English Writing

Writing skills are an important part of communication. Good writing skills allow you to communicate your message with clarity and ease to a far larger audience than through face-to-face or telephone conversations.

You might be called upon to write a report, plan or strategy at work; write a grant application or press release within a volunteering role; or you may fancy communicating your ideas online via a blog. And, of course, a well written CV or résumé with no spelling or grammatical mistakes is essential if you want a new job.

Today, when anyone can be their own publisher, we see more and more examples of poor writing skills both in print and on the web. Poor writing skills create poor first impressions and many readers will have an immediate negative reaction if they spot a spelling or grammatical mistake. As just one example, a spelling mistake on a commercial web page may cause potential customers to doubt the credibility of the website and the organisation.

For many of us it will have been a long time since we were taught any writing skills and a refresher may be needed.

This application is designed for intermediate learners of English as second language (ESL). It contains 20 English writing practice tests in the form of filling the gaps in a given passage.

In each test, you will be given one passage with 20 blank gaps inside it. You are required to fill in each gap with only one suitable word. There could possibly be more than one word which matches the gap but you are requested to use one word only.

You earn 5 points for each correct answer. There is no penalty for wrong answer. After you finish, your score will be reported (over maximum 100 points) and you will have chance to review your correct and wrong answer.

There is no time limit but you are encourage to complete each test in around 20 minutes.