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Writing skills practice: A recipe – exercises

Look at the recipe and do the exercises to practise and improve your writing skills.

Preparation
Write the correct word in the boxes below the picture.

cut boil grill cook fry wash up

Fry Boil Cut

Grill Cook Wash up

1. Check your understanding: true or false
Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. You need two red onions to make pepperoni pasta. True False
2. You need about 450g of tomatoes to make the sauce. True False
3. 450g of pasta is enough for one person. True False
4. You should cut the onions, peppers and pepperoni before you fry them. True False
5. You should add the oregano and garlic before you fry the ingredients. True False
6. You need to fry the pasta in a big pan. True False

2. Check your writing: punctuation – commas

Add commas to these sentences and rewrite them on the line below.

1. To cook spaghetti you'll need spaghetti tomatoes meat and some cheese.
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e.………………………………….
2. Noriko can speak Japanese English Chinese French and a little Arabic.

Noriko ca…
n…sp… k J…
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ic.………………………….
3. On Monday we study Science Maths and English. On Tuesday we have sports all day and on
Wednesday we have English Music and History.

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On Mond ay , we study Science , Maths and English. On Tuesday , we have sports all day , and
on Monda…y ,…
we…h…av…
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sic an…d…
Hi…
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. ………………………………………………….
4. I love playing team sports like football basketball cricket baseball or even rugby. I don't like
individual sports like golf tennis or badminton but I love running.

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love Playing team sport like football, basketball, cricket , baseball or even rugby . I don't like individual
………… ………… …… ……………… … ………… …… ………… ………… … …………….
sport like golf , tennis or badminton , but I love running.

3. Check your writing: multiple choice – verb forms

Circle the correct verb form to complete these sentences.

Cut / Cutting / Cuts the carrots and onions into small pieces, then added / adding / add them to
1. the salad.
Cook / Cooked / Cooking the meat for about 12 minutes.
2.
Boil / Boiled / Boiling the water for 5 minutes, then add / adding / added the pasta.
3.
Don’t forget to washed up / washing up / wash up after you have finished eating.
4.
Discussion

What dishes can you cook? How often do you cook?

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AUTONOMOUS-Writing about buying food in a

supermarket usingsimple phrases and q
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"Tropical Fruit
Salad

 1 ripe pineapple, peeled and diced.

 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and diced
 1 ripe papaya, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks
 1 ripe banana, sliced
 Juice of 1 lime
 Fresh mint leaves for garnish

Method:
1 -In a large bowl, mix the pineapple, mangoes, papaya and banana.2 -
Squeeze the lime juice over the fruits and gently stir to coat.
3 -Refrigerate the fruit salad for at least 30 minutes to blend the flavors.4- Just
before serving, garnish with fresh mint leaves.
5- Enjoy this refreshing tropical fruit salad.

Note: You can add other fruits to taste, such as kiwi, strawberries or grapes.
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