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Writing Tricks (for Cambridge, Trinity and Aptis exams)

Welcome to "Writing tricks," a free, online course to improve your writing skills. As an English teacher, I know how hard writing is. I will show you how to connect words to make sentences; how to use... Read more

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54. Articles | How to write the perfect article for your blog

54. Articles | How to write the perfect article for your blog

What are the top six steps that can turn your last article into a viral one? Is there anything you can do, or anything t... Read more

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41. Argumentative and Persuasive essays | How to write a good "agree or disagree" essay

41. Argumentative and Persuasive essays | How to write a good "agree or disagree" essay

What makes a good "agree/disagree" essay for the Cambridge exams, at a B2 level? Find out in today's episode. SAMPLE ES... Read more

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25. Syntax | How to identify sentence structures

25. Syntax | How to identify sentence structures

Can you identify sentence structures by understanding their underlying syntax? In this episode, we we'll have some guide... Read more

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3. How to visualise the five sentence structures

3. How to visualise the five sentence structures

How many sentence structures are there? Is it just one, a couple of them, or almost infinite? Does it really matter? Wel... Read more

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53. Articles | How to write an A+ article in an English exam

53. Articles | How to write an A+ article in an English exam

As we have covered in the previous episode, writing an article in an English exam context is just a way to show your exa... Read more

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40. Descriptive essays | How to write a good essay for the Cambridge exams (First Certificate, B2)

40. Descriptive essays | How to write a good essay for the Cambridge exams (First Certificate, B2)

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46. Formal letters and emails | How to begin and end a formal letter correctly (salutations)

46. Formal letters and emails | How to begin and end a formal letter correctly (salutations)

Do you know how to begin and end a formal letter (or email) correctly? Find out in today's episode THANK YOU FOR LISTE... Read more

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30. Academic writing | How to produce coherent texts

30. Academic writing | How to produce coherent texts

What are the characteristics of coherent texts? How can you recognise them and use them to improve your writing? Find ou... Read more

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29. Academic writing | How to achieve coherence and cohesion

29. Academic writing | How to achieve coherence and cohesion

Before we move any further into how to write a very good, decent paragraph, we need to consider two absolutely essential... Read more

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36. Essays | How to understand the structure of an essay

36. Essays | How to understand the structure of an essay

What is an essay? What are their main functions? How are essays organised? What are their main features? Find out in tod... Read more

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34. Academic writing | How to produce cohesive texts (cohesion)

34. Academic writing | How to produce cohesive texts (cohesion)

What is cohesion? What is the connection between cohesion and coherence? What are some cohesive devices at your disposal... Read more

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43. Academic writing | How examiners mark essay papers

43. Academic writing | How examiners mark essay papers

How do Cambridge examiners mark papers? Find out about "Content", "Communicative achievement", "Organisation and structu... Read more

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38. Essays | How to write a good body paragraph

38. Essays | How to write a good body paragraph

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15 Feb 2019

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28. Academic writing | How to fix faulty topic sentences

28. Academic writing | How to fix faulty topic sentences

Do you know how to identify a faulty topic sentence? Would you know how to fix it? Can you do it so that the rest of you... Read more

23 Jan 2019

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26. Academic writing | How to write a paragraph. PEEL and TiPToP strategies.

26. Academic writing | How to write a paragraph. PEEL and TiPToP strategies.

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33. Academic writing | How to improve text coherence

33. Academic writing | How to improve text coherence

In today's episode, we are going to explore how to fix a faulty, incoherent sentence in which some piece of key informat... Read more

4 Feb 2019

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37. Essays | How to write a good essay intro

37. Essays | How to write a good essay intro

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13 Feb 2019

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4. How to use adverbials in sentences

4. How to use adverbials in sentences

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48. Reviews | How to write the perfect review

48. Reviews | How to write the perfect review

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32. Academic writing | How to identify coherent ideas (2/2)

32. Academic writing | How to identify coherent ideas (2/2)

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