English at Home

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

✍️ 10 Ways to Improve Your English Writing Skills at Home

1. Keep a Daily Journal

Write a few sentences or a paragraph each day about your thoughts, your day, or something new you learned. Don’t worry about being perfect — just get used to writing regularly.

➡️ Useful tip: Try journaling in Google Docs so you can use grammar tools while writing.

2. Use Grammarly for Instant Feedback

Install Grammarly (free version available) to help you spot grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary mistakes as you write. It also gives you suggestions to improve tone and clarity.

3. Practise with Online Writing Prompts

Use prompts like:

“Describe your dream home.”
“Do you think technology makes life easier or harder?”
You can find new prompts every day at:
📝 https://writingexercises.co.uk
🎯 https://www.dailywritingtips.com

4. Rewrite and Improve Sentences

Take simple sentences and practise making them longer or more formal. For example:
➡️ “I like coffee.” → “I enjoy drinking coffee in the morning because it helps me feel more awake.”

Try tools like Quillbot to explore sentence rewrites and synonyms.

5. Learn and Use Linking Words

Connect your ideas more smoothly with words like:

Furthermore
Although
For example
As a result
Practise writing short paragraphs using at least 3 linking words.

👉 Guide: Cambridge Linking Words List (PDF)

6. Write Short Essays or Opinion Paragraphs

Choose a simple topic (e.g., “Should school uniforms be required?”) and write 100–150 words giving your opinion and reasons. This is great IELTS/TOEFL-style practice.

Get feedback from:
🧠 https://www.langcorrect.com (Submit writing, get corrections from others)

7. Practise with Song Lyrics or Stories

Rewrite the lyrics of your favourite song into formal language, or change a story’s ending. This helps improve creativity and vocabulary. Use:
🎵 https://www.lyricstraining.com (to practise with lyrics)

8. Use AI Tools like ChatGPT to Check or Improve Writing

Paste your writing into ChatGPT and ask:

“Can you check my grammar and explain my mistakes?”
“Can you improve this to sound more academic?”
This helps you learn why something is wrong — not just that it is.

9. Read More — and Copy Good Writing

Good writers are often good readers. Read blogs, articles, or short stories. When you see a nice sentence, copy the structure and make your own version.

📰 Try: https://breakingnewsenglish.com (Short news for learners)

10. Join Online Writing Communities

Being part of a writing group motivates you and helps you learn from others. You can:

Share your writing
Get corrections
Read others’ work and give feedback

🗨️ Try joining:
💬 Reddit: r/EnglishLearning
📝 Lang-8 (Archived site, now see LangCorrect)