Easy Way to Learn Grammar

It may sound incorrect to say there is an easy way to learn grammar. Because the English language includes a lot of rules and a lot of exceptions, it can be a difficult language to master. Despite this, there are simple techniques that can be used to allow a person to more easily learn grammar.

1.   Listen Attentively

o    Compare and contrast what is being said in English with the way it would be said in your native tongue if you speak another language. One thing you can do is to listen to the verbs a person uses as she speaks. Think about how the verbs used in English compare to the verbs used in your native tongue. Ask yourself how the verb conjugates when being used with different pronouns. Also ask yourself if the verb being said is perfective or imperfective, if your native tongue has verbs that can be classified as such.

Read

o    The more you read, the more grammatically correct sentences and

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• aragraphs you will view. As you read books, magazines and newspapers that are edited by professionals, your mind will begin to subconsciously pick up on the ways that sentences should be formatted. Make a goal to read daily from different kinds of materials each day to get a well-rounded view of how English grammar works.

Pick a Skill to Work on

• While it can be daunting to try to learn all of the rules of grammar at once, it is much easier to simply pick an aspect that you want to work on and focus on that until you understand it. Then you can move on to the next topic.

For example, if remembering how to say and write verbs in the past tense is difficult for you, focus on saying these verbs correctly. Ask for help during conversations and use a reference book to help you know how to conjugate the verb in the past tense. Once you feel more comfortable with this skill, move on to something such as using articles like "a," "an" and "the."

Listen

• Don't just listen to others--listen to yourself. Record yourself speaking and listen to the recording later. It can be easier for you to catch your mistakes in hindsight than it is to do while you are speaking. Write down your mistakes and then let a native speaker listen to your recording and write down the mistakes he hears. Compare your list with his.