20860_Editing_explanations_Years_4_and_5

How does a microwave oven work?
Read the explanation.
Editing skills
A microwave oven cooks food from the inside owt.
Heres how it werks. when you press ‘start’ on the
oven microwaves (short radio waves are prodused.
These waves pass threw any glass paper or plastic
containers you have put in the oven and quick find
there way into the food. the microwaves then make
the water and fat molecules in the food vibbrate
causing heat. This is what warms up your favorrite
hot drink or cooks your food. it is usally much
quicker than cooking with an electrick or gas oven.
This is because these ovens work by heeting food
gradual from the outside in.
1 Punctuation
(a) Find 3 missing capital letters, 1 comma
in a list, 2 grammatical commas, 1
apostrophe for a contraction and 1
bracket for additional information.
2 Grammar
This explanation uses verbs in the present
tense. Present tense verbs often end in ‘s’.
(a) Write these present tense verbs ending
in ‘s’ from the text in the past tense.
(i) cooks
(ii) works
(iii) warms
(iv) press
Adverbs are words that describe verbs. They
often end in ‘ly’; for example, ‘happily’, ‘slowly’.
(b) Two adverbs from the text are missing
the ‘ly’ ending. Write them correctly in
the space at the end of the line.
3 Spelling
(a) Write the correct spelling of 10 misspelt
words in the space at the end of the line.
4 Vocabulary
Antonyms are words with opposite meanings;
for example, inside – outside.
(a) Write an antonym for each of these.
(i) quickly
(ii) find
(iii) heating
(iv) your
(v) gradually
(vi) start
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