This document provides techniques for effectively learning English, including keeping a journal, reading books, rewriting class notes, watching TV/movies, keeping a vocabulary notebook, and speaking English with friends. It emphasizes taking an active approach to learning, such as guessing meanings from context while reading instead of looking up every word. A positive mindset is also important, saying "my English is improving" rather than focusing on current limitations. The goal is to make English learning fun and enjoyable.

1. YES, I CAN
LEARN & SPEAK
ENGLISH

2. HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELY
SITTING 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.

3. WRITE A JOURNAL
• Writing 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.

4. READ A BOOK
• By 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.

5. 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.

6. WATCH TV AND MOVIES, AND LISTEN TO THE RADIO.
• Even if you don’t 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 it’s
fun!

7. KEEP A VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK IN A SEPARATE
NOTEBOOK FROM YOUR CLASS NOTES
• Take 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.

8. SPEAK LOTS OF ENGLISH WITH YOUR
FRINDS
• You 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!

9. THINK POSITIVELY
• People who say “I can’t 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

10. English Grammar
In Easy Way

11. Preview
• Definitions
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions
• Interjections
• Determiners
• Subordinators
• Interrogatives
• Qualifiers
• Sentence combinations
• Yes/no questions
• Information questions
• Punctuation rules
• Capitalization rules

12. Grammar
• DEFINITION
The grammar of a language is a complex of systems
that may be analyzed and studied on these three
levels: (Noam Chomsky’s UG)
1. Phonology (set of sounds/ symbols)
2. 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.

13. Parts of speech (Nouns)
• Nouns
1. Definition
2. Proper / common
3. Singular / plural (annex)
4. Count / non-count /abstract
(annex) (how much –
how many)
5. Collectible (group nouns)
6. Units of measurement
(Reference: Schramper Azar, Betty,1996.
Basic English Grammar)

14. Definition
(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 country
Puerto Rico
a pet
Puppy
many
others
a monument
The Statue of
Liberty
a day
Monday
a place
Ryder
Hospital
A person
Carlos
Proper
Nouns

15. Proper and common nouns
COMMON PROPER COMMON PROPER
day Saturday associations Members Club
month October movies Titanic
mountain El Yunque planets Neptune
river The Amazon city San Juan
ocean Pacific Ocean historical periods Middle Ages
book Applied
Linguistic
language Spanish
newspaper New York Times nationality Puerto Rican
religion Catholic School course English 101
brand of product Cadillac institutions University of
Puerto Rico

16. Nouns (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 -days

17. Singular 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

18. PRACTICE EXERCISES
USE THE PLURAL FORM TO FILL IN THE BLANKS.
(PROVIDED LIST)
Baby
Boy
City
Country
Lady
Party
Tray
Key
Dictionary
cowboy
• They 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.

19. Pronunciation 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)

20. Irregular plural forms
(exceptions)
• Child children
• Foot feet
• Man men
• Woman women
• Mouse mice
• Tooth teeth
• Fish fish
• _____ people
(is always plural) (no s)

21. Count and noncount. nouns
• Count nouns
a book books
one 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 money
• Common 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
gases

22. Chair Traffic Music Work
Furniture Cars Coffee Water
Coin Fact Library Jewelry
Money Information Peace Rings
Letters Homework Advice Justice
mail assignment job sugar
ORAL PRACTICE (COUNT VS. NON-COUNT)

23. Pronouns
• Definition
• Personal pronouns (subject-
object)
• Possessive adjectives
• Possessive pronouns
• Reflexive
• Indefinite
• Interrogative
• Demonstrative
• Relative
• reciprocal

24. Verbs (verb tenses /conjugation)
• Definition
• Regular
• Irregular verbs
• Spelling / pronunciation
• Conjugation (annex-practice)
• Auxiliary verbs/ modals (annex)
• Infinitives
• Gerunds

25. Verbs
Regular/ Irregular/ verb tenses
Regular verbs (d or ed endings)
/d/ sound pronunciation
/t/ sound pronunciation
/ed/ pronunciation

26. Irregular verbs
• Three forms
• Two forms
• One form

27. Verb conjugation
• Simple present tense I Work
You Work
He, she, it Works
We Work
You Work
they work

28. Verb tenses
• Simple past I Worked
You Worked
He, she, it Worked
We Worked
You Worked
they Worked

29. Verb tenses
• Simple future
• Another 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.
I will work
You will work
He, she, it will work
We will work
You will work
they will work

30. Present progressive
I am working right now.
You are working.
He, she, it is working.
We are working.
You are working.
They are working.

31. Past progressive (continuous)
I was working last night.
You were working yesterday.
He, she, it was working last summer.
We were working a few hours ago.
You were working last week.
They were working last Monday.

32. Future progressive (continuous)
I will be working tomorrow.
You will be working this afternoon.
He, she, it will be working next weekend.
We will be working tonight.
You will be working next summer.
They will be working next semester.

33. Adjectives
• Definition
• Articles as adjectives
• Order of adjectives in a series (color, size, origin, nationalities,
shape, age, etc..)
• Past participles / gerunds used as adjectives
• Comparatives and superlatives comparisons (annex-practice)

34. Adverbs
• Definition
• Adverbs of frequency (annex)
• Adverbs of time
• Adverbs of location (place)
• Adverbs of mode

35. Prepositions
• Definition
• IN, ON and AT (annex –
time and location)
• All prepositions
• Transitional expressions
(prep. Phrases-annex)

36. Conjunctions
• Definition
• Correlative conjunctions
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinate conjunctions
• Conjunctive adverbs
• Other subordinators (annex)

37. Interjections and other words
• Definition and examples
• Onomatopoeias
• Numerals (cardinals,
ordinals)
• Determiners
• Qualifiers
• Subordinators
• interrogatives

38. Capitalization Rules (annex)
Punctuation Rules (annex)
Sentence Combinations
YES/NO questions
Information questions

39. • THANK YOU AND KEEP GOING