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     I have double-spaced the text so that teachers can simply print it out and use it for exercises or for their own analysis.

      I have four people in my family. My mom, my dad, my 

sister and me. My mom's name is Gracie. She cleans houses 

and sews. She is nice and sometimes she's funny. She was 

born in New York. I think she is 34 years old. Next I'll tell you 

about my dad. He works at Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Corp. His 

name is Jack. He was born in Xxxxxxxxx Virginia. He is 36 

years old. He is fun to play with. Now I'll tell you about my 

sister. Her name is Sally.  She is strange. She's 4 years old. 

She was born in Xxxxxxxxxx, Virginia. She's kind of cute. 

Finally me, I was born in Xxxxxxxxxx, Virginia. I am 9 years 

old. We have a cat. His name is Archie. He is white and 

orange. He's very stupid but, we still like him.  He is about 1 

year people years and 13 cat years. He likes to catch little 

animals and insects. Now I'll tell you about my grandpa. He 

is 83 years old. He was born in Caledonia County, New York. 

He has a cat named Dinkey.  He is about 11 years in cat years 

and almost 1 year in people years. Dinkey's very strange and 

always playful. He also chases insects. My house is a brick 

house. It is not very big, but it's a pretty nice sized house. I 

live at 238 Xxxxxxx Avenue. My basement is nice and cool in 

the summer. It is very cold in the winter. Next I'll tell you 

about all of the rooms in my house. There are about 6 or 7 

rooms upstairs and about 5 rooms in the basement. We 

have two bathrooms one sewing room three bedrooms one 

living room one laundry room one food room that about takes 

care of the rooms in my house.