Task 2
In the text above there are some words which refer to the equipment we need to
make the recipe. Look at the recipe again and find the name of the following:
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Task 3
A recipe is a text which contains instructions how to do things. When we give
instructions verbs have a certain form and are found in a certain place within the
sentence. In the text above find and underline the verb in each sentence. What
comments can you make about them?
Task 4
Α text is not made of irrelevant sentences put the one next to the other but of
sentences which carry a thread of meaning from the beginning of the text to the
end. In a recipe, what makes the text meaningful is that the sentences refer to a
process in which the steps are revealed the one after the other in a logical
sequence. These steps can be described by independent sentences. However, in a
more reader-friendly text, many independent sentences can be combined using
the word and.
a. Read the text again and underline the cases where the word and is used to
combine two independent sentences.
b. Now try to do the same with the following sentences:
1. Open the door. Get in the car: …………………………………
2. Open your mouth. Say ah! :…………………………………..
3. Take some soap. Wash your hands……………………………..
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