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1. Learning English Made Easy ane GUIDE 2011 CONTENT INTRODUCTION What is IGRAM EX KNOW YOUR IGRAM EX Let s Talk Introduction How to use Let s Talk Write and Learn Introduction How to use Write and Learn Grammar Guide Introduction How to use Grammar Guide Grammar Glossary Introduction How to use Grammar Glossary Parts of Speech Introduction How to use Parts of Speech Vocab Plus Introduction How to use Vocab Plus Dictionary Introduction How to use Dictionary Quiz Introduction How to use Quiz Courses 16 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 Games Introduction How to use Games MENU NAVIGATION BASICS TECHNICAL SUPPORT UPDATE IGRAM EX FAQs CONTACT INFORM ATION 25 25 26 28 29 29 30 31 32 INTRODUCTION What is GRAM EX IGRAM EX is a revolutionary learning tool to enhance your command of the English language This manual will show you step by step information on how to use IGRAM EX application We hope you will find it useful GRAMEX BI Leaming English Made Easy KNOW YOUR iGRAM EX Introduction The features in IGRAM EX are as follows LET S TALK Introduction Having the correct pronunciation is important to avoid misunderstanding Let s Talk is an application that allows users to improve their pronunciation Users get to listen to the correct pronunciation until they get it right as it is able to assess the user s pronu2. Lower Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate 16 Step 2 Select Grammar Guide based on your proficiencies and click on any of the grammar items listed 7 Grammar Guide Pet E CREBS OxW UPPER INTERM Comparative and Superlative Adjectives More On Adjectives Determiner and Quantifier Noun Subject Realisations Subiect and Obiect Pronoun i 17 GRAMMAR GLOSSARY Introduction Consist of A Z grammatical terms and definitions Our extensive glossary will help the users to have better understanding of English grammatical terms and words How to use Grammar Glossary Step l Just click on Grammar Glossary and our dictionary of English grammatical terms and definitions will appear Scroll down to find your grammatical terms Y Grammar Glossary eer Bf CAs Active Voice In an active voice the subje ct of the sentence performs the action lof the verb The lady bought a pretty hat See also Passive Voice 18 PARTS OF SPEECH Introduction In this section the user could identify different parts of speech provided and also the other forms of the words that the user are interested to know This section is connected to the dictionary where all the words could be retrieved along with the other forms of them How to use Parts of Speech Step l Type any word in the space provided and click Get A Paris of Speech Rol a easks English word The P
3. Click on Submit Answers to know your result Grammar Quiz Thank you for attempting English Grammar Quiz You have answered 10 out of 10 questions The marks secured by you are 10 Why everybody being so defensive asked Raymond C are is am Mone of the above Mary and already agreed on that matter v md has having f have 23 COURSES IGRAM EX provides In house English courses for beginners to advanced learners of English We offer examination courses based on TOEIC and TOEFL syllabus A Courses HAFO le BE E re ko TOEIC Practice Test HIS UNION COLLAO This test will assess how well you understand spoken English There are four parts in this section with detailed instructions for each part e Partl Photographs Partll Questions and Responses e Partlll Short Conversations Partl Short Talks READING COM PRELENIION This test will assess how well you understand written English There are three parts inthis section with detailed instructions for each part Part V Short Passage e Part VI Private Letter e Part VII Business Letter IGRAM EX will also collaborate with courses provider educational institutes and local and international universities Go to http www igramex com to subscribe and download our Premium and in house English courses 24 GAMES Introduction User can find a selection of English language based in Games How to use the Games
4. Step l Click on Games eereecocece F WORD SEARCH sme CROSSWORD om ep RU M ALPHABET JUNGLE Step 2 Select any game for you to play 25 MENU NAVIGATION Click on Let s Talk to improve your English communication skill Click on Write and Learn to improve your English grammar Click on Grammar Guide to view extensive descriptions and examples of grammar topics Click on Grammar Glossary to have a better understanding of English grammatical terms and words Click on Parts of Speech to identify different parts of speech provided and also the other forms of the words 26 Click on Vocab Plus to know more about idioms synonym antonym measure words phrasal verbs and collocation Click on Dictionary to find out the meaning of words Click on Quizzes to test your mastery of English grammar Click on Courses to get IGRAM EX in house and Premium Courses 27 Click on Games to play any of the English language based games Click on User Manual to get help on how to use IGRAM EX 28 TECHNICAL SUPPORT System Requirements Hardware Pentium IV and above 200 MB Free disk space 512 MB RAM Headphones with M ic for Let s Talk Operating system supported Windows XP and above UPDATE YOUR iGRAM EX N Click on Write and Learn Then click on the Update button to install the latest updates 29 FAQs a What is iGRAM EX IGRAM EX is a revolutionary lear
5. verb More on Nouns The Noun is used to identify a person thing animal place and abstract idea Nouns usually occur in the Subject or the Object phrases lt Step 3 If you wish to Know more about noun or verb click on the appropriate link and more explanation will appear Parts Of Speech English word shop More on Nouns The Noun is used to identify a person thing animal place and abstract idea Nouns usually occur in the Subject or the Object phrases singular form shop Plural form shops shop is Singular Countable Noun More on Verbs The Verb is perhaps the most important part of the English Grammar A Verb expresses certain actions events or states of being In the English language gramn lt gt VOCAB PLUS Introduction This section provides the user with idioms synonym antonym phrasal verbs and collocation How to use Vocab Plus Step l Type any word in the space provided and click either on idioms synonym antonym phrasal verbs or collocation Step 2 We will show you the idioms synonyms antonyms phrasal verbs or collocation that you want to Know Y Vocab Plus AKO lla Synonyms Antonyms Phrasal Verbs Measure Words strike while the iron is hot To act or take advantage of an opportunity at the right moment when the person is most likely to succeed early bird catches the worm A person who takes the opportunity to be the first person to do something before some
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7. any functions available from the Settings gt Write amp Learn If you want IGRAM EX to check your grammar and spelling as you type just click on the checkbox in Settings 30 i Can upgrade my IGRAMEX Yes you can j How to upgrade iGRAM EX You need to register first before you make any updates Go to our web site nttp Www igramex com to register Then click on the updates button on the Write amp Learn interface to install the latest updates k Do I need to pay for the updates No you can update iGRAM EX for FREE I Can iGRAM EX works on both MAC and PC No IGRAM EX is designed to work only in Windows m Can use iGRAM EX with the new Windows 7 Yes IGRAM EX is compatible with Windows 2000 NT XP Vista Win7 n lama student is iGRAM EX suitable for me Yes you can use IGRAM EX too IGRAM EX provides 3 levels of proficiencies for users to choose from We have Lower Intermediate Intermediate and Upper Intermediate If you want to know the basic English grammar principles go to our Lower Intermediate in Grammar Guide section If you want to know more about the subject pick Intermediate or Upper Intermediate level o Can use IGRAMEX without Internet connection Yes you can use IGRAM EX even if you don t have any Internet connection 31 CONTACT INFORMATION LORAMEX Learning English Made Easy If you have any queries or comment do e mail us or go to our website and complete the comment form
8. arts of Speech are essential building blacks of the English language Each part has its own function and importance in the English grammar You can identify diferent parts of speech provided and also the other forms ofthe words by typing the word inthe space above There are eight main parts of speech in English NOUN A type of word that represents a person thing or place like mother car or town VERB A type of word that describes an action or a state of being like walk run and fumo ADJECTIVE A word that describes a person or thing or gives extra information about them like hapoy and homble A word that expresses something about a verb Words like quickiy ven and ADVERB sometimes are adverbs PRONOUN A word used to substitute a noun She they and we are pronouns PREPOSITION A word such as Sy for or wth which usually has a noun group as its object CONJUNCTION Yo that is commonly used to join two words phrases or sentences And but and nor are some of the conjunctions in English grammar INTERJECTION VON or expression which you use to express a strong feeling such as Surprise OF horror 19 Step 2 We will show you the parts of speech for the word that you have typed If the word falls into more than one classes of word you will see other parts of speech for it as well i Parts Of Speech shop MOHN describes things people or concepts More on noun verb describes actions events or states More on
9. ate 7 vw Sentences Score A I heard that you are going to move next month F We Finally found an ideal house about an hour and a half from town We have enough rooms and a big yard 100 Aren t you going to be bored living in the suburbs There is nothing to do out there Besides kids are school aged The city is too dangerous and the pollution is terrible Instructor s Yoice e have enough rooms and a big yard O Your Voice We have enough rooms and a big yard sp 44 Me pier 4 Your Score Step 8 You can learn how to pronounce correctly by just clicking on the mispronounced word s in the Instructor s Voice box Alternatively you can just click on the wave graph in the Instructor s Voice box WRITE AND LEARN Introduction Write and Learn is an ideal companion throughout your English grammar study With a fresh inviting new look and updated content Write and Learn contains what you need to achieve better grammar It has spell checker grammar checker grammar explanations and tutorials Spell Checker is equipped to check the spelling of each English word used by the users It is capable of suggesting a list of words if any errors in spelling have been identified by it Grammar Checker will detect any grammatical error s in a sentence It will highlight the error s and give suggestion s to correct the error s Grammar Explanations will briefly explain the error s through the means Of pop u
10. e LU Tao i lice Subject iid were ex Epo Replace Selection Export To Clipboard li x A d F 3 Step 5 Click on the Replace Selection button to replace the mail content with the updated text 13 TIPS ON USING GRAMMAR CHECKER Common Errors in Grammar Checker s Input These are the common errors found in the Grammar Checker s input Please try to avoid these typo errors in order to help facilitate the efficiency of Grammar Checker a lam know lam Know Two words should not be joined together Make sure there is a space between them b i am am Words that are not contracted shouldn t have an apostrophe c foster sister foster sister Words are not supposed to be separated by an underscore d use the M oney use the money Use the capital letter only for proper nouns Abbreviated forms need to have the point 9 am is early 9am is early 9 a m is early 9 a m is early Capitalization Our Grammar Checker is case sensitive Use only capital letters when you want to say that the word is a proper noun Example 1 The lions are growling hungrily 2 The Lions is expected to win the game 14 Contractions Contractions using the apostrophe should be written without any spaces between Contraction for a Singular possessive The boy s not The boy s b plural possessive The boys not The boys c contraction for is has She s not She s d contraction for am I m not
11. error s with red colour Y Write and Learn eer Senn sf Dx really appreciate for your kindly help Grammar Suggestions really appreciate for your kindly help Suggestions Grammar Explanation Next Paragraph Report missing correction Step 3 To learn more about the error s click on Grammar Explanation and a pop up will appear iGramex Grammar Description Adjective We use adjective as a modifier to add information about the thing which the noun refers to It Lar precedes the noun which it modifies We use adverb to modify a verb adjective or another adverb We dont use adverb to modify a noun Example really appreciate for your kindly help Incorrect really appreciate your kind help Correct Compare with Example He waited patiently in the room Adverb patiently modifies the verb waited Tutorials Adverbs Introduction Step 4 Click on the Tutorial link to learn more about the subject iGramex Tutorial ADVERBS Introduction An adverb modifies the meaning of a verb an adjective or another adverb Comparison of Adverbs There are three degrees of comparison positive comparative and superlative a The positive degree refers to the adverb in its simple form This form is used when no comparison is made lt is also used in comparison of wo actions that are equal In this case the adverb is sandwiched between as as The comparison can also be stated in a negative wa
12. m e contraction for are We re not We re f contraction for have They ve not They ve g contraction for had would I d not d h contraction for will We ll not We Il I contraction for not isn t not is nt Grammar Checker Corrections Grammar Checker CANNOT cover all errors HOWEVER Grammar Checker s team is updating the rules everyday hence it will reduce the missing corrections problems Grammar Checker won t cover extreme structure or extreme spelling mistakes Examples friend love play to with my I love to play with my friend Jhytgrfslp no similar word in English You wrong turning taken have You have taken the wrong turning NOTE Do not insert other types of markers for contractions Example I m we ll you re or they d GRAMMAR GUIDE Introduction Grammar Guide consists of advanced tutorials to enhance your understanding of English topics This section provides guidance on the uses of specific grammar items where each topic Is specifically designed to easily cater for users language needs Click on the link to view extensive descriptions and examples of grammar topics How to use Grammar Guide Step 1 Click on Grammar Guide to Know more about any specific grammar item 7 Grammar Guide oy fr Fae Examples are given to highlight and illustrate the use and misuse of a srammar item To use the Grammar Guide just click on any module listed below Fixed Rules of English
13. nciation in practices Hence improving pronunciation can be done at the user s own pace Practices can be done In structures or by words How to use Let s Talk Step 1 Click on Let s Talk A selection of topics and or their subtopics will appear Step 2 Choose the topic and double click on the topic or on its subtopic VY Let s Talk Ses eaqegeces Select Category Beginners Cone Ge SOCIAL Se GERI Greetings Where is th Introducing people Atthe enda eb ldentiPyving people or things lese Describing people Expressing likes and dislikes lt is very clo Telling time You can wa Closing a conversa tion Instructor s Voice E definitely t O Your Voice Step3 A list of sentences will appear Choose any of the sentences Alternatively you can double click on the sentence Step 4 You can hear the sentence that you have chosen when you click on the Play button 0 A wave graph will be displayed Step 5 Click on the Record button so that you can read the sentence loudly using a microphone Step 6 Once you have finished reading the sentence click the Record button to stop the recording Step 7 A wave graph will be displayed to show the comparison between the Instructor s Voice and Your Voice Wrongly pronounced word s will be coloured red A score will be displayed underneath to show your pronunciation accuracy Y Let s Talk Serzeoenese Select Category B Itermedi
14. ning tool to enhance your command of the English language b What makes IGRAMEX different from other English learning tool available in the market IGRAMEX is the FIRST English learning tool that runs from USB You can carry IGRAM EX with you in your pocket to use on any available Windows client computer You can easily plug the USB and run the application instantly IGRAMEX content and grammar rules will also be updated regularly by our linguists to strengthen and gives users the best English learning experience c What is the variety of English described in iGRAM EX IGRAM EX is mainly concerned with standard contemporary British English d Can I install iGRAM EX in any USB No iGRAM EX comes with the specialised USB with the pre installed software in it e Can uninstall iGRAM EX software from my USB No you cannot uninstall the software It is designed to be an install only version f What languages are the tutorial notes written in By default the tutorial notes are in English but we also have it in other languages such as Japanese M alay Korean and Chinese g Where can make the selection for languages other than English for the tutorial notes If you prefer the tutorials to be in Chinese Malay Korean or Japanese language you may select the choice from the Settings gt W rite amp Learn h Is IGRAMEX user friendly Yes IGRAMEX comes with various functions that will make your learning easier User can choose m
15. ompletely slipped my mind To make amends would like to treat you Step 2 Once our External Text Processing window appears click Check It will direct you to our grammar and spelling dialogue E lam sorry Message i File Edit view Insert i casend D G3 A LU To emiy ve ll am extremely sorry that forgot about our lunch date was so busy at U ce that day that it completely slipped my mind To make amends would flike to treat you to lunch next Thursday at that new Chinese restaurant in External Text Subject i 2 4 Ga a fPangsar I am extremely that it complete lunch next Thu Repisce Seiecton STEREO Step 3 If there is no grammar and spelling error a pop up will appear saying that we have Finished checking spelling and grammar A External Text lam extremely sorry that forgot about our lunch date was so busy at that day that it completely slipped my mind To make amends would like to treat you to lunch next Thursday at that new Chinese restaurant in Bangsar Finished checking spelling and grammar Do you think we missed the corrections Click here to send us your feedback WExport to clippoara Close j A al Step 4 Grammatical mistake s will be marked with red colour Click on Change and the mistake s will be replaced by Grammar Checker s suggestion eer f External Text isend U f were extremely sorry that forgot about our lunch dat
16. one else does will have the chance of becoming successful fair weather friend A person whose friendship cannot always be relied on and who is friendly when things are going well or only during good times 21 DICTIONARY Introduction User can find a selection of bilingual dictionaries in IGRAMEX There are English English Dictionary English M alay Dictionary and English Chinese Dictionary How to use Dictionary Step l Click on Dictionary Step 2 Type any word in the space provided and click Search Dictionary Enter English word children Te Select Language English Search children chil druhn noun a An individual who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority These children is not to make any decision regarding this issue is not valid b A person regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specitied time place or circumstance She is a child of technology 22 QUIZZES Introduction User can find a selection of quizzes in Quiz There are grammar based quizzes as well as reading and comprehensions How to use the Quiz Step l Click on Quiz You can now answer the ten questions on each page W Grammar Quiz have None of the above The Ministry of Education officers listening to one of the presenters are c was ct is None of the above to participate in the race wishing CO wishes None of the above Submit Answers Step 2
17. ps We have more than 24 000 pop ups covering various grammar topics Tutorial is a link from the pop ups to tutorial notes It will give a clearer understanding of the relevant topics These pop ups and tutorial notes are also available in other languages such as M alay and Chinese How to use Spell Checker Step l Type or copy and paste any sentence in the space provided Click on the Check button Step 2 Spell Checker will check the spelling of your sentence If there is any spelling error a pop up will appear with a list of suggested words Scroll down to look at the words 7 WriteandLean WO 5 CAL Dx W she doesnt answr the call Spelling Suggestions She doesnt answr the call Ignore All Add Suggestions Jansiwve la Change anger F answers ensure Change All Insure et LAAIE s m Report missing correction Step 3 You can ignore or choose any words that are listed to replace the highlighted word s Click Change once you have made your selection and Spell Checker will make the necessary changes How to use Grammar Checker Step l Grammar Checker will check if there is any grammatical error after the sentence s has gone through the Spell Checker Grammar Checker will show Finished checking spelling and grammar if there is no spelling or grammatical errors Step 2 If Grammar Checker detects any grammatical error s in the sentence it will mark the
18. y with not eq She woke up eany this morning Her sister woke up as eany as she did this morning Her sister did not wake up as early as she did this morning b The comparative degree has a higher degree of quality than the positive degree Itis used when an action is compared with another action eq 10 Step 5 Click on Change and your grammatical error s will be replaced by Grammar Checker s suggestion 7 WriteandLeaan SBURBOCSlAe OxW Finished checking spelling and grammar Do wou think we mesed the corrections Click here to send us your feedback Step 6 You can send us the sentence s If you think that we have missed the corrections by clicking on the link in the Finished checking spelling and grammar window You can also find the same link in our Spelling and Grammar correction window 11 Grammar Checker can be used with other applications Grammar Checker is capable of working with other applications too See how we do it Step l Type your message in any mail application such as Microsoft Outlook or MSN Make a selection on the sentence that you want to check or select the whole message and press F4 e am sorry Message i File Edit View Insert Format Tools i casend QO G3 S la 4 BSI Ed Options HTML W To oo co UA Ce Subject Table Window Help I am extremely sorry that forgot about our lunch date was so busy at that day hat it c
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