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0 Grammar in a text. Read the letter and then complete the report.

v>ear a LI,

so r ry I h a ven't w ritte n -for a -few weeks. I've beei^too busy. I'm, havin g
a great tlm,e; I'm, goli/vg to parties every i/vlght. I'm, dolrvg a b it o f worfe
too. We baol arv exam, la st week. I hope i'll get good m,artes.

i oiA/ly ha v e ov^e s h irt - I've lost the others. M um ,, c-ai/v you. b u y m,e s ix
more? Au,d I cai/Vt fli/cd m-y ralruvoat. Is It a t hom-e?

M y room, here lsi/Vt very ru-c-e - i'll have to look, fo r a better ou,e. Ai/vd
the food here I ia , college Isi/Vt m-uc-h good, so I'm, llv lw g oi a , ham,burgers.
I've spet^t n e a rly a ll m-y m,oiA,ey. T^ad, cau, y o u servd som,e m-ore?

caiA, y o u give m,e A u u ,t BlLevVs, address? Av^d I ha ven't heard from ,

s a ra h . w here Is she llvlr^g? Au,d doesjasper wai/vt to com,e aiA,d spewd
tw o or three da ys dowin, here w ith m,e?

That's a ll fo r now. Love to everybody.

Joe

In his letter Joe ► he was sorry that he ► for a few weeks.

It was because he i ................................... too busy. He 2 .................................... his family that he
3 ................................... a great time, but he 4 ....................................some work too. He said he
5................................... an exam 6.................................... week and he hoped he

7 ........................get good marks.
Joe 8................................... that he only 9 ................................... one shirt, because he
10................................... the others. He asked his mother 11................................... him six more.
And he asked 12..................................his raincoat 13.....................................at home.
His room 14..................................not very nice, he said, so he is.....................................have to look
fora better one. And because of the bad college food he 16................................... on hamburgers.
He said he 17..................................nearly all his money, and asked his father 18.................................

him some more. Joe also asked his family 19................................... him his Aunt Ellen's address.
And he 20................................... them that he 21................................... from Sarah, and asked
22................................... she 23.............................................
At the end of the letter, Joe asked 24..................................Jasper 25.....................................to go
and spend a few days with him.

0 Internet exercise. Use a search engine (e.g. Google) to find some simple sentences beginning
"\Ne don't know what/where/when/how" + infinitive. Write some of them.
(Note that why + infinitive is very unusual.)

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