How to write a basic paragraph

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.

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Test your understanding of the English lesson by answering these questions. You will get the answers and your score at the end of the quiz.

Sentences in English must begin with a capital letter.

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At the end of most sentences, we must use a period.

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Each sentence should start on a new line.

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When do we capitalize "i" or "I" used by itself?

alwaysneveronly in formal writingonly in informal writingonly in titles

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The word after a comma (,) usually starts with

a capital lettera small letter

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A person's name is usually written with:

a capital lettera small lettera capital letter only for the first namea capital letter only for the last name

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What is an indent?

leaving one empty lineusing a capital letterleaving some space on the left side of the lineusing special punctuation like a question mark or an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence

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When do we use question marks?

At the beginning and end of all questions.At the end of all questions.At the end of all questions that could be read as statements without the question mark.At the beginning of all questions.

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We need to put a number at the beginning of all new paragraphs.

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How do we usually separate paragraphs?

an exclamation markan indenta question markstart the new paragaph with a capital letter

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