Writing Better English for ESL Learners

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

. Once I got inside the taxi, I began to

warm up. I told the driver.

I didn’t realize how far it still was to their house. When I arrived at their

house,. When I reached

into my pocket, I discovered.

I had no money! I was soaking wet! And I was tired!

I ran to my friends’ door and rang the bell, but

. Then I found a note for me taped to the

door. It read, “. We’ll see

you when we get back.”

I sat on the wet porch and cried. It was the worst day of my life.

Exercise 4.7The Desert.The story line: A family moves out West. The brother
loves riding his pony. The sister loves playing in the desert. One day the sister
gets lost, and the brother rides out to find her. When he discovers her, he sees
something dangerous crawling in her direction. The boy saves his sister.

Jimmy was only eight when his parents

. They moved to a large ranch near

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