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LECS Lab 11

Gabe needed a desk in his room. But he didn't have a lot of money. He found plywood in his garage. So he made a desk out of it.

He polished the wood after he built the desk.

Gabe decided to purchase a desk for his room.

I had to write an analysis paper for English. I read the source material over and over. I thought about it very hard. Then, I wrote my analysis paper.

I put a lot of effort into the paper.

I decided to delete the finished paper.

Amy awoke in her dark room. She had fallen asleep waiting on dinner. That was 4 hours ago. She went to see if her family had eaten.

Amy found out that dinner had been finished for hours.

Amy snuck out through the bathroom window.

Ana was tanning on the beach. She dozed off in the warm sun. She woke three hours later. Her eyes widened as she looked in the mirror.

Ana was extremely sunburnt.

Ana was extremely pale.

Maggie and her classmates went to a zoo for their field trip. They saw monkeys, gorillas and panda's first. After that, they saw snakes and lizards! They even got to feed some of the baby animals.

Maggie loved her trip to the zoo.

Maggie has never seen a panda.

Last night there was a big lightning storm. It took out the power. The entire neighborhood didn't have electricity. It got really cold and we got scared.

Then after about an hour the power came back on.

We will have to shovel the snow.

Amy was going to buy coffee to beat her coffee crash. But there was no coffee machine in the school for kids. There was however a soda vending machine. Amy just needed to decide which soda had the most caffeine.

Amy picked a Pepsi to drink.

Amy decided to buy water.

Ben was late for class. His teacher yelled at him. He came in late the next day. His teacher wrote a note to his parents.

Ben's mother will now wake him up one half hour earlier .

Ben crushes his alarm clock and buys a chicken.

My friends wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons last week. We got together with drinks and started to play. Things quickly deteriorated as we kept drinking. Eventually we pretty much stopped playing and just hung out.

We had a good time.

We all decided to go to Vegas.

Jim lost his wallet that had all of his money it. He would have no more money for food for his family until next month. Meanwhile, Pete found a wallet lying in the bank parking lot. It contained hundreds of dollars and Pete really wanted a new TV.

So, Pete kept the wallet and bought a new TV with the money.

Pete kept the wallet and donated the money to charity.

Amy was 14 Year's old. She was starting to feel like an adult. She explained this to her friend Lynn, as Lynn sat on a swing. Lynn didn't care.

Lynn continued to swing.

Lynn wanted Amy to tell her all about being an adult.

I got bullied in school because of my teeth. I cried home to my mom, and she called the dentist. I soon got braces, and kept them for 4 Year's. After I removed them, everyone told me I was beautiful.

I was glad that I got braces.

I realized that I made a huge mistake.

The shoe store salesman was rude to me the other day. I told him his attitude was out of line. He quickly lead me out the store. I wrote a letter regarding my experience to the local paper.

The shoe store lost many customers.

The shoe store gained several customers.

Pam loves music. She especially likes to collect vinyl records. She has over 100 records. Pam is now going to the record store.

She was happy to find a rare album she had been looking for.

She gave them her collection of albums for free.

A radio DJ announced a prize to the 100th caller. The DJ was lying about the prize. He just enjoyed talking to people on the phone. He told each caller that they were the 99th caller.

Several called back to win the prize, and caught the DJ lying.

The 100th caller was elated to win the prize.

It was a very hot day. But Ivan wanted to eat chicken. So he baked some chicken in the oven. Everyone else in the house complained that it was too hot.

Ivan apologized and turned the oven off.

They were all pleased that Ivan had turned on the oven.

Ray went to classes to be a plumber. His friends mocked him relentlessly for his career choice. But Ray didn't let them bother him. He kept at it and soon was making $25 an hour as a plumber.

Meanwhile, his friends were all unemployed.

He went online, and researched law schools.

Lamar learns that he will have unexpected houseguests one afternoon. He doesn't have any food at home to give to his guests. He decides to brew a pot of tea for them instead. His guests all enjoy the tea that he makes.

Lamar gave them tea to take home.

Lamar walked to the park.

Amy liked her neighbor Brian, and hoped he would ask her out. She waited patiently, but he never mentioned a date. Finally one day Brian called and asked Amy to go to dinner. Amy was so happy, and they had a great time.

It was the beginning of a great relationship.

She never spoke to Brian again.

Mel took a girl on a date. They had a wonderful time. The next day he called her for a second date. He was worried she would refuse.

To his relief she accepted.

She had been away on a trip in Alaska for some time.

Eva loved the squirrels in her yard. She began to feed them peanut butter sandwiches. Soon they grew used to her. One was especially friendly.

Eva was able to pet one of the squirrels.

Eva was afraid of all the squirrels.

Ivan broke his foot. He had to use a wheelchair for a few months. Finally his doctor told him he could walk again. Ivan stood up and took a few shaky steps.

Ivan was happy to be on his feet again.

Ivan went sprinting through the forest.

Bonnie's family went berry picking. They got so many strawberries they weren't sure what to do with them. They had strawberry shortcake for dessert every night for a week. They learned to make jam and canned over two dozen jars.

The jars made great holiday gifts for friends and family.

Canned blackberries have a long shelf life.

Jen's manager told her she needed to upload her resume. She realized her resume was not formatted properly. She transferred all of the content over to the proper template. Adding information on her latest job, she updated the resume.

Then she sent it to her manager.

Jen hated washing dishes.

Ronnie was riding his bike to work the other day. All of a sudden he hit a rock and fell. He wasn't hurt but his outfit was ruined. He kept going to work anyway.

Ronnie's boss commended him on his dedication.

Ronnie quit as soon as he got in.

Cora was nervous. She was at her first haircut appointment ever. She wondered how she would look with short hair. Then she saw herself in the mirror and gasped.

It was terrible.

Cora's face was swollen.

Jim found an old disposable camera in the bottom of his junk drawer. He began snapping away at everything around him. The counter clicked down to one final photo. The gravity of the situation began to dawn on Jim.

Jim took time to decide what he would take a picture of.

Jim took 20 more photos.

Alec's daughter wanted more blocks to play with. Alec figured that blocks would develop her scientific mind. Alec bought blocks with letters on them. Alec's daughter made words with them rather than structures.

Alec was happy to see his daughter developing her verbal ability.

Alec and his wife decided to go to the movies.

Amelia had heard that you could eat dandelion salad. She was curious. She picked a few dandelions and leaves. Then she tossed them into salad and drizzled it with dressing.

Amelia ate the dandelion salad.

Amelia got poison oak.

Greg was riding his bike to the store. An arm emerged from an alleyway as Greg passed. Greg fell from the bike as he was pushed to the ground. He watched from the sidewalk as a man rode away with his bike.

Greg filed a police report and they eventually caught the thief.

Greg judged the chili cook-off competition.

Neil had just arrived in Germany. He couldn't wait to explore the country! But first, he needed to sleep. He found a hotel and slept for ten hours.

Afterwords, he was very rested.

He was very tired afterwards.

I was riding my bike to work one summer morning. I was a little late, so I was in a hurry. I was biking a little recklessly. To my dismay, my reckless biking caused me to get in an accident.

From then on, I made sure to leave myself plenty of travel time.

I knew then that I wanted to become a professional cyclist.

My mother threw out her old dictionary. I retrieved it from the trash. Sitting with it, I found myself smelling it. It reminded me of the scent of an old library.

It was gross.

It smelled so good that I ate it.

I wanted to buy a video game console. I asked my parents, and they came up with an idea. They said if I did my chores, I would be given money to save. I did my chores without being asked every week for a whole summer.

My parents gave me enough money to buy the console.

At the end of the summer I gave the money back to my parents.

Barry was throwing the ball at his house. He accidentally broke a window. He cried because of all the damage. His father decided to help him fix the window.

Barry and his father spent the afternoon fixing the window.

The window stayed broken.

They had to pick out a stove for their new house. They couldn't decide on a particular brand. They liked the durability of the Viking. They also liked the deal with the Thermador.

They decided to buy the Viking stove.

They didn't need a stove anymore.

My friend and I couldn't remember the name of an actor. We kept coming up with the wrong name. Eventually we both came up with different answers. We bet on who was right.

I won the bet.

Then we laughed hysterically at the joke.

Sue got a white bunny for Easter. She named him Fred. About two weeks after she got him, Sue got a big surprise. There were five baby bunnies in the hutch with Fred.

Fred must be a female rabbit.

Fred was a male rabbit.

I got a job as a shopping mall Santa last December. The hours were long. The pay was bad. But I found interacting with the kids to be completely amazing.

I found that playing Santa was the best second job ever.

I found that playing Santa was not worth my time off.

Alex needed groceries. She made a list of things to buy. She gathered her reusable canvas sacks. She walked to the store.

She bought the groceries.

Alex bought a yacht.

Timmy was caught with unpaid parking tickets. He didn't have enough money to pay for them. Instead he had to be arrested and jailed for two days. He lost his jobs for missing work.

Timmy then had to find another job,

Timmy was promoted for working so much all the time.

Tuesdays are laundry days at my apartment. We have been too busy the last couple of Tuesdays. Now we have almost no clean clothes left. I'm dressed foolishly and still smell bad.

I will do laundry right now.

All my clothes smell great.

Joanie got ready to blow dry her hair for a date. She was upset to find her blow dryer missing. Then, Joanie heard a familiar sound coming from outside. She saw her brother using the blow dryer.

Joanie ran outside to confront her brother.

Joanie was pleased with her brother.

Sarah had an appointment to interview for a job. She put on her best skirt suit and headed to the interview. As she sat at the interview, Sarah noticed a run in her stockings. She was so focused on the flaw, she merely mumbled her replies.

Because of her replies, Sarah didn't get the job.

Sarah got the job and was praised for her clear voice.

My friend and I had a little contest the other day. We tried to see who could blow the biggest bubblegum bubble. We took different turns and would take measurements. When his was getting at it's biggest I popped it.

He was a little mad, but I just laughed.

He never did understand the best way to fry an egg.

Mario got up out of bed. Today was his wedding day and he already felt the butterflies. He shaved and showered happily. He got dressed and went to the church.

It was the best day of his life.

Mario spent the afternoon catching butterflies in the park.

Matt wanted to travel with his motorhome. He went out to start it one day to see how it ran. It started right up! He loaded it up with food and gas.

He planned out his perfect road trip.

He didn't have any money for gas.

Ashley got back her tax return. So she decided to go to the mall. Ashley and her roommate drove to the mall. They went from store to store trying things on.

They bought lots of clothes.

Ashley couldn't buy anything because she was broke.

Yesterday I was wearing my new shirt. The shirt was white and clean as could be. Yet unfortunately I had an accident. I spilled some sauce on it.

I immediately took the shirt to the dry cleaners.

I was glad I wasn't wearing a dark color.

Todd and Ashley were dating. Todd got irritated with Ashley. He gave her the silent treatment. Ashley got upset.

She decided not to speak to Todd either.

She was mad because Todd wouldn't stop talking.

John had a huge client presentation tomorrow, but he felt unprepared. It's not that he was nervous presenting. John had always felt comfortable in front of crowds. This content, however, lacked polish and needed refinement.

John reworked the presentation, and it was a great success.

John decided to bring bagels to work.

Bob's stomach was really bothering him after the big meal. A friend he had dined with called to say she was feeling ill, too. They decided the seafood they'd eaten had been bad. Sometime later, Bob finally threw up the contents of his stomach.

Bob will be careful that he never eats at that restaurant again.

Bob's decision to embezzle from his employer was a mistake.

Today was Lara's birthday! Her boyfriend, George came over to her house and cooked dinner. They watched a movie together and cuddled on the couch. After the movie, George gave her a silver necklace.

She was thrilled.

She never had George over for dinner again.

We were supposed to celebrate Valentine's Day. But then my niece came down with a bad cold. So we stayed in and played games. We rotated between Heads Up and Monopoly.

We played Monopoly for two hours.

We went outside to play baseball.

Amanda was on a hike with her husband. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her ankle. She realized that a hornet had stung her. Her foot hurt too badly to walk.

Her husband called an ambulance.

Amanda walked back to the car.

Cis was doing her laundry. She took her clothes out of the washer. Then she spotted something. There was a $100 bill in the washer!

That was a great day for Cis.

Her clothing had been stained red with the crushed berries.

Fred wanted to go somewhere nice with his girlfriend. He had already been saving for months to take her out to eat. He was going to take her to the most expensive restaurant in his city. He got dressed in his best clothes and went to pick her up.

He went to the restaurant with his girlfriend and had a nice meal.

He decided to go to a fast food restaurant by himself.

My friend nathan and his family went to the lake one summer. One day Nathan's dad left and didn't leave a lighter for his mom. Well his mom was very upset and made him walk to the store barefoot. Poor Nathan had to walk down a gravel road to bring his mom matches.

When Nathan returned, his mom apologized for being so mean.

When Nathan returned, he felt very happy for the exercise.

My son bought a drum set for his one year old niece last fall. The set had drumsticks, a cymbal, and a seat. His niece lives in NYC. She saw it when she visited, and was thrilled.

She wanted to play the drums.

She hates music.

Bay was nervous. Her boyfriend had been acting weird all through dinner. Bay thought he was going to dump her. But then he got on one knee.

And asked her to marry him.

And he started laughing hysterically.

Dennis was walking in the woods. He found a black lab. The lab tried to bite him. Dennis showed he was a friend not enemy.

The lab and Dennis became best friends.

The rabbit hopped away.

Jessica excelled at track and field. She loved running, and challenging herself. She was confident that she would place first in her next competition. Instead, she came in second place.

Jessica decided to train even harder.

Jessica got what she wanted.

Gina decided to go to gym class in her everyday clothes. The teacher sent her back to the locker room to change. She stormed off making a scene. She sat in the locker room sulking until the teacher came to find her.

She had a long talk with the teacher after class.

The teacher praised her.

Trisha's son got sick last night at eight. He vomited all over her and the floor. Trisha cleaned up and changed his clothes. He continued to be sick over and over again.

Trisha made the child sleep on the kitchen floor with a blanket.

Trisha let the children decorate the tree with popcorn.

Mia went to the casino last night. She began the night by playing some poker. After losing a considerable amount of money, she played slots. She was nearly out of money when the herd RING RING RING.

Mia won a jackpot!

Mia lost even more money.

Kathy went shopping. She found a pair of great shoes. The shoes were $300. She bought the shoes.

She felt buyer's remorse after the purchase.

Kathy hated buying shoes.

Caroline was a student in medical school. Caroline worked very hard to get good grades. One day Caroline failed a test by one point. Caroline was very frustrated but she continued to study hard.

Later, she passed the test.

But she gave up.

I decided to murder my neighbor. I crept into his house in the middle of the night. I killed him while he slept. I was caught by the police.

It was terrible to be sentenced to life in prison.

The police officer gave me a badge and made me a deputy.

I was really excited about the Jimmy Buffett concert. My friend Jeff was going to come pick me up at 6 in the evening. But I was feeling sleepy, and took a little nap about 4 o'clock. When I finally woke up it was nearly 8 o'clock at night!

I was so disappointed that I missed the concert.

I was glad that I caught up on my sleep.

A man turned away from his dinner to answer the telephone. When he turned back, his dinner was gone. He looked around, and saw his dog quietly sneaking out of the room. The dog chanced a glance back at the man.

The dog had gravy on his face from the mans dinner.

The dog gave birth to a litter of puppies.

My friend got me a planter as a housewarming gift. It's small and cute and fits in nicely with my decor. But I'm still not sure where to put it. I hope he doesn't get sad.

I'm sure I'll figure out a place for it eventually.

The picture has a very nice frame, in my opinion.

The zookeeper closed the zoo for the night. But he didn't check the rhino cage. It wasn't latched properly. The rhino escaped!

The news the next morning showed a rhino running rampant.

The zookeeper was glad to find the rhino sleeping in its cage.

Charles didn't take the advice of not dating girls one works with. He began dating his supervisor. His supervisor got jealous because Charles gave a coworker a ride. Charles' supervisor turned into his enemy.

The supervisor fired him.

The supervisor gave him a raise.

Jared was grounded for a week. He never cleaned his room. His parents told him he would get days off for dusting. He went around dusting the entire house.

His parents gave him three days off.

His parents threw him out of the house.

Kristen was tired of her room. She need to move it around for a change. She hadn't moved it in over four Year's. After moving everything she saw a huge stain where her bed covered.

She decided to put a rug over the stain.

Melanie decided that the room looked perfect now.

Ala went to the park. There she saw a few of her friends. They challenged her to a game of Frisbee. Ala accepted the challenge.

Ala won the game.

Ala immediately left for work.

Noah was playing in his treehouse. He decided to come down for the day. But then he saw that his ladder had fallen and lay on the ground! Noah had no way to get down from the treehouse!

He yelled for his dad.

He was so glad.

Larry was scared of heights. He always planned his travels to avoid any tall bridges. Unfortunately for Larry, one day he was diverted onto another route. Larry started sweating as he saw the bridge looming over him.

He turned around to choose another route.

Larry laughed with joy as he drove over the bridge.

Robert had a crush on Sue. Sue had a crush on Robert. Robert asked Sue on a date. She agreed to go.

After their date, Robert and Sue decided to have a second one.

At the end of their date, Sue thought Bill was a nice guy.

Anna was going to have a baby sibling. Her mom went into the hospital and Anna was hopeful. She really wanted a little sister, but not a brother! When her mom returned home with the baby, Anna was overjoyed.

The new baby was a girl.

The new baby was a boy.

Jim really wanted a new smart watch. He started saving his money because the watch was very expensive. One day he walked into work and there was a present on his desk. His boss had bought him a smart watch because of his excellent work.

Jim was delighted.

Jim was angry.

We went to a petting zoo together. My friend bought food to feed the animals. She tried to feed a carrot to a cow, but it bit her. She didn't even know cows would bite humans.

My friend had a less than fabulous time there.

My friend really enjoyed getting bitten by the cow.

My aunt is a huge marine life lover. She constantly watches documentaries. My uncle decided to surprise her for her birthday. He took her whale watching.

She loved it.

She hated it.

The cook pushed deep into the jungle. He ignored the biting insects and sweltering heat. He was determined to find the rare ingredient for his dish. He suddenly gasped in surprise!

He found a rare plant.

He found diced cucumbers.

The girls decided to get together for dinner. They brought their families too. Unfortunately they got into a fight. The staff had to throw them out.

The girls were thoroughly embarrassed.

The girls had a great time.

Dan was walking home from school and saw the window display. There was a train set in the window of the store. Dan wished so badly that he could own this train set. When Dan got home his mother told him she had a surprise.

She gave Dan the train.

Dan's mother told him to get ready for school.

Mary went to the market on Sunday for fruit. She bought bananas but couldn't find any peaches. She decided that she would wait on the peaches until next time. When she went again there were still no peaches.

Mary was disappointed.

Mary didn't want peaches.

Tom always wanted to see a moose. Tom decided to go to Maine where many moose live. Tom saw a moose while driving on a back road. Tom tried to take a picture of the moose and fell out of the car.

Tom scrambled back inside the car when the moose charged.

Tom went to pick wildflowers by the side of the road.

Maggie wanted to paint her room. She wanted to have a pink room. She ask her mom to buy her paint. The next day Maggie painted her room.

Maggie loved the color pink.

Maggie hated the color pink.

We live in a high rise building. One day the wind was strong, partly due to the height of the building. The wind blew the tree branches so much my wife could not sleep. The wind also knocked down the internet cable.

My wife and I were very unhappy to lose our internet connection.

We loved the strong wind and lack of sleep.

My sister had an emergency. She needed a babysitter right away. I told her I would watch my nephew. We had a lot of fun reading books all afternoon.

My sister was very grateful and took us both out for ice cream.

My nephew was sleeping the whole time.

Michael had a calendar full of notes. His calendar contained a special date. One day he accidentally threw his calendar away. Michael ended up missing his date.

Michael was more careful with his calendars in the future.

Michael decided that using calendars wasn't worth it.

Jane needed a new kidney. Only Bob was a match. Bob didn't know Jane, but that didn't matter. Bob gave Jane his kidney.

Jane was very thankful of Bob's generosity.

Jane was very bad at Bob.

I was really nervous before my first middle school dance. I was surprised my crush said yes to begin with. When we finally got the chance to dance I stepped on her foot. It wound up broken.

Now, she won't even talk to me.

I drove her to iHop for pancakes and shakes.

Jon felt like a bad dad. He worked so late, he often missed his kids when he came home. On the weekends, he was tired and grumpy. One Saturday, his son sat down on the couch and leaned on Jon's arm.

Jon loved spending time with the kids.

John went to the movies by himself.

One day Wesley's auntie came over to visit. He was happy to see her, because he liked to play with her. When she starting to give his little sister attention, he got jealous. He got angry at his auntie and bit her hand when she wasn't looking.

He was scolded.

She gave him a cookie for being so nice.

Anne fell while ice skating. She twisted her ankle beneath her. Her mom rushed her to the emergency room. There, they wrapped Anne's ankle in a soft cast.

Anne recovered just fine.

Annie was angry that her ankle wasn't more injured.

Our dog was named Cinnamon. She was very sweet and loving. She was starting to get old and frail. We had to put her down as she was in pain.

The whole family mourned Cinnamon.

The whole family was glad Cinnamon left.

Jenny felt something wiggling around in her mouth. It was her first loose tooth. She didn't tell anyone because she knew they'd try to pull it out. After about a week, she proudly showed her mom the tooth in her hand.

Jenny's mom congratulated her.

Jenny was sad because her tooth was pulled.

Mike was very sleepy and hungry. But he had to stay up to finish work. He thought eating food would help him stay up longer. So he put some bread in his toaster.

When it was done he put in some butter and ate it.

He couldn't figure out what to eat.