Writing Better English for ESL Learners

. The job was rather simple,

and I believed I was doing well. Then they hired a new foreman, who

. For some reason he didn’t

like me and often said, “ .”

I was afraid of him because he could

. And I needed my job. Without a job I

.

I knew I had to be careful around the foreman and

. Then one day my car

, and I arrived.

The foreman was and began

shouting at me. When I explained that

, he just laughed and

. I went to my job and began
. I worked hard and tried to

.

When lunchtime finally arrived, I sat at a table with

. She was a really nice woman and told me
. But it wouldn’t be easy to get

along with him, because he.

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