The Big Move approaches…

As I sit here my mind wanders to a place far, far away, my new home to be exact! All the searching is over, but the journey has just begun. Who knew the process of applying for a mortgage could completely suck the life out of someone?  Bank statements, pay stubs, employment verification, home owners insurance; just to mention of few of the in- depth paper work that is required from the banks. This has been an exhausting process, we have made thousands of copies it seems and signed document upon document to no avail. As we sit in our tiny little cramped apartment, waiting to hear those few important words: “you are approved”, our patients grows thin. But soon it will happen and we will pack our accumulated possessions into boxes and relocate our little family to expanded horizons.

Vocabulary:

Searching: to look for

Journey: to go form place to place

Applying: to request

Employment: a place of work

Required: needed or wanted

Cramped: confined or small space

Accumulated: to gather or collect

Vocabulary Activity: 

Write an application letter to a bank, employer, or school telling them why you are applying for a loan, job or placement. Use at least 3 of the vocabulary words listed above as a part of you application.

Grammar point:

Adjective clauses work like multiword adjectives in the sense that they describe whatever is to the left of it. Adjective clauses usually are introduced by relative pronouns such as who, whose, whom, which, that and where.

Grammar activity:

Underline the adjective clauses in this paragraph then try to find them in your own paragraph.