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LECS Lab 11

Pam was looking for a house to buy. After a few months of looking, she finally found a house she loved. However, it was a little too expensive. Pam tried to talk down the price, and succeeded.

Pam finally bought the house.

Pam became homeless.

Jane needed to earn some extra money. She remembered paid psychology experiments in college. Jane searched for paid experiments and found Mechanical Turk. She was now able to participate in psychology experiments at home.

Jane was finally able to earn extra money.

Jane decided not to participate in psychology experiments anymore.

Brian was asked to watch his friends dog. They left a notebook to keep a log. He would update it with the times he went there. Right before he came back he left a message regarding their time.

He was happy that his friends considered him trustworthy.

He had to admit he didn't really like their cat very much.

Sam regretted not starting his history essay earlier. He typed up his closing paragraphs. All of a sudden, his screen was covered in a large blue error message. Sam shrugged and restarted his computer.

He was disappointed in his broken computer.

He was happy about his computer.

I always try to go to bed on time. Last night I was hooked watching a new tv show. Before I knew it it was really late. I should have been asleep hours ago.

The television show had hooked me in.

I hated the television show.

Jill went on a road trip last month. She wanted to travel from Boston to Seattle. Halfway through, her car broke down. She spent hours on the side of the road, waiting for AAA.

They fixed her car and sent her on her way.

Jill was glad that they arrived so quickly.

Valerie found a cat outside the restaurant she worked in. He was so thin and hungry. Val took him home and fed him. She gave him a lot of love and care.

The cat was grateful.

Valerie hated the cat.

Lina wanted to fry donuts. She got an application for the donut shop. To her delight, she had been hired! She started to go to work frying donuts.

Lina loved her new job.

Lina hated donuts.

Ana was at a town festival. She was nervous because the President was coming! When she saw his car approach, she almost fainted. But then he got out and smiled at her.

She was a bit stunned with excitement, but she managed to wave.

She jeered and yelled at him.

A young toddler was climbing up a chair in his living room. As he climbed, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground. The boy started crying very loudly. His mother heard him from in the kitchen and ran over to him.

The mother comforted the child.

The mother ignored the child.

Jessica wanted a pony for her birthday more than anything. In the days coming up to it, she asked her dad for a pony. He said he would think about it. He gave Jessica a pony shaped box on her special day.

Jessica was disappointed because she wanted a real pony.

Jessica loved the puppy she got from her dad.

Doreen loved orange flavored ice cream. One day when she was playing Doreen fell. She broke her leg and was crying a lot. Doreen's mom wanted to make her feel better.

Doreen's mom gave her orange flavored ice cream.

Doreen's mom laughed and made fun of her.

Stan wanted to go on an adventure with Eric. But Eric's mom said that Eric could not come out and play. Stan begged and pleaded, but to no avail. Eric sneaked out of his house and knocked on Stan's window.

The two boys went out to have their adventure without hesitation.

Eric was fast asleep leaving Stan to fend for himself.

Ethan enrolled in a singing lesson near his house. He did not have any previous experience and was nervous. His instructor was a nice lady who was a world renown singer. Ethan practiced singing the scales with her.

Ethan soon became an amazing soprano.

Ethan became a master at playing guitar.

Coy needed new sneakers. She went to the store and examined their selection. She settled on a lovely blue pair. And the price was just right, too!

Coy bought the sneakers.

Coy bought a more expensive pair of sneakers.

Ellie watched the merry go round. She couldn't decide which animal to ride. There was a pink horse or a blue bunny. So she got on it twice.

Each time she rode a different animal making her happy.

Ellie cried both times because she didn't want to ride the ride.

John was really bored at work one day. He decided to order a huge amount of marshmallows from online. He also bought a marshmallow gun. He spent hours shooting marshmallows at the birds outside his house.

John had a lot of stupid fun.

John collected the marshmallows to eat afterwards.

Tina is very tired every single morning. She does not get enough sleep because of her two jobs. Tina decides to quit one of the jobs. She now gets enough sleep to function everyday.

Tina is well rested.

Tina is more tired than ever before.

Kenny was an electrical engineer. He loved working with circuits and wiring panels. One day he accidentally electrocuted himself badly. He was injured and scared.

Kenny thought maybe he should seek another profession.

Kenny looked forward to conquering his fears.

Gina was worried the cookie dough in the tube would be gross. She was very happy to find she was wrong. The cookies from the tube were as good as from scratch. Gina intended to only eat 2 cookies and save the rest.

Gina liked the cookies so much she ate them all in one sitting.

Gina gave the cookies away at her church.

As Amy stood in line at security she realized she hated airports. She placed her purse into the bin and walked through. The TSA agent asked her to step to the side. Amy had forgotten to remove her mace from her key chain.

Amy explained the situation and moved on.

Amy was allowed to carry whatever she wanted to.

Alice adopted a pit bull puppy earlier this year. She was worried that people would judge him because of his breed. She took him to puppy classes and trained him properly. Alice loved him and used a lot of positive reinforcement.

Alice believes pit bulls can make good pets.

Alice thinks pit bulls make dangerous pets.

I didn't like paying taxes. I enrolled in a Tax Preparer's class. I studied hard and long. I passed my Tax Preparer's class.

I was happy I passed.

I was not happy with the results.

Our team had a football game today. We were all pumped to win. We got on the field and practiced before the game. Our team was unified, and worked together.

Our team felt gratified.

Our team was ashamed of their performance.

Bob moved from a small town to a large city. He was concerned he would always get lost. The first day he got lost trying to get home from work. Then Bob bought a navigation system to help him learn his way around.

The navigation system helped Bob a lot.

Bob knew his way around and never used the navigation system.

Dan and Carol met as manager trainees at a fast food restaurant. They were sent to further training in a town three hours away. They decided to drive together to save on costs. Talking in the car for hours each way, they got to know each other.

By the time they got to the training, they felt like friends.

Carol asked Dan to buy her a box of Kleenex.

Lisa began to realize that she did not enjoy studying business. She wanted to study art but was worried about making money. Finally, one day she had the courage to drop out of school. Her friends and family told her it was crazy to leave school.

Lisa still felt confident that her choice would make her happy.

Lisa got a degree in business.

A friend picked me up from the bus station. We rode in his car for a while to his home. When we were nearing it I asked if I could smoke. He said that I could not but people don't listen anyway.

My friend didn't like people smoking in the car.

My friend encouraged people to smoke in his car.

I found my shoes uncomfortably stiff. I went out and bought some new shoes. I tried to break them in over time. They still felt too stiff for me.

The shoes gave me blisters.

I happily played tennis in my new, uncomfortable shoes.

Ed was not doing very well in science class. He knew he had to ace the exam in order to pass. He studied all week before the exam. Then he did his best on the test.

Ed's parents were proud.

Ed's parents grounded him.

His eyes burned with pain. His stomach churned and twisted. His lungs were filled with fluid. Painful coughs rattled the halls of his small home.

He was near death for sure, he would be gone before night's end.

He got up and decided to go for a jog.

Paula wrote a lot of spoken word poetry. Her friends were supportive even though it was bad. They invited her to a party. Paula started delivering some spoken word.

Her friends applauded her poem.

Paula tore up her poem.

Alison's fan had three settings. When she put it on the most powerful one it wobbled. Her new boyfriend didn't know this and put it as such. It wobbled to the point of spinning off.

Her boyfriend felt bad that he broke the fan.

Alison ate an ice cream sandwich.

Ben wanted a glass of orange juice. There was none in the house. However, there was a bag of oranges. He halved a few of them and got out the juicer.

Ben made freshly squeezed orange juice from the oranges.

Ben sipped his apple juice contently.

Kyle hated the bologna sandwich his mom had given him for lunch. He looked around to see what his friends had. His best friend had peanut butter and jelly! Kyle asked if they could trade.

He was happy that his friend agreed to the swap.

Kyle refused to trade sandwiches with his friend.

Jen brought her cat Lee to the vet for a checkup. The veterinarian, Doctor Mike, found three fleas on Lee. Doctor Mike suggested a flea dip to Jen. Jen refused because she did not want Lee to be dipped in chemicals.

Jen noticed that Lee's flea problem quickly got worse.

The vet suggested a flea collar for Jen's pet German shepherd.

Mary decided to take her husband to a football game. When they arrived to the front, they gave their tickets away. They sat in the second to last row in the front. Although their favorite team was losing, they had a good time.

Mary decided to take her husband to the game again next week.

Mary decided never to take her husband anywhere again.

Ashley has felt sick all day today. She feels like she is going to throw up. She asks her boss if she can go home for the day. Her boss lets her leave work.

Ashley went home and went to bed to get better.

Ashley went surfing.

Last year my uncle bought a metal detector. He takes it to the beach every weekend. A few months ago he found a Rolex. It was worth a few hundred dollars.

My uncle enjoys his hobby.

My uncle hates the beach.

Megan owned an apple orchard. She needed to have some of her apple trees pruned. She called her neighbor Mark to see if she could borrow his saw. Mark said he would drop it off in the morning on his way to school.

The next day mark brought her saw as promised.

Megan chased Mark for a mile before he gave it back.

Joe and his friends had their soccer game today. Joe was nervous. He was nervous if he would win or not. Finally after the game, Joe's team won.

Joe was very proud of his team.

Joe was very disappointed in his team.

Kelly had to raise money for her cheerleading uniform. She decided to hold a bake sale. She made tons of cakes and brownies. Then she set up shop outside her house.

She sold reasonably well and bought her uniform.

She sold a lot and bought delicious treats with the money.

Alanna was the worst student in the MATHletes club. Her crush had started tutoring fellow students in math. She felt embarrassed but signed up anyway. They hit it off right away and Alanna worked very hard.

Alanna was able to kiss her crush when her grades improved.

Alanna decided to learn another language.

Sandy lived in New York. Sandy heard of a dangerous snow storm coming her way. Sandy decided to ensure that her home was prepared. During the snowstorm, the power went out.

Sandy was prepared.

Sandy decided to go outside and make a snowman.

Alicia liked where she lived. One day, her parents told her they were moving. She was very sad. On moving day she said goodbye to her friends.

Then they moved to their new house.

Alicia was happy to be leaving her old house.

Tim took an arts and crafts class. He was awful at it. He couldn't make paper hats, necklaces, or bracelets. He decided to keep trying.

Tim's skills improved over time.

Tim quit the class.

Kelly loved a boy named Steve. They spent everyday together. One day Steve asked Kelly to marry him. She said yes.

Kelly and Steve had a beautiful wedding.

They hated one another from the start.

When Audrey was a little girl she was excited to start school. As the youngest, all her siblings started school before her. On her first day of school she was so excited to meet her teacher. When she came home she told her mom all about her new friends.

Audrey was happy with her first day of school.

Audrey wished she had made friend that day at school.

Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was thirsty and wanted a drink of water. She tiptoed into the kitchen and got a drink. But then she accidentally dropped the glass, which shattered!

Ann quickly cleaned up the broken glass and threw it away.

Ann decided to start dancing.

Dan wanted to go to school on Halloween dressed as the Devil. He was scared to ask his father for the costume. He asked his grandmother instead. She told him going as the Devil is evil.

Dan made his own Devil costume.

Dan's grandmother was already dressed as the Devil.

Rufus wakes up and notices that his hat is gone. At first he cannot remember where it might be. Finally he realizes he wore it to the bar last night. Rufus returns to the bar to get his hat.

He sees his hat hanging on moose antlers behind the bar.

Rufus is relieved to find his briefcase at the bar.

Sandy recently lost her job. As a consequence, Sandy could not pay her mortgage. After several months, Sandy's got some bad news. Sandy was told her house was being foreclosed on.

Sandy lost her home.

Sandy bought three new homes.

Ann loved cake. Every saturday she would walk by the bakery. Ann loved to look at the beautiful cakes. One day a lady asked her to come inside.

Ann came inside and watched as cakes were being made.

Ann felt insulted by the lady's offer.

I decided to pay a visit to someone I've been dating online. I never seen her in person, but I trust her. The airplane flight took several hours. When I arrived at the hotel, she said she's in front.

I walked in and saw her.

I got on the plane and flew home.

Tony was tired of stale store bought bread. He called his mom and got her bread recipe. Tony gathered the ingredients that he needed. Tony baked the bread according to the recipe.

It was some of the best bread he has had.

Tony loved the pizza.

Today was Pinwheels for Peace Day. My teacher took the class towards the front of the school. Everyone planted pinwheels near the stop. When we looked at the wheels from afar, they were spinning.

Our teacher took a photo of the pinwheels.

Our teacher told us to go back and remove the pinwheels.

Jess hated egg salad. When her friend's mother served it, she knew she had to eat it. Just as she was about to take a bite the family dog walked by. No one was looking so she lowered it towards the dog.

The dog happily ate the salad.

Jess decided to make egg salad.

Kim had been working extra hard for weeks. She learned of a promotion up for grabs at her company. It came with a new office and great benefits. Finally all her work paid off and she was offered the promotion.

She was happy to get the promotion.

She was sad to get the promotion.

Linda went to a special retreat to relax. On the first day, she was weirdly told to wear a white robe. Everything they did was in unison and things were getting strange. She said this was not a retreat but a cult following.

Linda left as soon as she could.

Linda had a lot of fun.

Gina's friend Mary wouldn't share. They both needed to use the school library books about dolphins. But Mary had beaten Gina and taken them all. And now she refused to share the books.

Gina's mother had to call Mary's mom to complain.

Mary was always trying to make Gina happy.

Bob picked up his glasses from the table. He slipped them in his backpack to wear at school. He needed them to see the board. In science he put them on.

Bob was able to read the writing on the board.

Bob enjoyed using his binoculars.

Mike used to play racketball with Perry. They would reserve a court a couple times a week. But one time Mike hit Perry by accident in the back of the head. Perry was not very happy about that.

Mike had to apologize.

Mike and Perry got married.

One summer my sister and I set up a lemonade stand. It was the first month at a new house and we didn't know anyone. Few people walked by and even fewer stopped. The old pastor walked over from next door.

He bought lemonade and made us feel welcome in the neighborhood.

He poured our lemonade onto the ground.

Lisa wanted to go to her friends house. Her mother had to run errands and need her to watch the kids. She could only go if she took them with. Her mother gave her $10 to babysit and left.

Lisa had a great time babysitting with her friend.

Lisa decided to eat a hotdog instead.

Howard is a senior. He feels a lot of bittersweet thoughts. He holds a senior party with all of his friends. They all enjoyed it and drank a lot.

Howard liked socializing.

Howard is thirteen.

Tim and Deb have been dating for almost a year. They met at a party they attended last Christmas. Tim picked Deb up for a date tonight and took her to a fancy dinner. Just after dessert he proposed marriage.

Deb said yes to Tim's marriage proposal.

Deb told Tim she was only interested in woman.

Nina was scared of the pool. She had never learned to swim! But she dipped her toes in and then entered slowly. Soon she was splashing and dog-paddling.

She had a great time.

She decided to never go in the pool again.

Jake is one of my roommates. He took a gap year last year to work as a chef in Australia. Since the dining hall food was subpar we decided to cook. He taught me how to cook and season a steak.

Jake has kept all of us well-fed all year.

Now we all go to the dining hall instead of cooking.

Tim had dreams of becoming a great bodybuilder. He worked out every night to try to reach his goal. His hard work paid off and he earned a spot in a popular contest. He showed his skills, lifting more than 250 lbs.

Tim was very determined.

Tim had little determination.

My cat likes to hunt. One day my cat hunted a mouse. The mouse was really fast. The cat could not catch the mouse.

The cat was really slow.

The cat got away.

Jon loved the night sky. He would spend many of his nights looking at the stars. His mom saw that he loved the night sky. His mom bought him a telescope.

Jon used his telescope often.

Jon then watched germs with his microscope.

Cay decided she was too stressed out. She decided she would try to meditate to calm her stress. Each morning she sat cross-legged and closed her eyes. Then she thought calming thoughts for several minutes.

This always made her calm and relaxed.

Cay was very stressed afterwards.

Emile wanted to be a great chef. He took lessons and worked hard learning how to cook. He practiced his cooking and served food for friends. His friends loved his cooking and encouraged him.

Emile eventually got a job as a chef.

Emile stopped talking to his friends.

Brendon used to work with mike. One day Mike moved his chair while he was standing. He went to sit down and fell. Mike couldn't help but laugh at the site.

Brendon got angry because he was in serious pain.

Brendon couldn't believe he was soaking wet.

I found a cat outside one day. I took her to the boat with me. I was planning on taking her to the shelter. However, I got very attached to her.

I decided to keep the cat.

I hated the cat.

Gina was carrying a clean bedspread upstairs. She was carrying it in her arms. She had a hard time keeping it off the floor. Her arms were too small to hold the whole bedspread.

Gina folded the bedspread so she could carry it easier.

Gina's feet were too big for her shoes.

Amy always wanted to play the flute. The first day of band she told the teacher so. She practiced on her flute everyday for a week. It was terribly hard to play the flute.

Amy was very committed.

Amy showed little interest in the flute.

Missy got drunk and went to get a tattoo. She decided to get a tattoo on her forehead. The next day, Missy was horrified at what she had done. Missy scraped up her money to pay for a tattoo removal procedure.

After much wasted money, the tattoo was gone.

Missy got another tattoo on her cheek.

Laurence and his family decided to move. First they packed up their furniture. They then packed up everything else. All their belongings were moved into the van.

Laurence and his family drove to their new home.

Laurence put all of their belongings back into the house.

My sister in law Sally contacted the family last month. Sally is estranged from the family. She ran away to get married and did not keep in contact. Her husband is now in a hospice.

Sally wanted to inform the family of her husband's condition.

Sally ended up being my best friend.

David asked his mother if he could pour his own drink. His mother agreed, but warned him to be careful. David accidentally knocked over his glass which shattered everywhere. His mother cheerfully forgave David.

David promised to be more careful in the future.

David ate a cheeseburger.

My friend Sharon was nervous yesterday. She found out her company wanted her to retire. Although she has a good pension, she was still nervous. I helped her rewrite her resume, preparing for a job search.

Sharon is now looking forward to a new chapter in her life.

Sharon went out and gambled all her pension money.

Ana was driving home one night. Then she saw the Check Engine light on her dash. Worried, she pulled right into a mechanic's garage. The mechanic examined Ana's car for her.

The mechanic told her the light was just malfunctioning.

Ana then fixed the mechanic's car.

Bill went fishing and caught a lot of fish. He caught so many he had to give some away. His neighbors were poor and were grateful to Bill for the fish. The neighbors finally got back on their feet.

They baked Bill some bread in appreciation for all the fish.

Bill's neighbors sued him for making them poor.

Ron really wanted to get promoted at his work place. He researched different strategies to move up within the company. Ron found out a higher position was created for bilingual employees. The requirement for the new position is to be able to speak Spanish.

Ron was happy because he knew how to speak Spanish.

Ron didn't meet the requirements and got hired anyway.

The Malamute always sniffed at the slide during his walk. His owner walked him up to the platform one day. He was scared to slide down. They continued to do this every day on their walk.

The Malamute eventually tried to slide down the slide.

The Malamute's owner never took him to the slide again.

The flute that sits on the shelf covered in dust. One day a man comes in the store and takes it home. This man wipes away the dust. He starts playing a song.

The flute sounded beautiful.

The man did not like music.

One day, John met a cute girl named Jessica. He enjoyed talking to her and spending time with her. John asked Jessica to go out with him on a date. She said yes, and they had a good time.

John was glad he asked her on a date.

John was upset that they had such an awful time.

Tom and Casey have been married for twenty years. Tom had an affair with Susan. Casey caught Tom and Susan on a dinner date. Casey camped outside in front of the cafe.

When they exited the cafe, Casey confronted Tom.

Casey congratulated Tom and Susan when they came out.

Kelly was skiing when suddenly she heard a large commotion behind her. She looked back and saw a wall of snow coming towards her. She panicked and started skiing faster down the slope. As the avalanche caught up to her she quickly jumped into some trees.

Kelly grabbed a tree and hung on tight.

Kelly was able to ski uphill on the avalanche.

Agatha loved to bake cookies. One day she put a batch in to bake. However, after twenty minutes, there was no scent of cookies baking. She went to see what had happened.

Agatha found the oven was turned off.

Agatha found the oven heat was too high.

Loo had a red box he kept pebbles he collected in. One day Loo went out to play with his friends. When he came back home he could not find his box. Loo asked his friends to help him find it.

Loo and his friends found the box.

Loo didn't want the box anymore.

Lisa was at the beach. And she saw someone flying a kite. It looked like a lot of fun. So Lisa bought a kite of her own.

Lisa broke her kite when a seagull got tangled in the line.

Lisa blames her mother for choosing such a windy day.

My brothers and I were sharing a pizza. There was only one slice left. We all wanted it. Before anybody could say anything I licked it.

I got to eat the slice.

I ate a hamburger.

Gina's uncle burned incense all day long. Gina liked the scent. She leaned in close and took a big whiff. The smoke made her choke.

Gina now knows not to inhale the incense smoke.

Gina was able to breath freely.

Gina and her siblings were in the house looking out the window. In the yard her dad and his friends were fighting. The fight was violent and scary. Gina shooed the kids away from the windows.

The kids were scared.

Then the entire family broke out into song and dance.

Kelly downloaded a fantastic new app. It allowed her to control the lights in her home. She was able to turn them off with a button. Kelly loved the app.

Kelly told all her friends about the app.

Kelly deleted the app.

Chelsea was getting married next week. She needed someone to give her away. Her father was out of the question as he was an abusive jerk. She really didn't know what to do.

She decided to ask her brother, who was honored to do so.

She asked her father, because he had always been great to her.

Jane went on a walk. On the walk, she passed an animal shelter. She saw an adorable dog staring back at her in the window. Jane went in and instantly bonded well with the dog.

She asked the shelter worker about adopting the dog.

She swatted the dog with a newspaper.

Larry bought a new motorcycle. He was excited to look cool. The first time he tried riding it he dropped it. He hurt his leg and had to go to the hospital.

Larry became careful.

Larry loved going to the hospital.