A writing lesson for absolute beginners Here are four very basic rules you must follow when writing simple paragraphs Learn the basics -- capitals indentation line spacing and more Then take the quiz Do you know how to write a basic paragraph This is not only for ESL students This is for everyone around the world even if you speak English even if you dont speak English This is a very very beautiful basic lesson on how to write small short beautiful paragraphs How to Write a Basic Paragraph Now I also want you to be very careful This is not how to write a 200-word essay for your university exam We dont have enough time in the world for me to teach you that and I probably forget So this is very simply how to write a basic English paragraph One two three four rules
Rule No 1 is Indent indent What does indent mean Indent basically means -- I learned this when I was a child -- you take your finger You can have a big finger a small finger -- I dont care You take your finger or two fingers and you make a little space like so This is called an indentation or indent So indent means you leave a space at the very first line of the paragraph And thats it You do not leave a space at any other lines in the paragraph only the first line So its very important that you only indent the first line of your paragraph like so
Okay The next thing that you have to do is you have to use a capital letter at the beginning of every sentence Now the word that Ive written is I Another rule in English is that every single time you write I it must be a capital So Im going to write an example sentence for you to illustrate what I mean I am a teacher Okay This is one sentence
So rule No 3 At the end of my sentence I must use a period A period is a dot if youd like So I am a teacher So what Im going to do is my next sentence Im going to begin it with a capital letter My -- so I want to say My name -- My name is Ronnie So what Ive done Rule No 1 indent Rule No 2 you have to use a capital letter at the beginning of every new sentence Rule No 3 youre going to use a period at the end of each sentence so that the person reading your beautiful paragraph knows when to stop and take a break For example if I did not have a period here Id say Im a teacher my name is Ronnie You need to break up your ideas So one sentence has one thought and one period I am a teacher My name is Ronnie
Next one No 4 I see this in a lot of students writing The two basic things about a paragraph are the form and the content The form is the most important The form is the indentation And dont use point form Do you know what point form is If youre typing something on Word or on an email point form is also called bullets which [makes shooting sounds] So bullet means you would put each new sentence on a new line So if I was to write this Im a teacher then I would put my next sentence here This is not how to make a paragraph This is point form So this is a bad paragraph What Im going to do is Im going to write until I almost reach the end of the page Dont write past the end of the page because then youre writing on the desk and it gets messy So I am a teacher My name is Ronnie I live -- so Im going to use up all of my line until the end -- I live in Canada What would you like to know about Canada Canada is very cold In the winter So as you can see by my example I only stop my sentence at the end of my paper I dont use each sentence on each line
So four basic things to remember when youre writing a basic English paragraph The first one is Indent the first line of your paragraph only Use a capital letter at the beginning of each new line or each new sentence And use a period at the end Also dont forget Dont use point form I am a teacher My name is Ronnie I live in Canada Canada is very cold Go to Subscribe on YouTube so you can find more great lessons like this Goodbye
