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How to improve English grammar: Learn 10 Simple tips to boost your grammar skills

如何提高英语语法：学习10个简单的技巧来提高你的语法技能

When we learn English, we run into a lot of confusing things when it comes to grammar. Often we don’t understand certain things that native English speakers say because they simply don’t exist in our native language.

当我们学习英语时，我们在语法方面会遇到很多令人困惑的事情。通常我们不理解母语为英语的人所说的某些东西，因为它们根本不存在于我们的母语中。

But don’t despair!

但不要绝望！

In this article, you’ll find ten tips that can help you improve your knowledge of English grammar rules, and one bonus piece of advice about how to memorize verb tenses from YouTube teaching expert, Bob the Canadian.

在这篇文章中，你会发现十个可以帮助你提高英语语法规则知识的技巧，以及YouTube教学专家Bob the Canadian关于如何记忆动词时态的一条额外建议。

10 Tips on How to Improve English Grammar

如何提高英语语法的10个技巧

Let’s get started…

让我们开始…

1. Pay attention to apostrophes

1.注意撇号

Don’t ignore this important punctuation mark, because the apostrophe is used to form contractions as well as the possessive case (for example, sister’s book, John’s son). If you omit the apostrophe, you can easily change the meaning of words: its – it’s, their – they’re. Be careful!

不要忽略这个重要的标点符号，因为撇号用于构成缩写和所有格（例如，姐姐的书，约翰的儿子）。如果你省略撇号，你可以很容易地改变单词的意思：its–it’s，their–they're。小心！

2. Always use a comma after introductory phrases or prepositional phrases.

2.在介绍性短语或介词短语之后使用逗号。

It sounds like it makes no sense, but in fact, it is extremely simple. The prepositional phrase is a word combination, the main element of which is a preposition. Usually, the prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

这听起来毫无意义，但事实上，它非常简单。介词短语是一个词的组合，其主要成分是介词。通常，介词短语以介词开头，以名词或代词结尾。

Here are some examples:

以下是一些示例：

Under the pile of clothes, we found his wallet.

在那堆衣服下面，我们找到了他的钱包。

After a hard day at work, Jean loves to relax in the backyard.

工作了一天后，琼喜欢在后院放松。

3. Memorize as many heteronyms (homophones) and suffixes as possible.

3.记住尽可能多的异义词（同音异义词）和后缀。

Words such as too – two, your – you’re, accept – except are homophones, words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently. It is very important to know how to form new words in English and which suffixes to use. For example, the suffix –able can be added to the root word fashionable; the word can exist without a suffix. The suffix –ible is used when a certain word has no meaning without it: divisible.

像too——two，your——you’s，accept——这样的单词是同音词，发音相同但拼写不同。知道如何在英语中形成新单词以及使用哪些后缀是非常重要的。例如，后缀-able可以添加到词根fashion；这个词可以不带后缀而存在。当某个单词没有它就没有意义时，使用后缀-ible：可分割。

4. Understand the articles

4.理解冠词

In English, there are two kinds of articles, definite (the) and indefinite (a/an). Remember that a/an is used when referring to something in general, and the when referring to something specific.

英语中有两种冠词，定冠词（the）和不定冠词。请记住，当泛指某事物时使用a/an，而当泛指特定事物时使用。

Examples:

示例：

Someone called a doctor.

有人打电话给医生。

Someone called the doctor living the next door.

有人打电话给住在隔壁的医生。

5. Understand the concept of “appositive.”

5.理解“同位语”的概念

In essence, an appositive is a noun or pronoun set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it.

从本质上讲，同位语是一个名词或代词，置于另一个名词和代词旁边，用来解释或识别它。

It’s a convenient way to add details to a sentence. The term “appositive” is derived from a Latin word that means “placing near,” and an appositive usually appears immediately after the word or phrase that it identifies.

这是在句子中添加细节的方便方法。术语“同位语”源自一个拉丁词，意思是“靠近”，同位语通常出现在它所识别的单词或短语之后。

Example:

例子：

He was a Hindu, a puny wisp of a man, with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes.

他是一个印度人，身材瘦小，剃光了头，眼神模糊。

6. Use a comma to separate the words that, who, and which

6.用逗号分隔单词that、who和which

But do this only if the phrase contains nonessential information that could be omitted from the sentence without the sentence losing its basic meaning. Let’s take a look at examples.

但是，只有当短语包含不必要的信息时，才能这样做，这些信息可以从句子中省略，而不会失去句子的基本含义。让我们看一看例子。

No one trusts politicians who lie.

没有人相信说谎的政客。

Mr. Trout, who is wearing the red shirt, announced his mayoral candidacy this week.

身穿红色衬衫的特劳特先生本周宣布了他的市长候选人资格。

7. Remember: A semicolon replaces a period and separates two independent clauses.

7.记住：分号代替句号并分隔两个独立的从句。

A semicolon can separate two sentences or independent clauses within a complex sentence. Semicolons are often found in fiction writing in English.

分号可以分隔复句中的两个句子或独立从句。分号经常出现在英语小说中。

The family had never seen Mrs. Baker so mad; everyone thought the maid was going to have a heart attack.

这家人从未见过贝克夫人如此疯狂；每个人都认为女佣会心脏病发作。

8. Learn the difference between countable and uncountable (noncount) nouns.

8.学习可数名词和不可数名词的区别。

The English word many is used with countable nouns, for example, dress, house, car, etc., and the word much is used with uncountable nouns, for example, money, snow, time, etc. The phrase a lot of can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.

英语单词many用于可数名词，例如dress、house、car等，单词much则用于不可数名词（例如money、snow、time等）。a lot可数名词和不可数名词都可以用。

9. Work on enlarging your vocabulary

9.努力扩大词汇量

In order to enlarge your English vocabulary, read more books, magazines, and newspapers. You may also want to consider taking one of many online English courses to strengthen a wide range of skills.

为了扩大你的英语词汇量，多读一些书、杂志和报纸。你也可以考虑参加许多在线英语课程中的一门，以加强广泛的技能。

“In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.” – Descartes

“为了改善头脑，我们不应该学习，而应该思考。”——笛卡尔

10. Check your spelling and read over what you write in English

10.检查你的拼写并复习你用英语写的东西

You can use an online spell-checker program to check your spelling.

您可以使用在线拼写检查程序检查拼写。

How to remember English verb tenses: expert advice from Bob the Canadian

如何记住英语动词时态：加拿大人鲍勃的专家建议

One problem lots of our students have when learning English is knowing when to use which tense. Even if you have learned the rules of forming sentences to describe the past, present and future, it is extremely easy to mix them up. We asked an expert, Bob the Canadian, for some advice on this. If you don’t know him, Bob is a high school teacher from Ontario who makes excellent YouTube videos for those learning English. His channel has over 460,000 subscribers! Here’s what he had to say:

我们许多学生在学习英语时遇到的一个问题是知道什么时候使用哪种时态。即使你已经学会了造句的规则来描述过去、现在和未来，也很容易混淆它们。我们请了一位专家，加拿大人鲍勃，就此事提出一些建议。如果你不认识他，鲍勃是来自安大略省的一名高中教师，他为那些学习英语的人制作了出色的YouTube视频。他的频道有超过46万用户！下面是他要说的：

“It can be really helpful to memorize the trigger words that assist you in your mind when you are talking. If you’re learning the past tense, for example, practice sentences that start with “yesterday” or “last week” or “last year”. This will help you remember that whenever you say “yesterday” you need to talk in the past tense. If you make a list of these trigger words, and then really practice using them, eventually your brain will memorize the tenses. Do that with words like “today” for the present tense, and words like “tomorrow”, “next week”, “next year” for the future tense.

“当你说话的时候，记住那些有助于你记忆的触发词是非常有帮助的。例如，如果你正在学习过去时态，练习以“昨天”、“上周”或“去年”开头的句子。这将帮助你记住，每当你说“昨天”时，你需要用过去时态。如果你把这些触发词列出来，然后练习使用它们，你的大脑最终会记住时态。用“今天”这样的词来表示现在时态，用“明天”、“下周”、“明年”这样的单词来表示将来时态。

If you practice those little triggers a lot, then after a while, they will become subconscious. That would be my biggest recommendation. When you learn verbs in different tenses, make sure you’re thinking about “How would I form a sentence using this? What would a trigger word be?”

如果你经常练习这些小触发，那么过一段时间，它们就会变成潜意识。这将是我最大的建议。当你学习不同时态的动词时，确保你在想“我该如何用这个词造句？触发词是什么？”

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