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The most used letter in written English is the letter "e". In spoken English the sound heard most often is "uh" or the muted vowel. One simple example is the "above", which is spoken as "uh buv". In addition to the muted vower, notice that the "e" at the end of "above" is silent and unpronounced. That happens quite often in spoken English, but the letter "e" continues to be required in correctly written English. Here is a table of more examples in which the muted vowel is depicted in bold font. Notice that we have put a space to show the syllables in the word: a in a bove, pill ar e in tak en, un der i in pen cil, fu tile o in lem on, fav or u in cir cus, mea sure Y in zeph y 
Initial test: The purpose of this assessment test is to verify how well the applicant knows 350 most used words in spoken English. You will be expected to answer 20 multiple choice questions about English words and word usage, listen to MP3 or watch a video. (Duration 5 min) Elementary: (Duration 10 min) Intermediate: (Duration 15 min) Advanced: (Duration 25 min)
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This English training program focuses on authentic English pronunciation using four basic rules and a much simplified phonetic table of 24 sounds. We have included a set of special word exercises designed to address Mandarin speakers have with English words. We use a much simplified grammar because we have found that Chinese university graduates have been tested extensively on a wide range of grammar rules and practices. We expect that our trainees should be more interested in advancing their conversational English skills related to everyday situations, like buying gas for the car, going to the restaurant and such common occurrences. We suggest that you practice and use a highly simplified set of grammar rules. To begin with, there are some Simple Forms, the Simple Present, the Simple Past and Simple Future. 1. Simple Present It describes facts, events and situations that are happening at the present time. Examples: Dogs bark, I suppose you are right, we leave in 5 minutes, She works every day. 2. Simple Past Describes something that happened before now, minutes, hours or days ago. Examples: The Mukden Incident happened in 1931, I started working two days ago, I lived in Shanghai 3 years ago, I watched TV last night. 3. Simple Future Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to." Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. Examples: You will help him later. Will you help him later? You will not help him later. You are going to meet Jane tonight. Are you going to meet Jane tonight? You are not going to meet Jane tonight.
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Once you have begun to master English sounds, you must then begin to build your knowledge of English words and phrases that apply those sounds. There are any number of lists that you can get from the Internet by searching for "100 most used English phrases" - "1,500 most used English words". A sample of words found in one of those lists includes: open seem together white children begin got walk example ease paper group always etc. and sometimes listed Alphabetically! Our practical conversation lessons that follow will introduce words and expressions to help you have an interesting conversation in English using 888 English Phrases.
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