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  • What is the purpose of an explanation text?
    • to entertain and make the reader laugh
    • to describe a personal experience
    • to provide information about how or why something works  ✓
    • to share opinions and express feelings
  • Place the following in order to show the structure of the explanation text on the digestive process.
    • 1
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      Heading: The Human Digestive System
    • 2
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      Introduction
    • 3
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      Section 1: What happens when food enters the body?
    • 4
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      Section 2: What happens to food when it leaves the stomach?
    • 5
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      Conclusion
  • Which of the following are subject-specific vocabulary for an explanation text about the digestive system?
    • oesophagus  ✓
    • exercise
    • brain
    • intestines  ✓
    • stomach  ✓
  • What kind of fronted adverbials are useful for explaining the order of the steps in the digestive process?
    • viewpoint fronted adverbials
    • fronted adverbials of cause
    • ordering fronted adverbials  ✓
    • fronted adverbials of place
  • Which of the following fronted adverbials would be useful in a concluding paragraph?
    • First,
    • Throughout the digestive process,  ✓
    • At the back of the throat,
    • If you would like to discover more,  ✓
  • Match the following sentence types to their definitions.
    • simple sentence
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      a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense ✓
    • compound sentence
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      a sentence formed of two main clauses and a joining word ✓
    • complex sentence
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      a sentence formed of a main clause and a subordinate clause ✓
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