Excellence in Written Expression for Secondary Students

ISBN: 9781875695904
The exercises can be used at home for extra practice, consolidation and further challenge, or for individual and group work in the classroom.
Contents

Using other words besides ‘big’ and ‘small’
Varying sentence beginnings
Using words to describe feelings
Choosing the more effective word 1
Using commas
A job application
Developing an opening paragraph
Using better words than ‘go’
Proofreading a sample essay
Using a variety of colour words
Correcting faulty sentences
Using capital letters
Choosing the more effective word  2
Using colour words
Using words to link sentences
Choosing the more effective word 3
Check your apostrophes
Check your hyphens
Using a single word
Using other words besides ‘said’
Words easily confused
Using the correct tense
Choosing the more effective word  4
Identifying euphemisms
Using better adjectives
Describing a person
Paragraphing
Using other words besides ‘nice’
Using better verbs
Understanding terminology used in writing …
Using terminology
Making sentences parallel
Shades of meaning 1
Using prepositions 1
Making your writing concise 1
Paragraphing 2
Singulars and plurals
Using the word ‘also’
Understanding register 1
Avoiding the word ‘thing’
Positioning the word ‘only’
Varying sentence beginnings 2
Writing concisely
Developing an opening paragraph 2
Checking verb tenses
Paragraphing 3
Punctuating dialogue
Varying sentence beginnings 3
Joining with a preposition and a pronoun
Correcting faulty sentences 2
Avoiding omissions in sentences
Using words to link sentences
Using active rather than passive voice
Words easily confused 2
Paragraphing 4
Using better adjectives 2
Using prepositions 2
Using better verbs 2
Shades of meaning 2
Making your writing concise 2
Paragraphing 5
Proofreading a sample essay 2
Developing an open paragraph 3
Varying sentence beginnings 4
Adjective or adverb?
Using a single word 2
Correcting faulty sentences 3
Proofreading a sample essay 3
Precis writing 1
Using a single word 3
Correcting misplaced or dangling phrases …
Words easily confused 3
Paragraphing 6
Using better adjectives 3
Correcting misplaced phrases or clauses
Precis writing 2
Using better verbs 3
Paragraphing 7
Shades of meaning 3
Making your writing concise 3
Words frequently misspelt 1
Understanding register 2
Paragraphing 8
Words frequently misspelt 2