Writing Better English for ESL Learners
. It was a wonderful place to live, but. Jimmy liked and thought the West was just. His little sister, Laura, was five and loved ...
Laura asleep next to. She didn’t see , which was crawl- ing in her direction. Jimmy jumped from his pony and . He took his lasso ...
One chilly December day, when , Grandfather noticed the fire . He went out to the barn and returned with . Anna liked helping an ...
and. She began throwing water. Finally the fire was out, and. When Grandfa- ther awoke, he said, “ .” Anna just shook her head a ...
her and carefully. The poor woman was aware of nothing and . Her husband turned suddenly, but Mike . On the corner Mike saw , wh ...
and tried . But the policewoman had ; Mike was caught. He knew he couldn’t get away now and said, “ .” The policewoman just laug ...
along the wide path bordered with. Soon , and the little girl walked faster. There in the distance she could see . She opened th ...
. But the strange little house was empty. Laddy looked around and . Something caught his eye; Laddy suddenly saw . He jumped ove ...
. The job was rather simple, and I believed I was doing well. Then they hired a new foreman, who . For some reason he didn’t lik ...
After lunch I started soldering some new circuit boards. They had to be shipped to. I was hurrying because. But I worked too fas ...
go out on a blind date. I had never and wasn’t sure that a blind date . But I agreed, and Bill . He arranged for me to meet. She ...
The evening went by quickly because . I didn’t think I could fall in love so fast, but . We went out several times during the ne ...
. Last winter my old car finally died. I tried to start it, but. I sold it for junk and went to buy. I had seen the Johnson’s Pr ...
My “new” car ran well for a long time. Then on a very cold morn- ing in January, I went to the garage and . But the car. It was ...
was stuck in the middle of the street. I got it started again, and two blocks later the radiator. That old car stalled five time ...
. But I always felt that they were trying to make me look foolish. When I got a job in a warehouse, I had to learn . It’s not wh ...
Finally my boss came to me with some complaints from manage- ment. He asked, “ ?” I said it wasn’t my fault, and once again he l ...
Exercise 4.15How I Became a Millionaire.The story line: A woman receives the news that she has won a large sum of money. She and ...
I was new at this, but I. You learn some things fast. Anna and I went downtown, but not on the bus. We , and on the way home I r ...
. It wasn’t fair, and I low- ered my head. It wasn’t fair! I had been a millionaire for. Just like so many others, I had only dr ...
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