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Dangerous Cook! Read and analyze the paragraph below. Identify the irrelevant sentences that makes the text incoherent. Write only the number of the sentences on the space provided below. The numbers of the irrelevant sentences are: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___(1) When my friend Tom sets to work in the kitchen, disaster often results. (2) Once, he tried to make toasted cheese sandwiches for us by putting slices of cheese in the toaster along with the bread, he ruined the toaster. (3) Unfortunately, the toaster was a fairly new one that I had just bought for him three weeks before, on his birthday. (4) On another occasion, he had cut up some fresh beans and put them in a pot to steam. (5) I was really looking forward to the beans, for I eat nothing but canned vegetables in my dormitory. (6) I, frankly not much of a cook either. (7) The water in the Teflon pan steamed away while Tom was on the telephone, and both the beans and the Teflon coating in the pan were ruined. (8) Finally, another time Tom made a spaghetti for us, and the noodles stuck so tightly together that we had to cut off slices with a knife and fork. (9) In addition, the meatballs were burned on the outside but almost raw on the inside. (10) The tomato sauce, on the other hand, turned out well. (11) For some reason, Tom is very good at making meat and vegetables sauces. (12) Because of Tom’s kitchen mishaps, I never eat at his place without an Alka – Seltzer in my pocket, or without money in

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Answer:

3, 4, 5, 10, 11

Step-by-step explanation:

When my friend Tom sets to work in the kitchen, disaster often results. Once, he tried to make toasted cheese sandwiches for us by putting slices of cheese in the toaster along with the bread, he ruined the toaster. I, frankly not much of a cook either. The water in the Teflon pan steamed away while Tom was on the telephone, and both the beans and the Teflon coating in the pan were ruined. Finally, another time Tom made a spaghetti for us, and the noodles stuck so tightly together that we had to cut off slices with a knife and fork. In addition, the meatballs were burned on the outside but almost raw on the inside. Because of Tom’s kitchen mishaps, I never eat at his place without an Alka â€" Seltzer in my pocket, or without money in

After deleting unnecessary sentences, the paragraph becomes coherent.

Unnecessary sentences do not support the main theme which is Tom is a dangerous cook!

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