Now students' English handwriting（书法）gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If n  1., here are four steps that really work!

Use paper with lines

Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight i  2. of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be s  3. to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters(大写字母) are written properly.

Slow down

If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too q  4., it's hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more m  5..

Hold your pencil right

When you hold your pencil the correct way, writing is much e  6.. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student w 7. a good habit.

Draw more pictures

Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better w  8. you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by y  9. at home.

Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your f  10. run up to you? Give them your autographs(亲笔签名), of course!

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Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers（大臣）．Suddenly，he came up with（想出）an idea．He asked，“How many baskets of __1__ are there in the pool?” The ministers couldn’t give an answer．The king was angry，“You __2__ answer my questions in three days!”

Three days passed，but __3__ of the ministers had the answer．Just then，a child said that he knew it．The king __4__ the ministers to lead the child to the p001．To his surprise，the child  __5__ and said with a smile，“It is __6__．None need to go to the pool．”This made the king pleased．“All right! Let us know __7__ it is．”The child said，“If you know the __8__ of the basket，the answer is known．__9__ it is as big as the pool，there is one basket of water；half as big，two baskets…”“Stop! That’s it．You have got the answer．They were thinking of things __10__ a wrong way．”

Sometimes to get out of the difficulty，one must change one’s way of thinking．

Now students' English handwriting（书法）gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If n  【小题1】, here are four steps that really work!
Use paper with lines
Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight i  【小题2】 of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be s  【小题3】 to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters(大写字母) are written properly.
Slow down
If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too q  【小题4】, it's hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more m  【小题5】.
Hold your pencil right
When you hold your pencil the correct way, writing is much e  【小题6】. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student w 【小题7】 a good habit.
Draw more pictures
Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better w  【小题8】 you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by y  【小题9】 at home.
Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your f  【小题10】 run up to you? Give them your autographs(亲笔签名), of course!