Saturday, March 3, 2012

The Person Who Influenced My Life the Most

Read the essay and fill in the blanks. Then do the task at the end of the essay.

THE TEACHER WHO INFLUENCED MY LIFE THE MOST

School was always very important to me. Therefore, it is not surprising that the person ……………..influenced my life the most was a teacher. In my twelve years of school, 1 have had many teacher …………….I have admired greatly, but Mrs. Thompson, ………………. was my French teacher in the tenth grade, is the teacher to ………………I owe the most.

Mrs. Thompson was an excellent teacher, and I really liked the way she taught the class.
It was a class ……………I felt important. In this class, I was able to excel, ………………helped me feel better about myself. Before I took this class, I was not the kind of person …………spoke up in groups. In fact, I was very quiet and did not socialize much. Because of the success ……......I had in this class, though, I became more confident and at ease, something ………..also helped me to do better in my other classes. I became a better student and a better person.

My family did not have a lot of money, and it looked like I wasn't going to be able to
attend the university. However, Mrs. Thompson wrote strong letters recommending me for
scholarship ……………I submitted along with the applications. In the end, I was able to get a scholarship to attend the university. After my acceptance arrived, Mrs. Thompson gave me advice regarding the classes I would take, as well as other academic matters. Those days at the beginning of my college career were difficult for me. They were day …………..I really needed someone's advice, and Mrs. Thompson came through for me.

My final reason for choosing Mrs. Thompson is the subject to ……………she introduced me. This was my first class in French, a language ………..I really liked to study. I enjoyed French so much that I then took Spanish the next year. I enjoyed studying both languages and had excellent grades in all my language classes, an accomplishment ……………has given me the idea of becoming a language teacher myself. I can only hope that T will one day be able to teach as well as Mrs. Thompson, class had such a positive impact on my life.

Task: Who is the most influential person in the world nowadays, to your group? Compose an essay using as many relative clauses as possible.

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