Class 3 Vocab & Comprehension

 Vocabulary: https://www.grammarbank.com/adjectives-fill-in-exercise-dd2.html

Multiple Choice Comprehension: https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone//200/reading/tallest-tree1

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Bajan Conkies

This sweet cornmeal based food is perfect

for dessert and is well- liked especially around the month of November.

Ingredients:

12 ounces of cornmeal

12 ounces of grated pumpkin

8 ounces of sweet potato

10 ounces of brown sugar

2 ounces of self-raising flour

6 ounces of melted butter

10 ounces of milk

1 teaspoon of mixed spice

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of mixed essence

4 ounces of raisins

4 large banana leaves (singed)

12 pieces of 20-inch long string

Method

Mix together the pumpkin, coconut, and sweet potato.

Add the sugar, salt, spices and mixed essence.

Stir in raisins, flourand cornmeal and mix well. Combine milk and melted butter and add to

dry ingredients until well blended.

Cut banana leaves into 10 inch squares and place 4 tablespoons

of the mixture on each square.

Fold the leaf and tie the string.

Steam the conkies in a basket over a saucepan of boiling water

until firm and cooked. 

Complete the sentences by inserting the missing words.

1. The two main ingredients in conkies are _________ and ____________.

2. Conkies are best eaten as __________.

3. A synonym found in the passage for the word blend is __________.

4. Salt, sugar and essence are used in the recipe to add __________ to

the conkies.

5. Two ingredients which add moisture to conkies are _________ and

___________.

6.Conkies are wrapped in ___________  ___________

7. ______________ is used to prevent the conkies from opening.

8. Conkies are cooked (finished) when they have a  ________ texture.

9. Twelve ________________ are used in making conkies.

10. _____________ is the method used for cooking conkies.