Writing Better English for ESL Learners

Some helpful vocabulary words: army, military, negotiations, tension, attack,

diplomacy

Exercise 6.5A Wedding
Include these structures:
two uses of the preposition instead of
two elliptical relative pronouns (example: “The man I spoke about is
here.”)
one future perfect tense verb (example: “He will have been found.”)

Some helpful ideas for the theme:

Who was getting married?

Were the two families happy about the wedding?

Where did the wedding take place?

What was the celebration like?

Some helpful vocabulary words: bride and groom, wedding ceremony,

exchange of vows, in-laws, reception

Exercise 6.6Credit Cards
Include these structures:
two subjunctives following if(example: “If he were here, I would be
happy.”)
three compound sentences combined by and

Some helpful ideas for the theme:

Why does someone need a credit card?

How do you use a credit card?

Why are credit cards sometimes bad?

What happens if you can’t pay your bills?

Some helpful vocabulary words: ATM, shopping spree, emergencies, good

(bad) credit, interest rate

Exercise 6.7I Need a Vacation
Include these structures:
three possessive nouns formed with -’s(example: “Bill’s house”)
two future tense phrases formed from going to(example: “I am going
to buy that.”)

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