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The Extra Bit

Brackets, dashes and commas around the bit you could lift out

Lesson 12
Medium
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

Open the pair, close the pair. Then lift the extra bit out and check the sentence still stands.

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Tick the right one

aThe soup (made this morning) was cold.The soup (made this morning was cold.marks
bNonna (aged eighty still bakes every day.Nonna (aged eighty) still bakes every day.marks
cLeo, always late, arrived at noon.Leo, always late arrived at noon.marks
dThe bill, all forty pounds, was paid.The bill all forty pounds, was paid.marks
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Find the 4 mistakes

Welcome back to Polpetta's café on Market Street. Our chef, the famous Polpetta makes every dish himself. The menu (three courses costs twelve pounds. The bread, baked at dawn is still warm at nine o'clock. Our café (open since May) is already famous across Rome. The soup thick and green, is today's special.
One pair in here is already perfect. Check both ends of every extra bit: is the second mark there?
Write the corrections here
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The Extra Bit

Lesson 12 · Medium · side 2

Name
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Now you write

☆☆☆
a Leo, ___, ate the cake. Which extra bits fit between the commas?
Tick 2tired after servicewho loves chocolateon Monday cakeand thequickly ate
Now write your own extra bit, held in by two commas:
b Which sentences use brackets round a true extra bit?
Tick 2The bill (all forty pounds) was paid by Leo.The (bill) was paid by Leo.Nonna (who is eighty) still bakes.Nonna still (bakes every) day.The bill was (paid by) Leo.
Now write your own with brackets:
c Which sentences use dashes correctly?
Tick 2The kitchen – hot as an oven – emptied fast.The kitchen – hot as an oven emptied fast.Mia – my sister – runs the till.Mia my – sister – runs the till.– The kitchen hot – as an oven.
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I wrote the menu note. Our soup, made fresh daily is the best in Rome. Elegant, no?

Tell him what is missing, and exactly where it goes.
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