Writing Better English for ESL Learners

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, swirled it overhead,

and then. He missed! He

had to try again, so he ,

and this time he and saved

his sister.

Exercise 4.8The Hero.The story line: A girl lives with her grandfather in a cozy
house. One cold day they build a fire in the fireplace. It’s very warm in the room
and they fall asleep. The girl wakes up to see that the fire has spread into the
room. She puts out the fire and saves her grandfather.

In winter it gets very cold in ,

because it’s located near.

A lot of snow falls to the ground, and a lot of

.

Little Anna’s house stays warm and ,

because. There is a large

fireplace in the dining room, where her grandfather

. Anna loves ,

while her grandfather.

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