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When we were playing soccer, he kicked the ball so hard that it broke the kitchen window,

my mom screamed and we ran away laughing.
Another day, he was acting like a drunk, then her mom hit him with a ruler because she

thought he was really drunk, that was so funny.

b. My cousin was a real people person.

He used to make friends saying a joke, though he sometimes didn’t stop talking about

boring topics.
He used to talk well with other people because he was intelligent.

In a group of strangers he used to say “The life is like candies, ice cream, avocado, banana,
pizza and chocolate mixed in an iron, because it seems trash but when you try it everything

changes”, everyone laughed and he did new friends.

c. My cousin was talented.

He was talented because he practiced during hours trying to do the best tricks with the ball

and played difficult songs on the guitar
He did some tricks with the ball, so he scored a lot of goals in a match.

He was talented because he practiced during hours trying to do the best tricks with the ball.

He used to play different songs on the guitar to the girls and they fell in love of him, but he
sang badly.

5. Add linkers

First, second, finally, another, for example, for instance. As a result, what’s more, so.

6. Use subordinating conjunctions.

When, because, although.

7. Write your first draft

1 When I was I child my role model was my cousin Junior because he was funny, a people
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person and talented. First, he was funny. He had a natural humor to say jokes. On the
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other han may be because he used to watch many comedy shows on tv. So, he used to
imitate the characters of television series like “vivos”, “cronica roja” or anime like “super
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Campeones”. For example when we were playing soccer, he kicked the ball so hard

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