Monday, June 29, 2009

USEFUL TIPS

Two Simple Techniques to Gain Fluency in English

1. Use Active Voice
Active Voice and Passive Voice are two ways to speak. Although both the methods are theoritically and grammatically correct, the use of active voice makes speech easy and effective. Avoid passive sentences in speeches as far as possible. According to a research conducted, it takes upto 25% more time to understand a passive sentence. It is also difficult to utter a passive sentence.
Examples: You did the cooking?(active voice)
The cooking was done by you(passive voice)

2 Use Direct Speech
Direct speech means those words of the speaker that are enclosed within inverted commas.
Examples: John said,"I have done my homework"
Indirect speech means that we do not use the actual words of the speaker.
Examples: John said that he had done his homework.