Writing Better English for ESL Learners

(Nora) #1

  1. A large boardfell on Juan and broke his foot.

  2. The cityis too far from the factory.

  3. The nursecovered the patientwith a heavy blanket.


11.Our neighborneeds the toolright now.

12.Whose childgave you that magazine?


  1. We saw the strangerinthe back room.


14.The dentisthas to pull the infected tooth.


  1. Don’t break the dish!


Exercise 1.30 Look at the phrases in parentheses ( ). Decide which phrase best
completes each sentence.


  1. (The boys, The boy’s, The boys’) The girls have tents on the other side of
    the lake. tents are here.

  2. (the animals, the animal’s) I looked at in such small
    cages and felt sad.


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