Writing Better English for ESL Learners
in a compound sentence with the conjunction and(Compare to sample sentence L.) antecedent of the relative pronoun whose(Compare ...
with a verb in the past tense after the phrase When he arrived(Compare to sample sentence I.) in a compound sentence with the c ...
with a verb in the past tense after the phrase While I was visiting Korea (Compare to sample sentence I.) in a compound sentenc ...
object of a preposition (Compare to sample sentence D.) possessive -’s(Compare to sample sentence F.) with an irregular past te ...
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4 Story Completion Understanding the Format In this section of the writing program you will write a variety of stories. But you ...
should they go? To or to ? “I want to go to Mexico,” Mary said. “I heard it’s and .” “I think I’d like to go to India,” John rep ...
“We could swim during the day, and at night or ,” John said. “And we could go shopping .” Mary was happy with the idea, because ...
Exercise 4.2The Ant and the Grasshopper.The story line: An ant is busy work- ing to prepare for winter. A grasshopper is lazy an ...
“Winter is a long way off,” the grasshopper said. “I’d rather .” “You might be sorry when ,” the ant warned. “You should plan fo ...
Exercise 4.3 I’m No Cook!The story line: A man is taking care of his children and his house by himself. He wants to make a nice ...
. It seemed easy enough, although . I got the ingredients I needed out of the cupboard:. I started with the salad. I rinsed a he ...
and pepper and . I peeled three potatoes and six and. Before I put the roast in the oven, I checked the shelf. I didn’t want . T ...
Exercise 4.4The Circle of Stones.The story line: Two women claim to be the mother of a lost child. A judge has to decide which w ...
“Then we shall have a test,” the judge said . He placed the child in a ring of stones and told the two women. Each took the chil ...
Exercise 4.5The Joke.The story line: A boy takes a girl sledding. As they zoom down a hill, he whispers affectionately in her ea ...
sure. Was it the wind? Was? Was it Victor? At the bottom of the hill, Victor looked at Lara, who . But he only smiled and . He c ...
wasn’t sure he had heard correctly. “ ?” he asked, looking around. But there was no answer. Lara stood silently. Then she and sa ...
to. I thought I had seen a gas station there, but. I thought I had better call my friends. I found a telephone booth and , but n ...
limped on, wearing. Then the heel fell off of it, and now I was limping. Finally I had some good luck. A taxi came by, and . Onc ...
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