Writing Better English for ESL Learners

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 no one

.

Just as I began to walk back to my car, it

. I was soaked to the skin by
. I tried starting my car again, but
. When it finally stopped raining, I got

out of the car to. As I stepped

in front of the car, a truck zoomed by and

. My clothes were drenched again, and my face
. I sputtered and cursed

the truck, just as a car.

By now I was shivering from being so wet and from

. Late fall can be
. I began to walk along the road in the direc-

tion of some bright lights. But I stepped in a puddle of mud and lost

. I searched for

, but it was buried in mud. So I

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