It is asking you to identify where a set of brackets should go.
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Tick the boxes to show where a set of brackets should go in the sentence.
The school canteen will offer three desserts ice-cream, fruit salad, apple pie each day this week.
- Read the question carefully and read it again. What is it asking you to do?
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- Find the 'extra' information in the sentence.
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The examples of desserts give 'extra' information. This can be placed between brackets.
- Check that the sentence makes sense without the information inside the brackets.
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The school canteen will offer three desserts each day this week.
- Tick the boxes at the beginning and end of the 'extra' information.
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- Check your answer.
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The school canteen will offer three desserts (ice-cream, fruit salad, apple pie) each day this week.