Directions: Read the instructions for making soup and complete the paragraph that follows by choosing the best answer from the options given below: Mix the soup powder with 750 ml of water without forming lumps Pour the mixture into a heavy-bottomed vessel Bring to a boil, stirring continuously Simmer the soup for five minutes Pour it into four soup bowls and serve hot The packet is opened and__(23)__, without forming lumps. The mixture __(24)__. It __(25)__. Then the soup is left __(26)__. Finally the soup is poured into bowls and served hot.

• A. is stir continuously and is brought to a boil
• B. was stirred continuously and brought to a boil
• C. is stirred continuously and is bring to a boil
• D. is stirred continuously and is brought to a boil