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This is the first part of a quote you might have seen popping up in various posts on English. Quite rightly, this is a monotonous and boring piece of writing. How can your child improve his writing so that it becomes interesting?

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Use different types of sentences. The simplest way is to add other types of sentences like an interrogative sentence (a question) or an exclamatory sentence (an exclamation that expresses a strong emotion) into your writing.

Vary the length of your sentences. Short sentences show action and create a faster pace while longer sentences slow down the action and make the reader think more.

By using a variety of long and short, your child’s story will sound more interesting. This will help him score well for language. I know that children usually struggle with long sentences. In the next tip, I will cover synthesising sentences within an essay to achieve a better flow of sentence structures within a story.