Writing Better English for ESL Learners

and tried

. But the policewoman had

; Mike was caught. He knew he couldn’t get away now

and said, “ .” The policewoman

just laughed and replied, “ .”

When they got to , the

officers there found. Trying

to explain, Mike said, “ .”

But no one believed him. For the next few months Mike

.

Exercise 4.10Laddy to the Rescue.The story line: When a little girl goes for a
walk, she soon finds that she is lost. She becomes frightened by a noise in an
empty house and runs off to hide. Her dog senses that something has happened
to her and hurries out to look for her. Finally he finds her and leads her home,
where he receives a reward.

During , a seven-year-

old girl decided to go for a walk. She went

and soon realized that she was lost. She looked

around her, but.

She began crying, and.

But. The little girl walked

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