Writing Better English for ESL Learners

go out on a blind date. I had never

and wasn’t sure that a blind date

. But I agreed, and Bill

.

He arranged for me to meet.

She was a friend of his from work. He said she

and.

I like women who , so I

was interested to meet her. At eight P.M. on Saturday, I left home and

. I went in and took a seat

near. About ten minutes later a

woman who came in and began

to look around. I knew.

She took a seat across from me and said, “

.” I was flattered because she

. We chatted a while and then ordered some

dinner. She had quite an appetite and

. I had never seen a woman eat so much. “I like to cook,”

she finally said, “and I .”

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