English writing ability is a very important aspect of language communicative competence, and writing test is an important way to test students' written communicative competence. In recent years, the English questions of senior high school entrance examination in various places have gradually increased the difficulty and score of written expression, and the forms are also various. To deal with the English writing questions in the senior high school entrance examination, students should have solid basic language skills, and have certain ability to examine questions, imagine, express and evaluate. Candidates can be confident and comfortable in the fierce competition of the senior high school entrance examination only by consciously and systematically training their English writing ability in their usual study. If you want to get high marks on the English writing questions in the senior high school entrance examination, you should pay attention to the usual training and master the test-taking skills.

First of all, take email writing as an example to talk about how to train English writing in peacetime.

With the rapid development of Internet, e-mail plays an increasingly important role in information exchange. In order to adapt to the development of the times, some e-mail writing questions have appeared in the English test questions of the senior high school entrance examination in recent years.

1. Pay attention to the writing format and writing style.

E-mail writing is similar to letters, but the style is more casual and communicative. The appellation in e-mail is more casual, which can be regarded as formal or informal, just like letters. It can also be like spoken language, such as "hello, Dave" and "hello, Mr. Liang"; The body of an e-mail usually goes straight to the subject; The text format can be indented, that is, the beginning of each natural paragraph is indented backwards by four letters; It can also be end to end, that is, each paragraph starts from the left, each line is aligned into a vertical line, and the segments are separated by double spacing; The conclusion and signature of e-mail are different from letters, and are generally aligned to the left. Use the same sentences as in the letter.

2. Recite classic sentences

Each style has its own commonly used classic sentences. Pay attention to these sentences on weekdays, and you can make the finishing point when writing. The book Junior High School English Writing, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, summarizes the classic sentences corresponding to each style, saving students the trouble of finding the summary. The book summarizes the classic sentences of e-mail writing as follows:

1. Glad to hear from you. I am glad to receive your email.

Thank you for your email. Thank you for your email.

Thank you very much ... thank you very much. ...

Please send it to us ... please send it to us. ...

Please email me ... please email me. ...

Please explain … please explain …

7. Can you tell me ...? Can you tell me ...?

8. Is it possible for you to ...? Can you ... ...

9. I would appreciate it if you could ...

10. We would appreciate it if you could ... We would appreciate it if you could.

I'd be happy to ... I think ...

12. I am writing this email to …

13. Please check the attachment ... Please see the attachment. ...

14. Through this email, you will find that ... is attached with the email. ...

15 ... attached to the email. Attached to the email ...

16. I hope this short message/email can make you healthy. I hope you are all right now.

3, training from easy to difficult

Students should not be eager for quick success and instant benefit in writing task training, but expect to make rapid progress through several exercises. "Rome was not built in a day." English writing ability is not achieved overnight. It must be from shallow to deep, from simple to complex, from easy to difficult, step by step, interlocking. The practice of each style should start with the writing foundation of propositional form. Conduct basic training, write letters, words and sentences correctly and skillfully, and pay attention to case and punctuation; Then practice words and sentences, sentence segmentation, common sentence patterns and stylistic structures, and finally practice imitation or rewriting and related examination questions. Here, the e-mail writing in Junior High School English Writing published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press is still taken as an example. The first writing task given by the editor is to complete sentences according to Chinese prompts. This exercise starts with basic sentence patterns and lays the foundation for the following writing. The second writing task is to complete the email according to Chinese tips and pictures. The purpose of this kind of exercises is to make students feel the writing characteristics of e-mail while thinking about the correct answers. The third exercise is to read the email model and then imitate it. At this point, students have been trained in correct sentences, correct stylistic formats and standardized writing characteristics. The fourth and eighth exercises are to write an email according to the Chinese prompts or the information given. That is, training for different types of test questions, and constantly consolidate and improve the writing ability of e-mail.

The level of writing is not only a matter of language and stylistic structure, but also involves language habits, cultural background, customs and ways of thinking. Although these are not the direct training contents of writing questions, they are inseparable from written communication. This kind of knowledge is often the deep determinant of sentence correctness and language appropriateness. Therefore, students should pay attention to accumulating and internalizing these knowledge closely related to writing. Many books, such as junior high school English writing mentioned above, provide students with knowledge related to writing, so pay attention to reading when using them.

After every exam, there is a saying that "it is extraordinary" and "the exam is not good". How to avoid "failing in the exam" and strive for "extraordinary performance"? In addition to a solid writing foundation, you should also master some exam-taking skills.

The requirements for written expression in the senior high school entrance examination are: being able to make sentences according to different situations within the scope of vocabulary, sentence patterns and grammar; Be able to write simple paragraphs according to the prompts and imitate the topics or topics you have learned. Written expression is a question that can fully examine students' comprehensive language use ability, and it is also a question that loses more points in the senior high school entrance examination. In order to get good grades, you should do the following three things in the exam:

1. Carefully examine the questions and write an outline before writing.

Candidates must not rush to write when answering written expression questions. When reviewing the questions, we must fully and accurately grasp the information given by the questions, analyze and sort out, clarify the theme, list the main points, and don't miss them. Also pay attention to the person, time, place, person and other information required by the topic to avoid misuse.

The English composition required by the senior high school entrance examination has its own format, especially practical articles, such as diaries, letters, notices and notes. Therefore, before you start writing, you must be clear about the requirements of the topic, so that you can write articles in different formats according to different genres.

Clear organization is a condition for getting high marks in the composition of the senior high school entrance examination. Therefore, an outline should be drafted after careful examination. The time for the senior high school entrance examination is limited, so it is impossible to write the paragraph structure carefully. It is suggested to list the writing outline and paragraph structure in the form of a draft, arrange the main points listed before in a certain logical order, and then think about the main vocabulary, sentence patterns and tenses used in the article around this order to prepare for the next writing.

2. Avoid wrong standard writing

Fluent writing, accurate language and proper words are the keys to getting high marks in the composition of the senior high school entrance examination. In the process of writing, candidates should try to use their familiar vocabulary and sentence expressions. Although the proper use of a certain number of long sentences in writing can show the examinee's solid basic knowledge of English, there are many opportunities for mistakes because of the many components and complex structure of long sentences. Candidates use as few or no long sentences as possible when they are not sure, so as not to bring unnecessary losses to the composition. When you encounter unfamiliar words and phrases, you should learn to be flexible and simplify them.

Writing should stick to the center, to the tips, and don't play it at will, and digress from Wan Li.

Correct use of sentence tense is the basic requirement of English composition in senior high school entrance examination. Generally speaking, narratives describe what has happened and should be based on the past tense; Notice about what will happen, should be based on the future tense; Explanatory articles should focus on the present tense to clarify the facts.

The consistency of writing is also an important criterion for the composition score of the senior high school entrance examination. Clever use of conjunctions is the key to the coherence of articles. If we add some conjunctions on the basis of simple sentences and according to the relationship between sentences, we can make the writing of the article natural and smooth.

Pay attention to relaxation when writing, write regularly, keep the surface clean and tidy, and try not to make or make fewer spelling mistakes.

3. Check carefully and remedy in time.

After writing, read the article carefully and comprehensively once or twice. The main aspects of inspection are: whether the topic is appropriate, whether the format is correct, whether the tense is appropriate, whether the spelling, capitalization and punctuation are correct, whether the grammar and words are standardized, whether the sentences are fluent, whether the levels are clear, whether the paragraphs are deducted, whether the number of words meets the requirements and whether the main points are complete. When problems are found, they should be corrected in time, and the writing should be rigorous and foolproof.

In short, we should pay attention to the proper training of English writing and adopt appropriate test-taking skills in the exam, so as to get good grades in the senior high school entrance examination. This is a life-defining moment.