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Editing Exercise: Explanation Text (Toaster)

Carefully read the text below consisting of 12 lines. The first and last lines are correct. For eight of the lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. There are two more lines with no errors. If there is no error in each line, put a tick ( ) in the spaces provided. The correct word you provide must not change the original meaning of the sentence. For lots of people who adore bread, the toaster plays an important role in preparing breakfast. A deceptively simple kitchen appliance, how exactly does a toaster turns bread into toast? The answer to this mystery lies in the use of infrared radiation. When you put your bread in and see the coils glow red, this is because it are producing infrared radiation, which gently dries and charred the surface of the bread. The most common way for a toaster to create infrared radiation is to use nichrome wire and wrap it back and forward across a mica sheet. Most toasters have two mica sheets wrapped in nichrome wire, spaced to form the slot about 2.5 cm wide. The nichrome wires then connect directly to a plug. Therefore, without two other important features, you have to manually plug and unplug the toaster, and tip it upside down to retrieve your toast! Thus, we should not overestimate the usefulness of the spring-loaded tray, which pops the toast out, or the timer, who turns the toaster of automatically and simultaneously releases the tray so the toast pops up. 1 2 3 4

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Answer Key For lots of people who adore bread, the toaster plays an important role in preparing breakfast. A deceptively simple kitchen appliance, how exactly does a toaster turns bread into toast? The answer to this mystery lies in the use of infrared radiation. When you put your bread in and see the coils glow red, this is because it are producing infrared radiation, which gently dries and charred the surface of the bread. The most common way for a toaster to create infrared radiation is to use nichrome wire and wrap it back and forward across a mica sheet. Most toasters have two mica sheets wrapped in nichrome wire, spaced to form the slot about 2.5 cm wide. The nichrome wires then connect directly to a plug. Therefore, without two other important features, you have to manually plug and unplug the toaster, and tip it upside down to retrieve your toast! Thus, we should not overestimate the usefulness of the spring-loaded tray, which pops the toast out, or the timer, who turns the toaster off automatically and simultaneously releases the tray so the toast pops up. 1 turn 2 3 they 4 chars

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