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Talk in English with friends and teachers.
Read simple stories.
Find new books and magazines.
Listen to English programmes and songs.
Watch English films.
Play games with your friends.
Improve your vocabulary and pronunciation.
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Tips for learning English.
Memorizing Spelling
English words can be difficult to spell, so here is a tip.
Look-Cover-Write-Check
LOOK: First find the word in a dictionary or ask your teacher or a friend for help. Then, you need to memorize the word.
COVER: After you have memorized the word, cover it and then write it.
WRITE: Next, you should write the word from memory.
CHECK: Check that you have spelt the word correctly.
If you have not, go through the process again.
You should keep a personal spelling list and have someone test you regularly.
If you look closely at the patterns with in words it will make it easier for you to memorize them.
For example: there are many common letter sequences such as eigh, ation, ough, ace inter, dis.
Try to remember the letters that are silent such as, the gh in night the k in know or w the who.
Paragraphs
Writers use paragraphs to organize their information and help readers understand their ideas. The better structured a piece of writing is the easier it is to communicate with your reader.
Each paragraphs should have:
l A topic sentence that introduces the idea for each paragraph.
l A series of sentences each discussing and making links to the central idea of the paragraph.
l A concluding sentence which sums up the content of the paragraph and makes links to the next paragraph.
When you have a group of well-structured paragraphs that link together, you have a piece or writing that communicates your message to the reader.
Writing Sentences
When we write in English we put our ideas into chunks. Each sentence builds on the previous one and adds to our understanding.
The meaning of your sentences depends on the way you order your words.
A sentence must have at least a subject and a verb. For example,
"Mary ran."
This simple sentence tells us what Mary did.
If You want to say how she ran then you need use a word to describe it.
"Mary ran quickly."
If you want to say how Mary looked when she ran you need a word to describe Mary.
"Mary smiled as she ran quickly."
If you want to say why she was smiling you must add a reason.
"Mary smiled as she ran quickly across the finish line, to win the race."
If we change the order of the words then the meaning also changes.
"Mary called her boyfriend handsome."
"Mary called her handsome boyfriend."
Which sentence means that Mary was talking to her boyfriend?
Which sentence is reporting what Mary said?
Capitals When should you use a capital letter? l For the first word in a sentence l For people's name l Names of cities and countries l Historical events l Titles of books, stories l For days, weeks and months of the year l For greetings and closing a letter.