentence combinationsYes/no questionsInformation questionsPunctuation rulesCapitalization rules

Energise Enable InvolveGrammarDEFINITION The grammar of a language is a complex of systems that may be analyzed and studied on these three levels: (Noam Chomskys UG)Phonology (set of sounds/ symbols)Morphology (combinations of sounds that carry single units of meaning) 3. Syntax (how single units of meaning are combined to form words, phrases and sentences.Energise Enable InvolveParts of speech (Nouns)NounsDefinitionProper / common Singular / plural (annex)Count / non-count /abstract (annex) (how much how many)Collectible (group nouns)Units of measurement (Reference: Schramper Azar, Betty,1996. Basic English Grammar)

Energise Enable InvolveDefinition (proper and common nouns)Nouns words used to name a person, place, thing, object, quality, idea, concept, or an action. Ref. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2001)Proper Nouns- special or particular name given to common nouns to distinguish them from others of the same kind. Example: common- woman proper Martha a countryPuerto Rico

a petPuppymany othersa monumentThe Statue of Libertya dayMondaya placeRyderHospitalA personCarlosProper NounsEnergise Enable InvolveProper and common nounsCOMMONPROPERCOMMONPROPERdaySaturdayassociationsMembers ClubmonthOctobermoviesTitanicmountainEl YunqueplanetsNeptuneriverThe AmazoncitySan JuanoceanPacific Oceanhistorical periodsMiddle AgesbookApplied LinguisticlanguageSpanishnewspaperNew York TimesnationalityPuerto RicanreligionCatholicSchool course English 101brand of productCadillacinstitutionsUniversity of Puerto RicoEnergise Enable InvolveNouns (singular and plural)Rule No. 1 (Add s to the end of noun) cup cups student students

Rule No.2 consonants before y change y to i and add es city -cities party- parties lady-ladies

Rule No.3 vowels before y add s boy boys key keys day -daysEnergise Enable InvolveSingular and plural (cont.)Rule No. 4 (f and fe endings) change the f or fe to v and es life lives wife wives thief thieves

Rule No. 5 (sh, ch, x, ss endings) add es bush bushes match matches box -boxes kiss -kisses

Rule No. 6 (consonant + o) add es (vowel +o) s tomato tomatoes radio radios

Energise Enable InvolvePRACTICE EXERCISESUSE THE PLURAL FORM TO FILL IN THE BLANKS. (PROVIDED LIST)BabyBoyCityCountryLadyPartyTrayKeyDictionarycowboyThey have one girl and two ______.I visited many _______ last year.Women give birth to _______.She lost the _____ of the car and the house!_____ rides horses in Texas.Madrid and Paris are beautiful _______.We must bring ______ to the English class.Good evening _____ and gentleman.On Saturday nights, I like to go to _______.People carry their food on _____ at the cafeteria.Energise Enable InvolvePronunciation of plurals (s / es)Group A Final s is pronounced /z/ after voiced sounds (taxicabs, beds, dogs, balls, years, days, boys, trees, etc.)

Group B Final s is pronounced /s/ after voiceless sounds (books, cups, groups, cats, students, desks, etc.)

Group C Final s, es is pronounced /ez/ after s sounds (classes, horses, boxes, faces) after z sounds (sizes, roses, noises) after sh sounds (dishes, bushes) after ch sounds (matches, sandwiches) after ge/dge sounds (pages, ages, bridges, edges)

Energise Enable InvolveIrregular plural forms (exceptions)Child childrenFoot feetMan menWoman womenMouse miceTooth teethFish fish_____ people (is always plural) (no s)

Energise Enable InvolveCount and noncount. nounsCount nounsa book booksone book two books some books a lot of books many books a few books

Non-count nouns

money some money a lot of money much money a little moneyCommon non-count nouns advice, furniture, love, peace, homework, luck information, food, mail, music, traffic, weather, work, bread, cheese, coffee, rice, sand, meat, milk, water, sugar, money, oil,

liquids materials (paper) abstracts general food gasesEnergise Enable InvolveChairTrafficMusicWorkFurnitureCarsCoffeeWaterCoinFactLibraryJewelryMoneyInformationPeaceRingsLettersHomeworkAdviceJusticemailassignmentjobsugarORAL PRACTICE (COUNT VS. NON-COUNT)Energise Enable InvolvePronounsDefinitionPersonal pronouns (subject-object)Possessive adjectivesPossessive pronounsReflexiveIndefiniteInterrogativeDemonstrativeRelative reciprocal

Energise Enable InvolveVerbs (verb tenses /conjugation)DefinitionRegular Irregular verbsSpelling / pronunciationConjugation (annex-practice)Auxiliary verbs/ modals (annex)InfinitivesGerunds

Energise Enable InvolveVerbsRegular/ Irregular/ verb tensesRegular verbs (d or ed endings)

/d/ sound pronunciation

/t/ sound pronunciation

/ed/ pronunciation

Energise Enable InvolveIrregular verbsThree forms

Two forms

One formEnergise Enable InvolveVerb conjugationSimple present tense

I WorkYouWorkHe, she, itWorksWeWorkYouWorktheyworkEnergise Enable InvolveVerb tensesSimple pastIWorkedYouWorkedHe, she, itWorkedWeWorkedYouWorkedtheyWorkedEnergise Enable InvolveVerb tensesSimple futureAnother way to express the simple future

I am going to work tomorrow.She is going to work next week.They are going to work on Sunday.Iwill workYouwill workHe, she, itwill workWewill workYouwill worktheywill workEnergise Enable InvolvePresent progressiveI am working right now.Youare working.He, she, itis working.Weare working.Youare working.Theyare working.Energise Enable InvolvePast progressive (continuous)Iwas working last night.Youwere working yesterday.He, she, itwas working last summer.Wewere working a few hours ago.Youwere working last week.Theywere working last Monday.Energise Enable InvolveFuture progressive (continuous)Iwill be working tomorrow.Youwill be working this afternoon.He, she, itwill be working next weekend.Wewill be working tonight.Youwill be working next summer.They will be working next semester.Energise Enable InvolveAdjectives

DefinitionArticles as adjectivesOrder of adjectives in a series (color, size, origin, nationalities, shape, age, etc..)Past participles / gerunds used as adjectivesComparatives and superlatives comparisons (annex-practice)

Energise Enable InvolveAdverbsDefinitionAdverbs of frequency (annex)Adverbs of timeAdverbs of location (place)Adverbs of modeEnergise Enable InvolvePrepositions

DefinitionIN, ON and AT (annex time and location)All prepositionsTransitional expressions (prep. Phrases-annex)

Energise Enable InvolveConjunctions DefinitionCorrelative conjunctionsCoordinating conjunctionsSubordinate conjunctionsConjunctive adverbsOther subordinators (annex)

Energise Enable InvolveInterjections and other wordsDefinition and examplesOnomatopoeiasNumerals (cardinals, ordinals)DeterminersQualifiersSubordinatorsinterrogatives

Energise Enable InvolveCapitalization Rules (annex)

Punctuation Rules (annex)

Sentence Combinations

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