How to carve a Halloween pumpkin

 1. Order the paragraphs to describe the process of carving a pumpkin.

A.

Work slowly to avoid cutting yourself and keep drying the knife so it’s less slippery. If you cut an opening in the top, try to angle the blade towards the centre of the pumpkin so you create a little ledge to support the lid. Scoop out the seeds, then cut into the flesh until it’s about 2.5mm thick in the area you wish to carve.

B.

You can keep the seeds for toasting. Sketch out your design then draw on the pumpkin with the pen or use your sketch as a stencil, lightly piercing the outline with an awl.

C.

Choose a suitably shaped carving pumpkin with a flat bottom. Protect your work surface then, using a marker pen, draw a circle around the stalk, for a lid.

D.

To extend the life of your pumpkin, soak it for 15 minutes in a bucket of diluted bleach (approx one tablespoon of bleach to a litre of water), drain then dry thoroughly inside and out. Use tea lights or battery-operated fairy lights inside a glass jar to light up your design.

E.

Then, cut a hole either in the base or at the back. Make sure the hole is big enough to get your hand inside to scoop everything out. A short, sharp, serrated knife with a point is best for sawing through the flesh.

2. Find synonyms for the following words in the paragraphs

a. Remove, take out (paragraph A)
b. Gently, a little (paragraph B)
c. Appropriately (paragraph C)
d. Immerse in liquid (paragraph D)

e. In one end and out another (paragraph E)

KEY

1.  C, E, A, B, D

a. scoop out
b. lightly
c. suitably
d. soak
e. through