英语写作在英语学习中占着不可忽视的位置。写作主要包括两大方面：一是内容，即写什么；二是表述，即如何用语言把内容表述出来。英语写作是对英语语言知识的积极运用。然而，有些学生虽然想象丰富，思路开阔，但是语言表达却显得苍白无力。如何提高英语表达能力，并非一件易事。

1．句子要正确。合乎语法。要注意汉英两种语言在表达上的差异，避免中国式英语。请比较下面两组句子：

1） 误：Only this, we can hope to do the work well.

正：Only in this way can we hope to do the work well.

只有这样，我们才有希望把工作做好。

2） 误：It was dark, they had to feel their way upstairs.

正：It was dark, so they had to feel their way upstairs.

It was so dark that they had to feel their way upstairs.

It was dark; they had to feel their way upstairs.

As it was dark, they had to feel their way.

天太黑，他们不得不摸索上楼。

例1）里的“only this”在整个句子里不合乎语法，纯属中国式的英语，而且本句以“only”开头，要用倒装语序。例2）也是按汉语的习惯，两个单句之间不用连词，直接用逗号隔开；而英语则要么有连语；要么用分号或句号隔开。