1. Exercise 1 - Combine the following sentences
1. French fries are loaded into a basket.
2. The French Fries are yellow.
3. The basket is made of wire.
4. Then they are lowered.
5. The lowering is slow.
6. The lowering is into oil.
7. Their bath crackles.
8. Their bath foams.
9. The bath is hot.
10 The potatoes release a puff.
11. The potatoes are thinly sliced.
12. The puff is stream.
13. They come out crispy brown.
14. They come out streaked with oil.

2. 1. French fries are loaded into a basket.
2. The French Fries are yellow.
3. The basket is made of wire.
(describes the French Fries)
(describes the basket)
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3. French Fries Yellow (adj) lowered (v) Basket - wire (n)
This will become an (adj) when we combine the sentences
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4. The yellow French fries are loaded into a wire basket.
Answer -
The yellow French fries are loaded into a wire basket.
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5. 6. The lowering is into oil.
4. Then they are lowered.
5. The lowering is slow.
6. The lowering is into oil.
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6. Then they are slowly lowered into oil.
Answer -
Then they are slowly lowered into oil.
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7. 7. Their bath crackles. 8. Their bath foams. 9. The bath is hot.
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8. Their hot bath crackles and foams
Answer -
Their hot bath crackles and foams
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9. 10 The potatoes release a puff. 11. The potatoes are thinly sliced.
12. The puff is stream.
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10. The thinly sliced potatoes release a puff of steam.
Answer -
The thinly sliced potatoes release a puff of steam.
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11. 13. They come out crispy brown. 14. They come out streaked with oil.
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12. They come out crispy brown and streaked with oil.
Answer -
They come out crispy brown and streaked with oil.
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