Writing

Learn English Writing

March 24, 2012

For many ESL students learning to write good English is much more difficult than learning to speak. Even advanced level students face this problem. There are a number of reasons for this: Written communication is more formal than spoken communication. You have to avoid grammatical or spelling mistakes in written communication. Spoken communication, on the [...]

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Summarizing

March 22, 2012

The summary of a passage is the passage in its shortened form. In a summary, we only express the main ideas. And to keep it short, we must express those ideas in as few words as possible. What is a good summary? A good summary must be complete in itself. It must contain all the [...]

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How to summarize a given passage

September 28, 2011

In the busy world of today people have little time to read long winding reports and documents. Summaries, on the other hand, are easy to read. They are short and include only information that is relevant.Here are some guidelines for summarizing a passage. Read the given passage to find out What the passage is about [...]

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Paragraph writing tips

September 20, 2011

A paragraph is the smallest unit of prose composition. It may be defined as a group of sentences relating to a single topic. Every form of prose composition (e.g. letters, essays, stories) should be divided into paragraphs. A paragraph may be long or short. There are no rules regarding the size of a paragraph. Tips [...]

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