NES EAS Writing (NT002) study plan

Identify and correct the eight parts of speech in 40 original sentences, labeling the function of each underlined word.

Distinguish subject-verb agreement errors caused by intervening phrases, inverted order, and indefinite pronouns across 30 items.

Explain the difference between restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses and apply it to pronoun choice (that vs. which, who vs. whom) in 20 sentences.

Write a one-page personal error log listing the five grammar mistakes you make most often, with a corrected example of each.

Apply consistent verb tense and mood across multi-clause sentences, correcting 25 faulty shifts.

Resolve pronoun-antecedent agreement and vague pronoun reference in 25 passages.

Distinguish commonly confused word pairs (affect/effect, lie/lay, its/it's, principal/principle, fewer/less) in 30 fill-in items you write yourself.

Revise 10 of your own past writing samples to eliminate dangling and misplaced modifiers.

Identify and repair sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices in 30 examples, stating the repair strategy used for each.

Combine short sentences into complex and compound-complex sentences using subordination, relative clauses, and participial phrases (20 combinations).

Place commas correctly for introductory elements, nonessential clauses, items in a series, and coordinate adjectives across 25 sentences.

Explain the difference between a semicolon, a colon, and a dash, and use each correctly in 15 original sentences.

Apply apostrophe, quotation-mark, and hyphen rules in 25 items covering possession, dialogue, titles, and compound modifiers.

Demonstrate parallel structure in lists, comparisons, and correlative conjunctions across 20 revisions.

Distinguish active from passive voice and choose appropriately in 15 sentences, justifying each choice in one line.

Draft a 300-word passage and then revise it twice, documenting each change and the reason for it.

Apply a staged revision process (content, organization, sentence-level, proofreading) to one draft, keeping notes at each stage.

Cut wordiness by 20% in a 400-word passage without losing meaning, listing each deletion.

Evaluate two sample essays against a rubric you write covering clarity, development, organization, and conventions.

Proofread a deliberately error-laden 350-word passage and locate at least 90% of the planted errors.

Write thesis statements for 10 prompts and test each for specificity, arguability, and scope.

Outline three essays using different organizational patterns (chronological, compare-contrast, problem-solution), labeling topic sentences for each body paragraph.

Write topic sentences and concluding sentences for 15 body paragraphs, ensuring each topic sentence states a claim rather than a fact.

Identify and repair weak transitions and abrupt paragraph shifts in a 500-word essay.

Draft two timed 45-minute essays (approximately 500 words each) on argumentative and expository prompts, using the outline method from week 6.

Integrate at least two concrete examples or pieces of evidence into each body paragraph of a practice essay.

Revise each timed essay for organization and conventions, then score it against your week-5 rubric.

Write three introduction strategies and three conclusion strategies, and apply a different pair to each practice essay.

Complete a full-length timed practice set covering all five domains under exam conditions.

Review every missed item, categorize the error by domain, and re-teach the underlying rule in your own words.

Rewrite the two lowest-scoring essays from week 7, targeting the weaknesses you identified.

Consolidate your error logs and reference sheets into a single one-page pre-exam review sheet.