It is hot and dusty during the summer in Texas up in the northern part of Texas in Wichita Falls where we would visit my grandparents’ farm every summer, and I remember the sounds of locusts and the sweltering heat that made us so tired that we had to take a nap every afternoon on the front porch, even the parents and grandparents, under the big humming porch fan.

Each of the following sentences is too long and contains too many ideas. For each sentence, create a set of new sentences to more clearly express the ideas. Use rewording as necessary to make the sentences clearer. Use this example as a model.


1) Wichita Falls is in the northern part of Texas.
2) In the summer, this part of Texas is very hot and dusty.
3) My family would visit my grandparents on their farm in Wichita Falls every summer.
4) I remember the sounds of locusts and the sweltering heat.
5) The heat made us so tired that we took a nap every afternoon.
6) We would sleep on the front porch under the big humming porch fan.
7) Everyone napped, even my parents and grandparents.

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