The Basic English Grammar Course PPT. The course can be looked up at http://basicenglishgrammar.weebly.com

1. BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNERS
MEETING #2
HERY YANTO THE * ENGLISH 3.0 SERIES *
SUMMER 2012 * JUNE 27, 2012

2. TYPES OF DICTIONARY
AGENDA
HOW TO USE DICTIONARIES?
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Geekstuff4u, Guardian News, QEII
Foundation Simple Present Tense

3. PART I
TYPES OF DICTIONARY
• Dedicated electronic dictionary
• Online dictionary
• CD-ROM dictionary
• Downloadable computer dictionary
• Printed Dictionary DISPLAY
• Specialist dictionaries (Medicine, Sociology,
Chemistry, etc.)
• Illustrated dictionaries
• Monolingual, Bilingual, or Multilingual dictionaries
• Customized dictionaries
CONTENT

4. LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES
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Bilingual Thesaurus
Dictionary
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Collocation Idiom
Dictionary Dictionary

5. DOWNLOAD ONE FOR YOURSELF
• The Sage English Dictionary and Thesaurus
http://download.cnet.com/TheSage-English-
Dictionary-and-Thesaurus/3000-2279_4-10417406.html
• WordWeb
http://wordweb.en.softonic.com/
• For your mobile devices, such as iPhone, iPad, iPod,
or Tablet – Visit iTune Store or Android Store to
download free dictionary apps.

6. USE THESE DICTIONARIES ONLINE
• MACMILLAN DICTIONARY
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
• THE FREE DICTIONARY BY FARLEX
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
• OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER’s DICTIONARY
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
• CAMBRUDGE DICTIONARIES ONLINE
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
• MERRIAM_WEBSTER DICTIONARY & THESAURUS
http://www.merriam-webster.com/

7. PART II
HOW TO USE DICTIONARIES?
• Watch this video to get a quick hint about how to
use a language dictionary! Direct Link to the video
Is http://www.howcast.com/videos/368119-How-To-
Use-a-Dictionary
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8. WHY I NEED A LANGUAGE
DICTIONARY?
You need a dictionary to:
• look up the meaning of words.
• look up the spelling of words.
• look up the words collocation.
• look up examples of how the words used in
sentences.
• check the part of speech of the words.
• check the pronunciation.
• check the tenses and grammatical information.
• find out the synonym or antonym of the words.
• find out about the register of the words.

9. HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY:
WIKIHOW
1. Purchase a quality dictionary.
2. Familiarize yourself with your dictionary.
3. Know how to look up a word.
4. Know how to make the most of your find.
5. Think about how the information you’ve found relates
to the word as you encountered it.
6. Use your dictionary for other purposes than looking up
a word.
7. Learn how to use an online dictionary.
8. Have fun using a dictionary.
Read the details here: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Dictionary

10. HOW TO USE AN ONLINE DICTIONARY?
The part of
speech
Type the word on
the search box, and
click on search
The pronunciation
The word
definition and
thesaurus

11. HOW TO USE A PRINTED DICTIONARY?
Read Guide to Entries!

12. TRY THIS CHALLENGE!
• Look up these words using a dictionary:
primus
extraordinary
landscape
encounter
gigantic
• Write one definition of these words.
• Write the part of speech of these words.
• Write an example sentence for each of all these
words.

13. PART III
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Past Present Future

14. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE:
VERB-BE
Singular Plural (Positive) Negative Question
(Positive)
I am in the kitchen. Mother and I are in the Mother and I are not in Are you in the
kitchen. We are in the the kitchen. kitchen?
kitchen.
You are his boyfriend. You and Lucy are You are not his boyfriend. Are you his
dating. You are boyfriend?
dating.
Jonathan is not a
Jonathan is from Jonathan and Pradya Nepalese. Is Jonathan from
Nepal. He is a are from Nepal. Nepal?
Nepalese.
Lucy is a good Lucy and Ninna are Lucy and Ninna are not Are Lucy and Ninna
ballerina. She is very good ballerina. ballerina. good ballerina?
good singer too.
The fence of this house The fences of those The fences of those Is the fence of this
is red. It is a new color. houses are red. houses are not red. house red?

15. COMMON NOUN & PROPER NOUN
Common Noun Proper Noun
Person a professor Dr. George Michelin
a student Juliana Barrier Freud
an inventor Christopher Columbus
Place a university Harvard Business School
a region Southeast Asia
a restaurant Lobster King Dining
Thing a month October
a trademark Canon
a test IELTS
• A common noun is the name of a person, place or thing.
• A proper noun is the name of specific person, place, or thing.
• A common noun is only capitalized if it is a first word of a
sentence, and a proper noun is always been capitalized.

16. SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH VERB-BE
Patterns Examples
Subject + be + adjective This restaurant is very expensive.
Your relatives are friendly.
Subject + be + noun I am a single mom.
Mr. Smith is a fireman.
Subject + be + place The statistics class is in Room 307.
I am from Rwanda.
Subject + be + time The Basic English Grammar second meeting is
today.
My classes are always at the evening.

17. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE:
THERE IS/THERE ARE
Affirmative There is a coffee cup near the trash bin.
There are tow birds on the tree.
Negative There isn’t a pen in your pen case.
There aren’t any people in the meeting room.
Yes-No Questions Is there a flight to Singapore tonight?
Are there many people in the statistic class?
Information How many people are there in the room?
Questions How much sugar is there in one can of soda?
“There is” is used for single nouns.
“There are” is used for plural nouns.

18. TIME TO PRACTICE
Correct the errors in this paragraph!
There are 142 passenger in the airplane. Seven
of them the airplane crew. Steve Johnson and
Joseph Nguyen the co-pilot of this airplane. The
airplane are an Airbus-A320. These type of aircraft
the world’s largest commercial aircraft in service
today.

19. SOLUTION
Correct the errors in this paragraph!
There are 142 passengers in the airplane. Seven
of them are the airplane crews. Steve Johnson and
Joseph Nguyen are the co-pilot of this airplane. The
airplane are is an Airbus-A320. These type of aircraft
is the world’s largest commercial aircraft in service
today.

20. CLOSING NOTE
• Send an email to the facilitator for enrolling to the
course. Write your full name and your country of origin.
For example: Ahmad Faisal, Nigeria.
• The facilitator email address is herythe@hotmail.co.uk
• Star to learn from the course website:
http://basicenglishgrammar.weebly.com
• Help us to improve the lesson/course by filling out a
survey here: BEG Survey