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Question
Work in pairs. Take turns and speak about spices.
| Saritha | Saritha: Hi Divya, how are you? |
| Divya | Hi, I’m fine Saritha. |
| Saritha | What did you have for breakfast? |
| Divya | ______ with onion chutney. |
| Saritha | Do ______ onions ______? |
| Divya | ______ Central Asia. |
| Saritha | Do you know chilli too has come from somewhere else? |
| Divya | Is it from______? |
| Saritha | Yes______right. |
| Divya | Many of the ______ came ______. |
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Solution
| Saritha | Hi Divya, how are you? |
| Divya | Hi, I’m fine Saritha. |
| Saritha | What did you have for breakfast? |
| Divya | I had idlies with onion chutney. |
| Saritha | Do you know where onions came from? |
| Divya | Yes, I guess it is from Central Asia. |
| Saritha | Do you know chilli too has come from somewhere else? |
| Divya | Is it from Portuguese? |
| Saritha | Yes you are right. |
| Divya | Many of the spices & vegetables came from foreign nations. |
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