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Last updated: July 7, 2017 at 23:58 pm<\/em><\/p>\n

\"beachLast Sunday, at around 3:00 p.m., my friend<\/strong> Jason and I went<\/strong> to the beach. It was crowded<\/strong>. There were many<\/strong> people there. We had a hard<\/strong> time making our way through the crowd. Suddenly, we spotted our friend Tim. We walked in his direction, but at the same time, Jack hailed us from the back. We turned around. Jack offered us two beers. When we turned back, Tim was no longer there. We had a good time at the beach that day.<\/p>\n

The words and phrases in bold<\/strong> above may be replaced with another suitable word or phrase, as shown below.<\/p>\n

Rewrite the paragraph above, replacing the words or phrases in bold<\/b> with a suitable word or phrase from the lists below.<\/p>\n

Went:<\/strong> headed off, proceeded, started out, drove, made our way, hitched a ride, walked, ran, hurried<\/p>\n

Friend:<\/strong> pal, buddy, companion, comrade, colleague, mate, chum, crony, partner, playmate<\/p>\n

Crowded:<\/strong> packed, full, packed out, crammed full, jam-packed, teeming, swarming, busy, congested, heaving<\/p>\n

Many:<\/strong> loads of, countless, several, various, numerous, scores of, limitless, a myriad of<\/p>\n

Hard:<\/strong> difficult, awkward, problematical, tricky, tough, demanding, testing, challenging, grueling, arduous, troublesome<\/p>\n

Now read the paragraph below and underline a suitable word or phrase (from the brackets) to replace the word or phrase in bold.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, at around 3:00 p.m., my friend<\/strong> Jason and I went ( headed off, proceeded, started out, drove, made our way, hitched a ride, walked, ran, hurried)<\/strong> to the beach. It was crowded<\/strong>. There were many<\/strong> people there. We had a hard<\/strong> time making our way through the crowd. Suddenly, we spotted our friend Tim. We walked in his direction, but at the same time, Jack hailed us from the back. We turned around. Jack offered us two beers. When we turned back, Tim was no longer there. We had a good time at the beach that day.<\/p>\n

A Day at the Beach: Part 2<\/h1>\n

Last Sunday, at around 3:00 p.m., my\u00a0buddy\u00a0Jason and I\u00a0headed off\u00a0to the beach. It was\u00a0swarming. There were\u00a0countless\u00a0people there. We had a\u00a0grueling\u00a0time making our way through the crowd. Suddenly<\/strong>, we spotted<\/strong> our friend Tim. We walked<\/strong> in his direction, but at the<\/strong> same time<\/strong>, Jack hailed<\/strong> us from the back. We turned around. Jack offered us two beers. When we turned back, Tim was no longer there. We had a good time at the beach that day.<\/p>\n

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Rewrite the paragraph above, replacing the words or phrases in\u00a0bold<\/strong>\u00a0with a suitable word or phrase from the lists below.<\/p>\n

Suddenly<\/strong>: all of a sudden, out of the blue, unexpectedly, without a warning, from nowhere<\/p>\n

Spotted: <\/strong>perceived, observed, distinguished, made out, caught sight of, sighted, glimpsed, noticed, saw<\/p>\n

Walked: <\/strong>sauntered, strolled, ambled, marched, strode, paced, hiked, toddled, tottered, staggered, moved, went<\/p>\n

At the same time: <\/strong>just then, presently, at that point in time, at that moment<\/p>\n

Hailed:<\/strong>\u00a0yelled for, called to, shouted for, waved to, summoned, cried for<\/p>\n

A Day at the Beach: Part 3<\/h1>\n

Last Sunday, at around 3:00 p.m., my\u00a0buddy\u00a0Jason and I\u00a0headed off\u00a0to the beach. It was\u00a0swarming. There were\u00a0countless\u00a0people there. We had a\u00a0grueling\u00a0time making our way through the crowd.\u00a0Out of the blue, we\u00a0caught sight of\u00a0<\/strong>our friend Tim. We\u00a0paced\u00a0in his direction, but\u00a0at that moment, Jack\u00a0summoned\u00a0us from the back. We turned<\/strong> around. Jack offered<\/strong> us two beers. When we turned back, Tim was no longer there. We had a good<\/strong> time at the beach that day.<\/p>\n

Rewrite the paragraph above, replacing the words or phrases in\u00a0bold<\/strong>\u00a0with a suitable word or phrase from the lists below.<\/p>\n

Turned:<\/strong> spun, rotated, circled, twirled, twisted, negotiated<\/p>\n

Offered: <\/strong>presented, gave<\/p>\n

Good:<\/strong>\u00a0high quality, first class, fine, excellent, enjoyable, pleasant, nice, satisfactory, delightful, lovely, blast of a<\/p>\n

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Note: To complete this lesson, it is recommended that you print it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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