Writing prompt: Lucy's grandmother is telling her about life several years ago. The environment where she lived has changed significantly. Using the provided hints and sentence patterns, write a short English essay about these changes.
Writing hints: different; flats; fields; bushes; buildings.
Reference sentence patterns: There was/were... ; There wasn't/weren't any... ; There was/were no...

Student essay:
This place was very different a long time ago. There were no houses here then, and now look at that big block of flats. There were some fields at the presen. There were no bushes before, but now there are a lot of bushes beside the road. At the present , there were no buildings in the city. With the development of social, there are more and more buildings were built.

Corrected essay:
This place was very different a long time ago. There were no houses here then, and now look at that big block of flats. There were some fields at the present. There were no bushes before, but now there are a lot of bushes beside the road. In the past, there were no buildings in the city. With the development of society, more and more buildings were built.