It may share news, thank someone or invite a friend.
A greeting and ending help organise it, but the middle must contain the actual message.
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Easy / Start here
Dear Nila, Thank you for lending me your book.
Moderate / Add a little
Best wishes, Amali
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A friendly letter has a reader and a purpose. It may share news, thank someone or invite a friend. A greeting and ending help organise it, but the middle must contain the actual message. Group related sentences and use a friendly tone appropriate to the relationship. Do not fill the page with memorised opening phrases that say very little. A thank-you letter can name the kindness, explain why it helped and add a warm ending. These details make the thanks personal and clear.
Make a short plan before writing. Check whether every required detail is included and whether the reader knows what you want them to understand or do. Use invented addresses when practising and do not publish private contact information. Finally, check names, dates and punctuation as carefully as grammar because these details affect the letter’s usefulness.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Conjunctions connect ideas in different ways. And adds a related idea. But introduces a contrast. Because gives a reason. So introduces a result. The correct choice depends on the relationship between the ideas, not on which word looks most advanced. A clear link can make two simple ideas easier to understand. ‘The path was wet, but we walked carefully’ contrasts a difficulty with an action. ‘We walked carefully because the path was wet’ explains the reason for that action.
Say the ideas separately, decide their relationship and then choose the connector. Re-read to check that the link makes sense. Do not make one sentence so long that the reader loses the main idea. Full stops are useful too. When a sentence already has because joining its cause and action, avoid adding so for the same relationship.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Start with meaning: is the purpose clear, is important information missing and do the sentences connect?
Next, check grammar you have studied, such as subject-verb agreement and tense.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
She goes every day.
Moderate / Add a little
Please come at two o’clock in Room 4.
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Editing improves how well a text communicates. Start with meaning: is the purpose clear, is important information missing and do the sentences connect? Next, check grammar you have studied, such as subject-verb agreement and tense. Finally, check capital letters, punctuation and word spelling. This order prevents a tidy surface from hiding an unclear message. ‘Our club meet on Friday’ needs meets because club is singular. A corrected sentence is still incomplete as an invitation if the time and place are missing.
Read once as a writer and once as the intended reader. Use a short checklist rather than changing every sentence. If a correction makes the meaning worse, reconsider it. Look up an uncertain spelling in a trusted source and record the word in a useful phrase. A successful edit solves a real problem; it is not simply a page full of crossing out.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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