The most important thing you can do to improve English is use English -- talk to people, read, listen, and write English.
I like to teach Grammar because if you use it well, it's an excellent short cut. If you catch the rule with the grammar pattern, you can immediately understand how to say 10,000 things correctly. Also, advanced classes usually use grammar rules, and understanding basic grammar ideas and how to use grammar with lots of examples to learn a language makes those classes easy rather than incomprehensible.
- Try to remember grammar rules, but don't get mad when they don't work 100%.
- Make tons of your own examples from the rule, and ask a native speaker if they are correct.
- Repeat correct useful phrases a LOT
Some people in our class got an excellent grammar education before this class. Some never had a chance to learn grammar before. Here are links for some of grammar you should master before going to high intermediate. If you want grammar practice, try these links.
Can you name the parts of speech?
Simple Present
Present Continuous=Present Progressive
Simple Present vs. Present Continuous
future with will
future with going to
Simple Past
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Old Fashioned Pronoun Use
Challenge: Adjective Order
Memory work: 80 Common Irregular Verbs
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