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How To Improve English Writing Skills

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Tips on how to improve English writing skills:

1. Read as much as you can


Just as we say that listening is closely related to speaking, reading is closely related
to writing so our number 1 tip for improving your English writing would be to read
as much as you can! This will help you improve your vocabulary, grammar,
sentence structure, and show you there are many different ways to communicate
ideas. For example: If you need to write a description of a house or a bio of yourself,
a great idea is to read some other bios or house descriptions, from books,
magazines, brochures, the internet or whatever source you can think of. After having
read others, then you can attempt to write your own. You’ll realize it’s much easier
than trying to write without any previous input!

2. Keep an English dictionary


You’ll be able to look up words to clarify their meaning and to learn antonyms and
synonyms so as not to repeat words or phrases, which will better your
communication skills.

3. Brush up your grammar


Even though you don’t have to “study” grammar, your English writing will improve a
lot if you work on grammar exercises. Also, remember that grammar is more
important when you write than when you speak because it is usually more formal
and more structured.

4. Check your spelling before and after writing


How do you feel when you read something full of spelling mistakes in your own
language? Poor spelling can spoil an otherwise interesting piece to read, and we
generally write for other people to read what we’ve written.

5. Keep a diary in English


It will make you write every day to turn writing into a routine activity. Besides, you
are “writing to yourself”, which can make you feel liberated and satisfied. You don’t
need to write elaborate sentences: you can keep them as simple as you want.
6. Learn how to expand your basic sentences into
more elaborate ones
There are five basic sentence structures in English:
 Subject – Verb (John studies; My friend is playing )
 Subject – Verb – Object (I like apples; Mary reads novels)
 Subject –Verb – Adjective (Jenny is happy; Linda is pretty)
 Subject – Verb – Adverb (She speaks fluently; These flowers are
everywhere)
 Subject – Verb – Noun (My father was a chemist, You are a
student)
Here are a few examples of how you can expand them:

 John, my brother, studies at home. My long-life friend is always


playing.
 These small white flowers are everywhere during the summer. My
father, who passed away several years ago, was a well-known
chemist.

7. Learn how to organize a paragraph


An useful way to improve your English writing skills is to start your paragraphs with
a topic sentence: i.e. a sentence that explains what you are going to write about.
Continue with supporting sentences: i.e. sentences that provide more information
about the topic. Finish with a conclusion: i.e. it is generally a summary of the ideas
developed in the body of the paragraph. Learn how to make transitions between
paragraphs to signal relationships between ideas so as to create a fluent body of
text.

8. Write an outline
Even in a very simple piece of English writing you have to keep some kind of an
organization to convey the message you want in a clear orderly way. There are
many different ways to write outlines and these have much to do with the way
you organize things in your mind.
9. Try to get someone to read what you’ve written
A teacher, a tutor, a native speaker: whoever masters the language and can help you
understand and correct whatever mistakes you may have made both in grammar or
spelling and in the way your paragraph text has been organized.

Writing in English is not really something you can achieve immediately, but with
hard, efficient work and gradual improvement you should definitely get there. Start
writing very simple sentences and then get the challenge to write more elaborate
pieces. Just give it a try!

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