Writing Better English for ESL Learners

Exercise 4.2The Ant and the Grasshopper.The story line: An ant is busy work-

ing to prepare for winter. A grasshopper is lazy and just enjoying himself. The

ant warns the grasshopper that the sunny days will come to an end. When win-

ter comes, the grasshopper learns just how right the ant was.

It was a beautiful summer day. The sky

, and the field was filled with

. A happy, green grasshopper with long legs

and jumped from a

bouncy leaf to and

. He was enjoying the

wonderful weather. He sang to himself, as he

.

Then he saw a small black ant near

. She was pulling a crust of bread through
. She tugged and pulled,

but. Then the ant stopped

for a moment to rest and.

“Why are you doing that?” the grasshopper asked. “

?” he inquired with a laugh.

“I’m bringing food to our colony,” the little ant replied. “When win-

ter comes, .”

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