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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 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au Editing skills 53
How chewing gum is made Teachers notes Lesson focus Punctuation • Capital letters for sentence beginnings • Full stops • Grammatical commas • Colons in offset lists Spelling • Confused words: witch/which, mane/main • Misspelt words • Plurals (‘s’ and ‘es’) Grammar • Subject-verb agreement • Prepositions Teacher information An explanation outlines how something works, is made or how or why things happen. Answers Chewing gum is made with three basic ingredients: gum base, sweeteners, and flavourings. The main ingredient of chewing gum is the gum base, which is like rubber. It makes the gum chewy and also gives it a smooth texture. When chewing gum was first produced, gum base was made from tree sap, but now artificial gum bases are used. As the gum base gets warm in your mouth, it softens and the flavour of the gum is released. Sweeteners and flavourings are added to the gum base. The most common sweeteners added to chewing gum are sugar and corn syrup. The most popular flavourings used in chewing gum are peppermint and spearmint. main which texture was artifical softens released are common syrup peppermint 1. (a) Missing punctuation is in bold type. 2. (a) Verbs are underlined. were – was (line 8), is – are (line 12) (b) (i) hate (ii) buy (iii) take (iv) hides (c) with, of, from, in (x2) (d) Teacher check 3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type. main, which, texture, artificial, softens, released, common, syrup, peppermint 56 Editing skills R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au
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