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Exercise-23
1. Read and complete the following Passage:-
POLISHING SHOES
- Dust the shoes with a cloth.
- Apply polish with a brush
- Spread it over the surface evenly.
- Polish the shoe in a to and fro motion.
- Work wherever you have applied polish.
- Continue till the shoe gives a shine,
- Repeat this process with the other shoe.
At first, the pair of shoes should be dusted with a cloth. Then polish (a) ______ on the surface with a brush. It (b) ______ over the surface. The shoe (c) ______ in a to-and-fro motion, working wherever the polish is applied. This exercise (d) ______ till shoe gives a shine.
2.BANANA SHAKE
Take a ripe banana. Peel it and cut it into pieces, grind some sugar in a mixer put sugar and banana slices in a jar. Add a glass of milk to this and churn. Add some ice cubes and serve.
A ripe banana is taken. It (a) ______ into small slices. Then some sugar is ground in a mixture. Sugar and banana slices (b) ______ in a jar. A glass of milk. (c) ______ Finally, some ice cubes (d) ______ and the banana shake is ready to serve.
Answers:-
1.(a) should be applied
(b) should be spread evenly
(c) should be polished
(d) should be continued.
2.(a) is peeled and cut
(b) are put in a jar
(c) is added to this and churned
(d) are added
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