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English Vocabulary building for writers: Writing course: Tools (part 1): Vocabulary
The first step in developing writing skills is expanding your vocabulary base.
This doesn’t mean memorizing big, fancy words. It’s more important to be able to use natural expressions, precise language, and varied wording.
In this video, I outline some of the categories of vocabulary this channel will focus on and provide some examples.
🏆 Best way to improve vocabulary:
1. Read
 a lot!
2. Keep a notebook of new words, including other forms (parts of speech) and synonyms.
3. Use the words!
Join me every Thursday as I post videos to help you build your vocabulary base.
📌Adam’s English writing course includes videos posted every Monday and Thursday to help you with the steps above. Don’t forget to subscribe, or join the community (starting June). For a deep look at grammar, become a member (starting July 1st).
To improve your writing even faster, visit writetotop.com/ for books, services, and more resources. You can also subscribe to our newsletter. More details on the site.
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Komentáƙe

  • @ILoveYouAllah12
    @ILoveYouAllah12 Pƙed 21 hodinou

    Sir I know a lot of words very well but when it comes to writing and speaking I always use the same repeated words that I always use. Could you please tell me a way to use the other words as well?

  • @ILoveYouAllah12
    @ILoveYouAllah12 Pƙed 21 hodinou

    Thank you so much ❀❀❀❀

  • @felixbor3678
    @felixbor3678 Pƙed dnem

    Great video. As always. P.S. The camera loses focus from time to time

  • @behnazghahri9650
    @behnazghahri9650 Pƙed dnem

    ❀❀❀

  • @marceloalves4822
    @marceloalves4822 Pƙed dnem

    You are a great teacher! I like you very much!!

  • @boutrifbouchra
    @boutrifbouchra Pƙed dnem

    Thanks teacher Adam for the effective explanation ,regards.

  • @marilucyd1505
    @marilucyd1505 Pƙed dnem

    Hi Adam, how is it going? I always have trouble with noun order. If I wanted to say : " An early version of Titanic movie..." , can I make this sentence: "An early Titanic movie version...."? Which is best? I could also say: "An early version of the movie Titanic..."? Thanks,

  • @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk
    @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Pƙed dnem

    precision is good, yet what about word formation? Suffixes, prefixes and so on?

  • @ChandraKumaryogi
    @ChandraKumaryogi Pƙed dnem

    Hello sir why aren't you talking to me or why you're not talking to me? Which one is correct? Where to put not?

  • @LeonardoSanchez23
    @LeonardoSanchez23 Pƙed dnem

    Hello from Colombia! Having watched your videos for more than 7 years, my writing skills skyrocketed accordingly. 😊

  • @learnenglishwithhamid
    @learnenglishwithhamid Pƙed 4 dny

    In the age of AI, do we really need to improve our writing skills?

  • @harisabbasi2822
    @harisabbasi2822 Pƙed 4 dny

    Sir I want to join your English writing w classes classes online please guide

  • @anab1872
    @anab1872 Pƙed 4 dny

    In addition, the distance learner can better manage HIS time to both study and work as HE will have less pressure
 WHY DO SOME TEACHERS PROHIBIT THE PRONOUN “HE/HIM” IN SUCH SENTENCES AND STRONGLY RECOMMEND WRITING “THEY/THEM” REFERRING TO A PERSON, WHILE THE OTHERS USE “HE/HIM”? Which is correct?

  • @user-tq4fv8ie6q
    @user-tq4fv8ie6q Pƙed 4 dny

    “
 to switch to work-from-home-models 
” - please clear up, do we actually need the last hyphen? Thanks for the video

    • @WritetotheTop
      @WritetotheTop Pƙed 4 dny

      Good eye :) That's a typo. There should NOT be a hyphen before 'models'.

  • @ILoveYouAllah12
    @ILoveYouAllah12 Pƙed 5 dny

    Thank you so much respected sir ❀

  • @CoronaVirus-uy1cw
    @CoronaVirus-uy1cw Pƙed 5 dny

    Good job

  • @CoronaVirus-uy1cw
    @CoronaVirus-uy1cw Pƙed 5 dny

    Good job

  • @CoronaVirus-uy1cw
    @CoronaVirus-uy1cw Pƙed 5 dny

    Good job

  • @CoronaVirus-uy1cw
    @CoronaVirus-uy1cw Pƙed 5 dny

    Good job i want to do toefl

  • @CoronaVirus-uy1cw
    @CoronaVirus-uy1cw Pƙed 5 dny

    Good job

  • @comeconcon569
    @comeconcon569 Pƙed 5 dny

    "She's going to worship the ground he walks on".

  • @freefromcage5516
    @freefromcage5516 Pƙed 5 dny

    please do lesson on gerund. there is four types of gerunds please make them clear because these days I am working on gerund and I find them tough as a non native. also which words goes with gerunds and which one with infinitive this is very tricky to understand for learners like me. nice to see you again đŸ„°

  • @josephgarcia5082
    @josephgarcia5082 Pƙed 5 dny

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge. We appreciate you so much.

  • @maryam4851
    @maryam4851 Pƙed 5 dny

    awesome as always thank you so so much

  • @user-tk7oj1ow1t
    @user-tk7oj1ow1t Pƙed 5 dny

    This is a very underrated channel. I like this channel

  • @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk
    @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Pƙed 5 dny

    Sir Adam, with all respect and appreciation, I would like to inquire something: what is a noun clause and in what way it is different from an adverb clause? Thank you very much for this little gide. Best regards from Ukraine. Please, accept my sincere gratitude towards your divined work.

  • @Captain_911
    @Captain_911 Pƙed 5 dny

    We love you, we respect you, and we appreciate you.

  • @jennyolivia7251
    @jennyolivia7251 Pƙed 5 dny

    Nice one

  • @khaltube009
    @khaltube009 Pƙed 5 dny

    Hey there I'm Khalid Mohamed from Sudan I journalist but I looking to be bilingual journalist Arabic my mother tongue and English , I need to improve writing skills in English language your channel I think will help me to achieve that

  • @minasorosh8471
    @minasorosh8471 Pƙed 6 dny

    My good teacher, I am delighted to see you, I seriously need help in writing .

  • @jerjer3094
    @jerjer3094 Pƙed 6 dny

    We really need this!! A very underrated topic. Thank you!!

  • @ahmedsaleh4082
    @ahmedsaleh4082 Pƙed 7 dny

    Thank you Adam! Welcome back 🎉

  • @Chicca127
    @Chicca127 Pƙed 7 dny

    Bye, see you soon!

  • @Chicca127
    @Chicca127 Pƙed 7 dny

    Hi! Thank you for coming back😊

  • @mohammademran1098
    @mohammademran1098 Pƙed 7 dny

    proud to possess you as our couch.

  • @ILoveYouAllah12
    @ILoveYouAllah12 Pƙed 7 dny

    Hey, Adam! Hope you're doing well. I am so glad to see you again after a long time. Your lessons are really interesting, and they really help every individual a lot. Thanks for coming back. Best wishes

  • @hanshamalik5866
    @hanshamalik5866 Pƙed 7 dny

    Please make video on , continues infinitive and on moods.

  • @bassmahassan8163
    @bassmahassan8163 Pƙed 7 dny

    Happy to see you again , You are the best Adam . Please keep it up don’t be absent while others who do not have the required competence are always present and every day and reap millions of views.

  • @emanuela4287
    @emanuela4287 Pƙed 8 dny

    Hello dear Adam! Yeah so good to be back! (Finally! 😅) I am about to book IELTS again and I have some areas to work with, such as speaking and writing of course. Your help is much appreciated as well as your well prepared video contents! Do you know how to jump from 6,5 to band 8? Looking forward to your next accademic content! đŸ™đŸ€đŸŒŸđŸȘ·

  • @faridundavlatov3013
    @faridundavlatov3013 Pƙed 8 dny

    Long time no see Adam How are you man ?

  • @user-zv8ue6yw7u
    @user-zv8ue6yw7u Pƙed 8 dny

    hi Adam! so nice you are back with your super helpful lessons !!!

  • @Alex.Shalda
    @Alex.Shalda Pƙed 8 dny

    Hey Adam 🎉

  • @adafelatenciorincon3522

    Here's my reply, at last! I 've held this doubt in my mind for about 10 years, not finding anybody to clarify it until I found your channel. Excuse for my delay! The following is a full quote from page 183 of the book "The Third Chimpanzee" by Jared Diamond. I have split it into several parts just to show where the rule applies and also where it doesn't. As far as I understand, examples 1,2, and 4 are according to the rule but not so example 3. "For example, animal domestication arose partly from (1) people's keeping captive wild animals as pets, partly from (2) wild animals' learning to profit from the proximity of people (3) (e.g., wolves following human hunters to catch crippled prey). Similarly, early stages of plant domestication included (4) people's harvesting wild plants and discarding seeds, which they thereby accidentally "planted"". Shouldn't number 3 be "wolves' following"? Of course, it could also be a typo.

  • @SasoliStudiO
    @SasoliStudiO Pƙed 8 dny

    Happy days came again! Welcome Back Sir.

  • @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk
    @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Pƙed 8 dny

    Long time no see! Sir Adam, I am extremely delighted to see you again. I really hope that you are going to post your invaluable lessons weekly. I have so much excitement. I am really into writing in English, so this channel is incredibly helping me. Thank you so much! Best regards from Ukraine! Much obliged!

  • @faizazulfiqar2202
    @faizazulfiqar2202 Pƙed 8 dny

    Hi, so pleased to see you again today. Thank you.

  • @fabrizia1970
    @fabrizia1970 Pƙed 8 dny

    Hey, long not c you, look good buddy. People nowadays don't wanna write anymore, just short texts to talk each other through devices. This is the bad side of having all the technologies and not being able to handle cautiosly/consiously..that's it!

  • @WritetotheTop
    @WritetotheTop Pƙed 8 dny

    Hi Everyone. It's good to be back. Thank you for helping me reach 300k subscribers. Tell your friends they can also learn to write better in English 😄 Just a quick note: the website (2:19) has many resources, not just one. That was a typo. Sorry about that.

  • @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk
    @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Pƙed 11 dny

    Personally, I would like to see videos on your channnel as opposed to livestreams. Thank you anyway for this colaboration with your audience! Regards from Ukraine! Adam please, don't forget to create videos on this channel even if they are done once a month!

    • @WritetotheTop
      @WritetotheTop Pƙed 8 dny

      Regular videos to improve writing skills will be coming now ;)

    • @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk
      @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Pƙed 8 dny

      @@WritetotheTop Thanks a million, Adam!!!!!!! I highly appreciate your marvelous channel; keep up the great work!!!!

  • @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk
    @ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Pƙed 12 dny

    Sir Adam, please don't give up on this marvelous channel! It is super useful for writers all over the world! Please, please, please, and please make more videos on this channel! I have a few ideas if everyone doesn't I can come up with one! Ukraine eagerly awaits!❀