English Writing Style - Sentence, Paragraph and Essay Writing Skills
English writing style from the sentence to paragraph and finally basic essay writing skills for ESL EFL classes, individual learners and teachers.
Young Learner's Writing Workshop 1 - Basic Essay Writing Style
This series of four lessons is designed to help students become familiar with writing an essay in English. The first lesson is designed to give students an overview of basic essay writing style. The final three lessons focus on developing skills that are used when analyzing texts as the basis of their essays.
This series of four lessons is designed to help students become familiar with writing an essay in English. The first lesson is designed to give students an overview of basic essay writing style. The final three lessons focus on developing skills that are used when analyzing texts as the basis of their essays.
Help with Spelling Problems for ESL Classes
Common Word Spelling problems and Exceptions in English for ESL classes.
Common Word Spelling problems and Exceptions in English for ESL classes.
Parallelism - Parallel Structure
Parallel structure explained in easy English for intermediate level English learners such as ESL and EFL classes.
Parallel structure explained in easy English for intermediate level English learners such as ESL and EFL classes.
Telling Stories - Sequencing Your Ideas
One of the most important ways to link ideas is to sequence them. Sequencing refers to the order in which events happened.
One of the most important ways to link ideas is to sequence them. Sequencing refers to the order in which events happened.
Capitalization Rules
Here is a detailed guide to capitalization rules especially created for ESL students. Each rule contains a number of examples.
Here is a detailed guide to capitalization rules especially created for ESL students. Each rule contains a number of examples.
Paragraph Writing
A guide to basic paragraph construction for use in English as a second language classes focusing on the main components of standard paragraphs.
A guide to basic paragraph construction for use in English as a second language classes focusing on the main components of standard paragraphs.
Adding Emphasis in English - Cleft Sentences, Inversion and More
This article provides an explanation of a number of forms used to emphasize statements when expressing opinions, disagreeing, making strong suggestions, expressing annoyance, etc.
This article provides an explanation of a number of forms used to emphasize statements when expressing opinions, disagreeing, making strong suggestions, expressing annoyance, etc.
Basic Business Letters
A guide to the basics of writing business letters including common salutations, requests and an example letter. By your About.com ESL guide.
A guide to the basics of writing business letters including common salutations, requests and an example letter. By your About.com ESL guide.
Beginning Writing - Short Writing Assignments
Ready to go short writing assignments for beginning level English learners. Toics include studies, hobbies, travel, likes and dislikes, application forms, brief job descriptions, recipes, etc.
Ready to go short writing assignments for beginning level English learners. Toics include studies, hobbies, travel, likes and dislikes, application forms, brief job descriptions, recipes, etc.
Comparing Ideas
These sentence connectors are used to make comparisons between ideas in an elegant manner. The use of these connectors will add sophistication to your writing style.
These sentence connectors are used to make comparisons between ideas in an elegant manner. The use of these connectors will add sophistication to your writing style.
Descriptive Paragraphs
Descriptive paragraphs are often used to describe what a person looks and acts like. Read this example descriptive paragraph, notice how descriptive paragraphs are arranged by putting together all the sentences about the same thing.
Descriptive paragraphs are often used to describe what a person looks and acts like. Read this example descriptive paragraph, notice how descriptive paragraphs are arranged by putting together all the sentences about the same thing.
Discourse Markers - Linking Your Ideas in English
Some words and phrases help to develop ideas and relate them to one another. These kinds of words and phrases are often called discourse markers. Note that most of these discourse markers are formal and used when speaking in a formal context or when presenting complicated information in writing.
Some words and phrases help to develop ideas and relate them to one another. These kinds of words and phrases are often called discourse markers. Note that most of these discourse markers are formal and used when speaking in a formal context or when presenting complicated information in writing.
Introduction to Poetic Devices
Understanding poetry in any language is challenging, here is basic introduction to poetic devices used in poetry written in English (as well as other languages).
Understanding poetry in any language is challenging, here is basic introduction to poetic devices used in poetry written in English (as well as other languages).
Narrative Paragraph Writing II
Narrative paragraphs are often used to describe our routines. Read this example narrative paragraph, notice how words like 'sometimes, often, etc.' are used to say often something happens.
Narrative paragraphs are often used to describe our routines. Read this example narrative paragraph, notice how words like 'sometimes, often, etc.' are used to say often something happens.
Narrative Paragraphs I
Narrative paragraphs are often used to describe what a person does over a period of time. Use these exercises to help you improve your narrative paragraph writing skills.
Narrative paragraphs are often used to describe what a person does over a period of time. Use these exercises to help you improve your narrative paragraph writing skills.
Providing Additional Information
Once you have mastered the basics of correct usage in written English, you will want to express yourself in increasingly complex ways. These sentence connectors help you provide additional information.
Once you have mastered the basics of correct usage in written English, you will want to express yourself in increasingly complex ways. These sentence connectors help you provide additional information.
Providing Space for Opposition
The use of these sentence connectors will add sophistication to your writing style when trying to show opposing points of view.
The use of these sentence connectors will add sophistication to your writing style when trying to show opposing points of view.
Setting Conditions - Connecting Sentences
Sentence connectors are used to express relationships between ideas and to combine sentences. The use of these connectors will add sophistication to your writing style. These sentence connectors provide the menas to show conditions.
Sentence connectors are used to express relationships between ideas and to combine sentences. The use of these connectors will add sophistication to your writing style. These sentence connectors provide the menas to show conditions.
Showing Cause and Effect
These sentence connectors help you express relationships between ideas that show cause and effect.
These sentence connectors help you express relationships between ideas that show cause and effect.
Spelling Help: American - British
How to recognize (recognise?) the most common spelling differences between American and British English.
How to recognize (recognise?) the most common spelling differences between American and British English.
Spelling Help: Noun Plurals
Changing a noun from singular to plural is not always as easy as adding an -s to the noun. Find out the exceptions to the rules for spelling noun plurals.
Changing a noun from singular to plural is not always as easy as adding an -s to the noun. Find out the exceptions to the rules for spelling noun plurals.
Spelling Help: Verb Formation
There are a number of small changes that need to be made in the correct spelling of verbs ending with -y, -s, etc. Find out when to double consonants when to drop the -y, and more.
There are a number of small changes that need to be made in the correct spelling of verbs ending with -y, -s, etc. Find out when to double consonants when to drop the -y, and more.
Subordinate clauses - concessive, time, place, reason clauses
Explanation with examples of four important subordinate clauses - concessive, time, place and reason clauses.
Explanation with examples of four important subordinate clauses - concessive, time, place and reason clauses.
Using a Dictionary
Get the most out of your dictionary by understanding how to use it well. You can use your dictionary to find words, for meanings, for pronunciation, to check spellings, to understand explanations, to check spelling variations and more.
Get the most out of your dictionary by understanding how to use it well. You can use your dictionary to find words, for meanings, for pronunciation, to check spellings, to understand explanations, to check spelling variations and more.
Writing Your Resume
Writing a successful resume depends on many factors. Here is a simple guide to the basics of writing a good resume including an example resume.
Writing a successful resume depends on many factors. Here is a simple guide to the basics of writing a good resume including an example resume.