Writing Lab — English Writing Practice
A complete writing curriculum from A1 to C1: 51 lessons that teach you to write real English — sentences, emails, paragraphs, essays, reports — plus a 15-page Writing Toolkit. Every lesson follows the same workflow, ends with a writing studio and an honest self-check (no fake AI grades — you learn to edit your own work).
The Writing Workflow
Every Writing Lab lesson is built on this workflow. You always know where you are: first you learn the skill, then you study a model, take it apart, practice the moves, and only then write your own text in the studio — where a Self-Check helps you count, spot, and fix. It does not grade you; it teaches you to grade yourself.
A1 — Writing Foundations (10 lessons)
Sentences, personal information, messages, notes, and your first emails — the bedrock of written English.
Your First Sentences: Subject + Verb + Object
Write clear, correct simple sentences with a subject, a verb, and an object — the building block of all English writing.
OpenWriting About Me: Personal Information
Write a short personal profile — your name, country, city, job or studies, and family — in clear, correct sentences.
OpenMy Day: Writing About Daily Routines
Write about your day in time order, using routine verbs and simple time expressions like “first”, “then”, and “at night”.
OpenDescribing People and Things
Describe a person or a favorite thing with simple adjectives in the correct position — before the noun or after “is/are”.
OpenCapital Letters and Periods: Sentence Basics
Use capital letters and periods correctly so every sentence you write looks clean and is easy to read.
OpenShort Messages: Texts and Quick Notes
Write short, friendly messages — to say thank you, ask a question, change a plan, or tell someone you are late.
OpenYour First Email: Greeting, Message, Closing
Write a complete short email with the three parts every email needs: a greeting, a short message, and a closing with your name.
OpenNotes and Lists: Writing to Remember
Write clear notes and lists — shopping lists, reminders, and short notes for family or roommates — that another person can understand fast.
OpenMy Home and My Town: There Is / There Are
Describe your home and your town with “there is / there are”, naming rooms, furniture, and places — and what you like about them.
OpenWriting Questions: Asking on Paper
Write correct questions — yes/no questions and question-word questions — with the question mark in the right place.
OpenA2 — Everyday Writing (10 lessons)
Paragraphs, invitations, polite requests, stories of trips, future plans, and clear opinions.
Your First Paragraph: One Idea, Well Built
Write a complete short paragraph: a topic sentence that names the idea, three or four supporting sentences, and a closing line.
OpenDescribing a Place You Love
Describe a real place so the reader can see it: where it is, what it looks like, what people do there, and how it feels.
OpenInformal Emails to Friends
Write a natural, friendly email to a friend: news, a question back, and a warm closing — in the relaxed tone friends actually use.
OpenInvitations and Replies: Saying Yes (and No) Politely
Write clear invitations with all the details (what, when, where), and reply to invitations — accepting warmly or declining politely with a reason.
OpenPolite Requests: Asking for Help in Writing
Write polite requests in messages and emails — asking for information, help, or a change — using “Could you…?” and softeners that keep you sounding friendly, not demanding.
OpenWriting About a Past Event: My Last Trip
Tell the story of a past trip or event in order, using past-simple verbs and time linkers like “first”, “after that”, and “in the end”.
OpenFuture Plans and Goals
Write about your plans and goals with “going to” for plans and “will” for hopes and decisions, organized from this week to next year.
OpenLinking Words: And, But, Because, So, First, Then, Finally
Connect your sentences with the seven essential linking words so your writing flows instead of stopping and starting.
OpenGiving Your Opinion in Writing
Write clear opinions with “I think / In my opinion”, support each with a reason and an example, and finish with a confident closing line.
OpenWriting About Your Job or Studies
Describe your job or your studies clearly: what you do, where, your daily tasks, what you like, and what is difficult.
OpenB1 — Intermediate Writing (12 lessons)
Organized paragraphs, personal and formal tone, narratives, reviews, and your first full essays.
Paragraph Structure: Topic Sentence, Support, Conclusion
Build paragraphs like a professional: a controlling topic sentence, three kinds of support (reason, example, detail), and a concluding sentence that does real work.
OpenPersonal Emails That Sound Natural
Write personal emails with a natural flow — catching up, sharing news in scenes, reacting to your reader's news, and making plans — without sounding stiff or chaotic.
OpenFormal vs Informal: Choosing the Right Tone
Recognize and control register: rewrite the same message in informal, neutral, and formal English, and choose the right one for each reader.
OpenThe Opinion Paragraph: Stance, Support, Concession
Write a mature opinion paragraph: a clear stance, two developed reasons, a concession to the other side, and a conclusion that answers it.
OpenAdvantages and Disadvantages: Balanced Writing
Write a balanced advantages/disadvantages text: parallel points on both sides, honest weighting, and a conclusion that judges instead of shrugging.
OpenTelling a Story: Narrative Writing
Write a gripping short narrative: set the scene fast, build through a problem, slow down at the climax, and land the ending — mixing past simple and past continuous like a native storyteller.
OpenDescribing Experiences: A Day I Will Never Forget
Describe a memorable experience with present-perfect framing (“I have never…”, “the best… I have ever…”), scene detail, and reflection on what it changed.
OpenExplaining How Something Works
Explain a process step by step — how something is made, done, or works — with sequencing language, the passive where it fits, and an introduction that promises the whole journey.
OpenWriting Reviews: Movies, Books, and Places
Write a review readers can trust: a quick summary without spoilers, what works, what doesn't, who it's for — and a verdict with a score that your text earns.
OpenYour First Essay: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Write a complete short essay: an introduction ending in a thesis statement, two body paragraphs that each prove one point, and a conclusion that answers “so what?”.
OpenLinking Words at B1: However, Although, In Addition, As a Result
Upgrade your connections: contrast with however/although, add with in addition/furthermore, chain results with as a result/consequently, and give examples with for instance — with correct punctuation.
OpenConclusions That Land: Ending With Force
Write conclusions that give the reader something to keep: restate the idea in new words, answer “so what?”, and finish with one of the five strong closing moves.
OpenB2 — Upper-Intermediate Writing (10 lessons)
Argumentative and problem–solution essays, formal email, reports, cohesion, and precisely calibrated language.
The Opinion Essay: A Position, Fully Defended
Write a complete opinion essay: a thesis with a roadmap, two or three developed arguments, a counterargument answered in its own paragraph, and a conclusion that sharpens the position.
OpenArgumentative Writing: Claims, Evidence, and Refutation
Master the working parts of argumentation: claims that can be tested, evidence that can be checked, warrants that connect them, and refutations that strengthen rather than decorate.
OpenProblem and Solution: Essays That Fix Things
Write a problem-solution essay: prove the problem is real and costly, present two solutions with honest feasibility checks, and recommend the strongest with an implementation first step.
OpenCause and Effect: Tracing Chains Honestly
Write cause-effect texts that trace chains link by link, distinguish causes from correlations, and weigh which cause matters most.
OpenCompare and Contrast: Two Architectures
Organize comparisons like an architect: block method vs point-by-point, parallel criteria, and comparative language that measures instead of merely listing differences.
OpenFormal Emails and Professional Communication
Write formal emails that get things done: precise subject lines, one-purpose bodies, requests with deadlines and reasons, and closings that respect the reader's rank and time.
OpenWriting Reports: Findings People Actually Read
Structure and write a clear report: title, summary that contains the answer, background, findings organized by theme, and recommendations a decision-maker can act on Monday morning.
OpenCritical Reviews: Judging With Criteria
Write reviews that judge by declared criteria: rate a work against its own genre's standards, use evidence from the work itself, and write criticism that creators could act on.
OpenCohesion and Coherence: Making Texts Flow and Make Sense
Diagnose and repair the two kinds of flow: cohesion (the visible stitches: referencing, substitution, linking) and coherence (the invisible logic: whether the ideas actually follow).
OpenHedging and Precise Language: Saying Exactly How Sure You Are
Calibrate your certainty: use hedging devices (may, tend to, relatively, in most cases) where evidence is partial, and strike hard where it is proven — so readers trust your strong claims.
OpenC1 — Advanced Writing (9 lessons)
Sophisticated argumentation, academic writing, synthesis, rhetoric, and the editor's craft.
Sophisticated Argumentation: Dialectic, Framing, and the Long Game
Argue the way strong thinkers argue: frame the question before answering it, argue dialectically (thesis → strongest antithesis → synthesis), and concede strategically so your final position stands on ground you chose.
OpenAcademic Writing: Voice, Stance, and the Literature Conversation
Write academic prose with a controlled voice: position yourself among other scholars (the literature conversation), report their claims with calibrated verbs, and let your stance emerge from selection and emphasis rather than declaration.
OpenCritical Analysis: Reading Against the Text
Analyze texts the way critics do: identify what a text assumes, whom it serves, what it omits, and how its language manufactures agreement — then write the analysis with evidence quoted line by line.
OpenSynthesis: Writing From Multiple Sources
Synthesize sources the way scholars do: extract each source's claim on a common question, stage their agreement and friction, and produce a position that belongs to none of them — with citations that let readers audit every step.
OpenFormal Reports at C1: Analysis, Caveats, and Decisions
Write the analytical report professionals actually sign: findings weighted by confidence, caveats that quantify uncertainty, dissent recorded rather than buried, and recommendations that survive contact with a skeptical board.
OpenPersuasive Writing and Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos, Logos — and Timing
Write persuasion that respects its reader: build ethos before you need it, argue logos clean enough to survive audit, spend pathos like capital, and time the ask to the moment the reader has been prepared to hear it.
OpenComplex Sentence Architecture: Subordination, Rhythm, and Control
Build long sentences that stay lucid: layer subordination deliberately, place the main clause where you want the stress, vary sentence length for rhythm, and punctuate complexity so the reader never re-reads.
OpenNominalization and Academic Register: The Power and the Price
Control nominalization deliberately: use it to package old information and sound appropriately formal, and unwind it to restore actors, verbs, and responsibility where clarity or honesty demands.
OpenConcision, Editing, and Revision: The Final Ten Percent
Run a professional revision system: separate the passes (structure, paragraph, sentence, word), cut with rules rather than moods, and know when a text is finished — when every remaining sentence is load-bearing.
OpenThe Writing Toolkit
Fifteen reference pages for the mechanics and architecture of writing — punctuation, paragraphs, linking words, essay blueprints. Open the full Toolkit →
Punctuation: The Complete Guide
Punctuation is not decoration — it is the traffic system of your sentences. This guide covers every mark you need, what it does, and the errors that make readers stumble.
OpenCapitalization Rules: When to Use Capital Letters
English capitalization is a small system with strict rules. Master the ten cases below and your writing will look careful before a single idea is judged.
OpenSentence Structure: Building Blocks and Types
Every English sentence is built from the same kit: a subject, a verb, and patterns for adding the rest. Know the four sentence types and you can build — and repair — anything.
OpenHow to Write an English Paragraph
One idea, fully developed, in a shape readers trust: topic sentence, support, conclusion. This page is the whole craft of the paragraph on one screen.
OpenLinking Words: The Complete Bank, by Job
Linking words are instructions to the reader about how two ideas relate. Use the word that matches the real relationship — this bank is organized by job, not by alphabet.
OpenTransition Words for Essays: Moving Between Ideas
Linking words glue sentences; transition words move the whole essay. They announce your architecture — here is another point, here is the turn, here is the verdict — so the reader always knows where they are in your argument.
OpenFormal vs Informal English: A Side-by-Side Guide
Register is the costume your facts wear. The same message must change clothes for a friend, a colleague, and a director — here is the whole wardrobe, side by side.
OpenCommon Writing Mistakes: The Top Fifteen, Fixed
Fifteen errors account for most of what makes learner writing look like learner writing. Each one below: the error, why it happens, and the fix. Eliminate these and your text jumps a level overnight.
OpenSentence Variety: Length, Openers, and Rhythm
Monotonous prose is rarely a vocabulary problem — it is a rhythm problem. Variety comes from three dials: sentence length, sentence openers, and sentence types. Here is how to turn each one.
OpenActive vs Passive Voice: Choosing on Purpose
Neither voice is 'better'. The active puts an actor in lights; the passive puts the result there. Weak writers default to one; strong writers choose per sentence, for emphasis and for honesty.
OpenConcise Writing: Cutting Without Losing Meaning
Wordiness is not a style — it is unedited thought. This page holds the conversion table and the four cutting rules that turn padded prose into dense, professional writing.
OpenWord Choice: Precision, Register, and Dead Words
Style is mostly word choice at close range: the exact verb instead of the vague one, the concrete noun instead of the fog, and the removal of words that have died from overuse.
OpenCollocations for Writing: Words That Belong Together
Native writing is built from partnerships: we make decisions, do homework, take risks, and reach conclusions. Learn the partnerships and your sentences stop sounding translated.
OpenParagraph Cohesion: Reference Chains and the Given–New Contract
Cohesion is how a paragraph's sentences hold hands: pronouns pointing unambiguously, key words echoing, and each sentence opening with what the reader already knows and closing with what is new.
OpenEssay Organization: Blueprints for Every Essay Type
Essays are not written; they are assembled from blueprints. Here are the five standard architectures — with the introduction formula, body logic, and closing move for each — plus the planning habits that keep them standing.
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