diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/NgramContextUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/NgramContextUtils.java
index 727df1a93..c05ffd693 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/NgramContextUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/NgramContextUtils.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public final class NgramContextUtils {
         // Intentional empty constructor for utility class.
     }
 
+    private static final Pattern NEWLINE_REGEX = Pattern.compile("[\\r\\n]+");
     private static final Pattern SPACE_REGEX = Pattern.compile("\\s+");
     // Get context information from nth word before the cursor. n = 1 retrieves the words
     // immediately before the cursor, n = 2 retrieves the words before that, and so on. This splits
@@ -58,7 +59,11 @@ public final class NgramContextUtils {
     public static NgramContext getNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord(final CharSequence prev,
             final SpacingAndPunctuations spacingAndPunctuations, final int n) {
         if (prev == null) return NgramContext.EMPTY_PREV_WORDS_INFO;
-        final String[] w = SPACE_REGEX.split(prev);
+        final String[] lines = NEWLINE_REGEX.split(prev);
+        if (lines.length == 0) {
+            return new NgramContext(WordInfo.BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE_WORD_INFO);
+        }
+        final String[] w = SPACE_REGEX.split(lines[lines.length - 1]);
         final WordInfo[] prevWordsInfo =
                 new WordInfo[DecoderSpecificConstants.MAX_PREV_WORD_COUNT_FOR_N_GRAM];
         Arrays.fill(prevWordsInfo, WordInfo.EMPTY_WORD_INFO);
@@ -81,16 +86,17 @@ public final class NgramContextUtils {
                 prevWordsInfo[i] = WordInfo.BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE_WORD_INFO;
                 break;
             }
+
             final String focusedWord = w[focusedWordIndex];
-            // If the word is, the context is beginning-of-sentence.
+            // If the word is empty, the context is beginning-of-sentence.
             final int length = focusedWord.length();
             if (length <= 0) {
                 prevWordsInfo[i] = WordInfo.BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE_WORD_INFO;
                 break;
             }
-            // If ends in a sentence separator, the context is beginning-of-sentence.
+            // If the word ends in a sentence terminator, the context is beginning-of-sentence.
             final char lastChar = focusedWord.charAt(length - 1);
-            if (spacingAndPunctuations.isSentenceSeparator(lastChar)) {
+            if (spacingAndPunctuations.isSentenceTerminator(lastChar)) {
                 prevWordsInfo[i] = WordInfo.BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE_WORD_INFO;
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/NgramContextTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/NgramContextTests.java
index 7749bff63..0a662db82 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/NgramContextTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/NgramContextTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package com.android.inputmethod.latin;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.NgramContext.WordInfo;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.settings.SpacingAndPunctuations;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.NgramContextUtils;
 
 import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
 import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest;
@@ -120,4 +122,24 @@ public class NgramContextTests extends AndroidTestCase {
         assertEquals(1, ngramContext_a_empty.extractPrevWordsContextArray().length);
         assertEquals("a", ngramContext_a_empty.extractPrevWordsContextArray()[0]);
     }
+
+    public void testGetNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord() {
+        SpacingAndPunctuations spacingAndPunctuations = new SpacingAndPunctuations(
+                mContext.getResources());
+        assertEquals("<S>", NgramContextUtils.getNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord("",
+                spacingAndPunctuations, 1).extractPrevWordsContext());
+        assertEquals("<S> b", NgramContextUtils.getNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord("a. b ",
+                spacingAndPunctuations, 1).extractPrevWordsContext());
+        assertEquals("<S> b", NgramContextUtils.getNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord("a? b ",
+                spacingAndPunctuations, 1).extractPrevWordsContext());
+        assertEquals("<S> b", NgramContextUtils.getNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord("a! b ",
+                spacingAndPunctuations, 1).extractPrevWordsContext());
+        assertEquals("<S> b", NgramContextUtils.getNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord("a\nb ",
+                spacingAndPunctuations, 1).extractPrevWordsContext());
+        assertEquals("<S> a b", NgramContextUtils.getNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord("a b ",
+                spacingAndPunctuations, 1).extractPrevWordsContext());
+        assertFalse(NgramContextUtils
+                .getNgramContextFromNthPreviousWord("a b c d e", spacingAndPunctuations, 1)
+                .extractPrevWordsContext().startsWith("<S>"));
+    }
 }