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    The document discusses Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack but continued pursuing her dream of becoming a professional surfer. It rewrites 8 sentences about Bethany's life experiences using gerunds, including being born in Hawaii, winning a junior competition that gained her a sponsor, being homeschooled giving her time to surf, losing her arm in the shark attack making her think she lost her opportunity, going to Thailand with friends from church where she learned there were things more important than surfing, receiving letters from fans giving her strength to surf again, her father modifying her surfboard allowing her better control, and getting 5th place nationally showing her strong will.

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    The document discusses Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack but continued pursuing her dream of becoming a professional surfer. It rewrites 8 sentences about Bethany's life experiences using gerunds, including being born in Hawaii, winning a junior competition that gained her a sponsor, being homeschooled giving her time to surf, losing her arm in the shark attack making her think she lost her opportunity, going to Thailand with friends from church where she learned there were things more important than surfing, receiving letters from fans giving her strength to surf again, her father modifying her surfboard allowing her better control, and getting 5th place nationally showing her strong will.

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    Ing Bethany

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    Andres Cardozo
    The document discusses Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack but continued pursuing her dream of becoming a professional surfer. It rewrites 8 sentences about Bethany's life experiences using gerunds, including being born in Hawaii, winning a junior competition that gained her a sponsor, being homeschooled giving her time to surf, losing her arm in the shark attack making her think she lost her opportunity, going to Thailand with friends from church where she learned there were things more important than surfing, receiving letters from fans giving her strength to surf again, her father modifying her surfboard allowing her better control, and getting 5th place nationally showing her strong will.

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    Rewrite the sentences using the gerund.

    1. Bethany was born in Hawaii. It was natural for her to become a surfer. 2. Bethany won a j unior competition. That picked up Rip Curls interest in sponsoring her. 3. Bethany was home- schooled. That gave her plenty of time to surf. 4. Bethany got her arm ripped off by a shark. That made her think shad had lost her opportunity to become a pro. 5. Bethany went to Thailand with her friends from church. There she learned that there were more important things than surfing. 6. Bethany received a lot of letters from fans all around the world. That gave her strength to start surfing again. 7. Bethanys father modified a surfboard. That allowed Bethany to have better control of it in the water. 8. Bethany got in the fifth place in the national competition. That showed everybody that she was really strong willed.

    Bethany Hamilton & AnnaSophia Robb

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