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Write about a Place

2 BEFORE YOu WRITE. Complete the chart with information about your favorite place. Use
the chart from exercise 1C as a model.

Where did you go?

When did you visit this place?

Who was there?

What did you do there?

What did you see?

3 WRITE two paragraphs about your favorite place. Use the information from your chart in
exercise 2 and the description in exercise 1A to help you.

WrITING FOcUS avoiding Misplaced Prepositional Phrases

When a prepositional phrase is misplaced, the meaning of a sentence is often
unclear. Make sure prepositional phrases are correctly placed in your sentences.
✗ We waited for the boat inside the café. (Meaning: The boat is inside the café.)
✓ We waited inside the café for the boat.

4 SELF ASSESS. Read your description. Underline the prepositions of time, place, and
direction. Then use the checklist to assess your work.

I used subject and object pronouns correctly. [4.1]

I used prepositions of time, place, and direction correctly. [4.4, 4.5]
I used articles correctly. [4.6–4.9]
I checked for and corrected misplaced prepositional phrases. [WRITING FOCUS]

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