Writing Better English for ESL Learners

(Nora) #1

  1. He handed me his driver’s license, which was covered in blood.

  2. His driver’s license is being restored.

  3. If she had seen us, he would have hidden his driver’s license.


Exercise 3.14Sample sentences are provided.



  1. The best candidates have no money.

  2. I trust the best candidates.

  3. She lent the best candidates thousands of dollars.

  4. In spite of the best candidates in the party, he supported Tom Jones.

  5. The best candidates’ platforms are based on honesty.

  6. The best candidates understood our concerns.

  7. The best candidates have flown from city to city during the campaign.

  8. When I found them, the best candidates were huddled in a meeting.

  9. The best candidates have been campaigning for weeks.

  10. The best candidates will have met with thousands of people by then.


Exercise 3.15Sample sentences are provided.



  1. Do you know the bride and groom?

  2. The bride and groom’s happiness was evident.

  3. The bride and groom stood hand in hand.

  4. The bride and groom have spoken their vows.

  5. When he hit me, the bride and groom rushed to my side.

  6. The bride and groom, whose hometown is St. Louis, recently graduated
    from college.

  7. The bride and groom that you met are from a different wedding party.

  8. Say hello to the bride and groom I told you about.

  9. The bride and groom have been asked to dance the first waltz.

  10. If you had lied to me, the bride and groom would have been victims, too.


Exercise 3.16Sample sentences are provided.



  1. The agency sent a foreign diplomat a coded message.

  2. The meeting ended, because a foreign diplomat had become ill.

  3. A foreign diplomat has spoken on the subject.

  4. While she was living in Europe, she met a foreign diplomat.

  5. Will you translate the message or will a foreign diplomat have to do it?

  6. This is an article about a foreign diplomat, about whom Ms. Jones wrote
    a report.

  7. I know a foreign diplomat who speaks six languages.


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