Writing Better English for ESL Learners

(Nora) #1

  1. I found a registered letter, which is addressed to you.

  2. She was reading a registered letter that had come in the day before.


Exercise 3.8Sample sentences are provided.



  1. What did you buy the proud parents?

  2. Everyone was happy because of the proud parents.

  3. The children waited eagerly because the proud parents would be home
    soon.

  4. The proud parents have been hoping for a son.

  5. The proud parents will have left the hospital by ten A.M.

  6. She wanted to see the new baby, and the proud parents slowly raised the
    blanket.

  7. They all laughed because the proud parents couldn’t smile anymore.

  8. The proud parents have been congratulated over and over.

  9. The proud parents were led into a separate room.

  10. If it had snowed, the proud parents would have celebrated at the
    hospital.


Exercise 3.9Sample sentences are provided.



  1. His youngest daughter is in law school.

  2. He bought his youngest daughter a car.

  3. They turned down his youngest daughter.

  4. His youngest daughter drove to New Orleans.

  5. When I saw him, his youngest daughter was chatting with him.

  6. His youngest daughter will have arrived by now.

  7. He was worried because his youngest daughter was in an accident.

  8. I met his youngest daughter, who shared an apartment with Anna.

  9. His youngest daughter has been sent overseas.

  10. If I had been wrong, his youngest daughter would have told me so.


Exercise 3.10Sample sentences are provided.



  1. There’s no talking to an angry mob.

  2. He feared going out because of an angry mob.

  3. You’ll get no justice from an angry mob.

  4. An angry mob’s demands went unheard.

  5. An angry mob has held them at bay.

  6. An angry mob has been hunting down the strikebreakers.


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