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E x tr a Wr i ting S ki l l s Pra c ti c e (Unit 3, page 36) Time re l a tion ships A . Complete the story by filling in the blanks with an appropriate time phrase or clause. At about six every morning
When I decided to swim back
But after I had swum a short distance
One summer a few years ago
As soon as I realized what was happening
___________________________, my wife and I were staying at a beach resort in Bali. ___________________________, I would go swimming in the ocean. One morning I swam pretty far out—too far, it turned out. ___________________________, I felt like I was going against the current. As hard as I swam, I never got any closer to the shore. Then it hit me—I was stuck in a riptide that was trying to pull me far out to sea. ___________________________, I started to panic. Then I remembered that you have to swim parallel to the shore to get out of a riptide. Though I was getting tired, I did just that. It was scary, because I could still feel myself being pulled away from the shore. ___________________________, I could feel the current lessening in strength. Before long, I was out of the riptide and could swim back to shore. B . Complete the story by filling in the blanks with an appropriate time phrase or clause of your choice. Add commas where necessary.
___________________________ some friends and I went on a ski trip. We had planned to ski down a remote mountainside that most people didn’t know about. As we walked up the slope, we were talking about how fresh and unspoiled the snow was. ___________________________ we looked up to see an avalanche starting on the ridge above us. It sounded like an earthquake. We tried to run, but ___________________________ the snow came down on top of us, carrying us down the mountain. ___________________________ I found myself buried deep under the snow near the bottom of the mountain. ___________________________ I was able to dig myself out of the snow. ___________________________ I saw the rescue helicopters overhead. My friends and I all survived, but I’ll never go skiing in an unknown area again.
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