This document introduces the Memory Module Network (MMN) technique for remembering sentences taught in spoken English courses. MMN breaks down sentences into segments based on parts of speech rules. Key points of the MMN method include: - Sentences are made up of "binder" segments centered around nouns, verbs, and adjectives. - Noun binders include articles, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions that are attached to nouns. - Identifying these segments helps remember sentence structures and frame new sentences. - Examples demonstrate applying the binder rules to breakdown sentences into segments like article-noun, pronoun-adjective-noun, and pre

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2. MMN
Memory Module Network
Technique to Remember

3. PPT Rules
• Have a book ready with date and Heading –
MMN – Memory Module Network
• When you see this symbol you are required
to write the contents of that slide.
• However if you feel you want to write down a
certain slide for better understanding you are
free to do so.

4. Why do I need MMN?
• Most Spoken English Courses teach you Grammar
rules and syntax and more often how to translate.
• But What if you could not remember all those?
• As kid we pick up the sentence structures and
remember them as we keep listening the same
sentences often.
• MMN supplements the same technique to you, so
that you can remember the sentences being taught
to you.
• This technique shall help you frame your own
sentences later.

5. MMN – The Rules
• You know Parts of Speech by this point of time.
Noun
Adjective
Pronoun
Verb
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection
This is the usual order taught in schools. We are going to
learn a new order and grouping for parts of speech.

6. MMN - Rules
• We shall learn the BINDER Concept now.
• Primarily we have 3 BINDER Sets
1. Noun Binder
2. Adjective Binder
3. Verb Binder

7. What is Binder?
• A binder indicates that certain words or parts of
speech will always come attached before the
noun, adjective or verb mentioned in the Binder’s
name.
• For eg:
• Noun Binder will have words like a, an, the, of
which whenever they occur in a sentence will
always be attached to a noun.
• Similarly Verb Binders will have the adverbs and
to. When these words occur in a sentence they
are attached to a verb

8. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
Note: Write Down the rules on a separate page
altogether. Upon Completion this is how it would look
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

9. Noun Binder
• First One
Articles – a, an, the
It means whenever you see these words (a, an,
the), they will be immediately followed by a
noun. These words will always come attached
with a Noun.
A car
The Prince
An affirmation

10. • Also, Observe this,
A blue car
The charming Prince
An cordial affirmation
• Although noun does not follow immediately, it shall come eventually, following the
article.
• Note here all the articles come with nouns, but nouns have their own adjectives
(Blue, charming, cordial)
• The rule you must remember is Articles will always have a noun attached.
• If you immediately do not see the noun following, the next word in most cases will
be adjective, then followed by noun.
• So this is the rule
• Article – Noun ( a MMN segment) or sometimes
• Article – Adj – Noun (a MMN segment).

11. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
So come back to this page and put a tick against ARTICLES
(a, an, the)
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

12. Noun Binder next rule - adjective
• Consider the Nouns
Hunger
Boy
Development
Kindness
They can come with an adjective like this,
severe hunger
good boy
quick development
tender kindness
So the MMN rule is every adjective will definitely come with a noun.
Adjective – Noun ( MMN segment)

13. • Consider the same Nouns
Hunger
Boy
Development
Kindness
They can also be written as attached with a pronoun.
His hunger
My boy
Their development
Her kindness
So the MMN rule is Pronoun – (my your his her their our
its) are Noun Binders- they will always come with a
noun attached.

14. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
So come back to this page and put a tick against adjective
& pronoun
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

15. Compound MMN rules
• Now that you know that adjective and pronoun are noun
binders, let us see how can they be combined to give us
interesting MMN segments.
Car
My car
My Blue Car (Pronoun – Adj – Noun)
Hunger
My hunger
My severe hunger (Pronoun – Adj – Noun)
Care
Good care
Our good care (Pronoun – Adj – Noun)

16. Compound MMN rules
• Or you may combine article – adjective – Noun
Lion
The lion
The fierce Lion
Book
A book
An informative book
Enrollment
The enrollment
The immediate enrollment

17. MMN Segment
(take this down on a separate page)
• From what you have learnt so far, these are MMN
segments,
Article – Noun
Adjective – Noun
Pronoun – Noun
Article – Adjective – noun
Pronoun - Adjective Noun
MMN segment is part in sentence that you must identify as a
segment according to the MMN Binder rules that you are
learning.

18. Example
• The quick rabbit emerged from the bushes.
Here the noun is rabbit and we tend to see that as a
single word.
However, according to MMN Segments it should be
something like this,
The quick rabbit emerged from the bushes.
You must train your eyes to see (The quick rabbit) as
one word instead of rabbit alone

19. Few more examples
• The Chinese army invaded the frontiers
• Our National Flag must be respected.
• Their humble support evoked a better response.
Note in all these sentences the tendency to read, identify and
remember must be like as shown below,
• The Chinese army invaded the frontiers
• Our National Flag must be respected.
• Their humble support evoked a better response.
Note that the part highlighted is according to MMN segment
rules. This is how a sentence is made up of MMN segments
not parts of speech. People who understand this are better
speakers and writers. So that why you are now being
trained in this.

20. Back to MMN rules
• comma and of
These 3 are also considered NOUN Binders.
comma & and will come with a list of nouns. Also, they can come with list of adjectives, which will then
all be attached to noun. In short remember whenever you see comma & and start looking for
nouns.
Consider this evolution of words
• John (noun). Observe below how the binders will be attached)
• Good John
• Sincere John
• Polite John
• Good, sincere and polite John (usage of comma & and)
• Good John of School (‘of’ usage)
• Good John of Elementary School (compound MMN rule using adjective for the
noun John)
• Polite John of community elementary school. (compound MMN rule using
adjective for the noun school)

21. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
So come back to this page and put a tick against and,
comma(,), of
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

22. Next NounBinder-Preposition
• The rule is whenever a preposition comes it will
be immediately followed by a noun
• in a room
• along the road
• across the river
• for the development
• near the temple
Here is how it looks when we apply MMN
preposition rule

23. Preposition – CompoundRules
• in a dark room
• along the wide road
• across the deep river
• for the fast development
• near the old temple
We can get adjective along with Noun as a Binder.
So, the segment is
prep –article- adj - noun
prep-adj-noun

24. Preposition – CompoundRules
• in my dark room
• along their wide road
• across our deep river
• for their fast development
• near your old temple
We can get pronoun along with Noun as a Binder.
So, the segment is
Prep-pronoun-noun

25. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
So come back to this page and put a tick against and,
comma(,), of
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

26. Conjunction
Conjunctionshelpin joining
Nouns &
Sentences

27. For Example
• and
Ram Ravi went to school
• Ram and Ravi went to school
Butter Milk are needed
• Butter and Milk are needed
• Bitter butter and sweet milk are needed
Development and Persistence are needed
• Fast development and sincere persistence are needed

28. and, but, though…yet, although
• He is sick. He rides cycle.
He is sick and he rides cycle
He is sick but he rides cycle
Though he is sick yet he rides cycle
Although he is sick, he rides cycle.

29. so, as, therefore, because, since
• He is poor. He must work hard.
He is poor so he must work hard
As he is poor, he must work hard
He is poor therefore he must work hard
Because he is poor, he must work hard
Since he is poor, he must work hard

30. and, but, though…yet, although
so, as, therefore, because, since
AND MORE………

31. IMPORTANT
When Conjunctions join two sentences,
We must consider Segmentations for two sentences

32. He is sick and he rides cycle
He is sick but he rides cycle
Though he is sick yet he rides cycle
Although he is sick, he rides cycle.

33. He is poor so he must work hard
As he is poor, he must work hard
He is poor therefore he must work hard
Because he is poor, he must work hard
Since he is poor, he must work hard

34. • Sentence1 – Conjunction – Sentence 2
• Sentence1 – Conjunction – Sentence 2
Use a “Hook” for Conjunction

35. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
So come back to this page and put a tick against and,
comma(,), of
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

36. who, where when which
The man is standing. (who – Name)
The man, who came yesterday to my home, is standing.
This place is terrible (where- Place)
This place, where the milk is spilled all over, is terrible
Yesterday I met her (when – Time)
Yesterday, when I was going to school, I met her.
The pen is expensive (which – thing)
The pen, which in Blue color, is expensive

37. who, where when which
They help in adding extra detail to the Noun
Notice that Name, Place,Time, Thingare all Nouns

38. who, where,when, which
Name,Place,Time,Thing
___,who…………,________________
___,where…………,________________
___,when…………,________________
___,which…………,________________

39. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
So come back to this page and put a tick against and,
comma(,), of
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

40. Phrase of Adverb
• It started raining
• Suddenly, it started raining.
• Suddenly, it started raining. (adverb)
• Due to Monsoon season, it started raining.
(Suddenly was replaced with ‘Due to Monsoon,’)
Suddenly - Adverb
‘Due to Monsoon’ – a group of words – also acting
adverb
Group of words = Adverbs
Therefore, ‘Due to Monsoon’ = Phrase of Adverb

41. Phrase of Adverb (POA)
• Suddenly, it started raining.
• Suddenly, it started raining.
• Due to Monsoon season, it started raining.
• Due to Monsoon season, it started raining.
(The Phrase of Adverb must be treated as
a MMN Segment.
It comes before the beginning of the
sentence)

42. Other Phase of Adverbs
• Because of weather conditions, it started raining
(Started with Conjunction)
Because of weather conditions, it started raining
• To make things worse, it started raining
(Started with Preposition)
To make things worse, it started raining
• Driving into the beach, it started raining
(Started with Gerund)
Driving into the beach, it started raining
• Spoken by the reporter, it started raining
(Started with Participle)
Spoken by the reporter, it started raining

43. Phrase of Adverbs- How to identify?
1. Conjunction – Since he was weak, he came late
2. Preposition – To avoid injuries, wear helmet before driving
3. Gerund -–Turning to me, he looked happily into my eyes
4. Participle -– Beaten by the villagers, the thief looked very tired

44. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
So come back to this page and put a tick against and,
comma(,), of
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

45. Verb Binders
• to
He is running
He is running to catch the bus
He exercises to reduce weight
He came to meet me
He was beaten to tell the truth
verb – to verb

46. Verb Binders
• adverbs
He is running
He is running slowly
They are coming
They are coming angrily
She was singing
She was singing sweetly
adverb-verb

47. Verb Segments
verb -noun
eatingbanana,doinghomework
verb-prep-noun
Flyinginthesky,dancingonthefloor,sleepingonthebed
• verb-noun
• verb-prep-noun

48. Verb Segments
v-n
eatingfood,singingsong
v-prep-n
dancingonthefloor,flyinsky
v-n/p3
helpingme,helpingher
v-prep-n/p3
talkingtome,playingwithher
verb-pronoun3
verb-prep-pronoun3

49. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
• nouns
• Pronoun 3
So come back to this page and put a tick against and,
comma(,), of
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

50. Adjective Binders
• adverbs
He is good
He is very good
They are nice
They are quite nice
I will be punctual
I will be punctual later
adverb-adjective

51. • He is a boy. (Noun)
• He is a good boy. (Adjective- Noun)
• He is a very good boy. (Adverb-Adjective-
Noun)
• She is a girl. (Noun)
• She is a cute girl. (Adjective- Noun)
• She is a cute girl indeed. (Adverb-Adjective-
Noun)

52. Verb Binders
• to
• adverbs
• nouns
• Pronoun 3
So come back to this page and put a tick against and,
comma(,), of
Adjective Binders
• adverbs
Noun Binders
• a, an, the
• adjective
• pronoun
• and, comma(,), of
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• who, where when, which
• Phrase of Adverb

53. These Are Noun Segments
• Article - Noun
• Adjective – Noun
• Pronoun – Noun
• Article - Adj- Noun
• Pronoun – Adj – Noun
• Noun, Noun, Noun and
Noun
• Noun of Noun
• Noun, who……….
• Noun, where……
• Noun, when……..
• Noun, which……
• Sentence1 – Conjunction – Sentence2
• Phrase of Adverb, Sentence
– Conjunction ……, sentence
– Preposition ……., sentence
– Gerund …….., sentence
– Participle …….., sentence

54. Verb Segments
• verb-to-verb
• adverb-verb
• adverb-verb toadverb-verb
• verb-noun
• verb-prep-noun
• verb-pronoun3
• verb-prep-pronoun3

55. • adverb –adjective
• adverb –adjective-noun
Adjective Segments

57. Homework
• Write Down the entire MMN Rules Table along
with given examples once.
• Write the MMN Segment Table Twice

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