Handwriting

Your handwriting is important in writing exams. You must write clearly and carefully. If your teacher or the examiner can’t read your writing, you will lose marks. Here are some tips to improve your handwriting for exams. 

  • If your handwriting is bad, practise writing at home. Time yourself doing writing tasks to practise writing clearly. 

  • If your handwriting is bad, try different pens. Some people write better with certain types of pens. Find a pen that you write well with.
  • Write on every other line of the paper (i.e. write on lines 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.). Then you have space to go back and add or change information clearly and easily. It saves you time because you don’t have to write out the writing exam again.

  • If you have lots of time in the exam, you may want to write a clean copy of your task again, but remember, this can take a lot of time! If you have extra time, you should review your work and check for mistakes. 

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Have you got good handwriting? Do you like writing by hand or do you prefer typing? 

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Submitted by Andrii on Sun, 01/24/2021 - 13:49

My handwriting isn't very good, but if I write a test, I try to write clearly. But, to be honest, I prefer typing.
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Submitted by Princess_Cookie on Tue, 04/09/2019 - 14:37

My handwriting is soooo bad XD But when ı write slow ı can write good :)
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