Wash your hands before eating or touching food.

Meaning: This sentence is telling you to clean your hands with soap and water before you eat food or touch food with your hands.

Choice of Words: Wash means to clean something with water and soap. Hands are the parts of the body at the end of the arms. Eating is the process of putting food into your mouth and swallowing it. Touching means to come into contact with something with your hands. Food is anything that you eat or drink.

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Clean your hands before you eat or touch food.

Meaning: This means to make your hands free of dirt or germs before you put food in your mouth or touch food with your hands. It's like saying, Please make sure your hands are clean before you eat or touch food so you don't get sick.

Choice of Words: Clean means to make something free of dirt or germs. Hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms that you use to hold things and do things. Before means to do something earlier than something else. Eat means to put food in your mouth and swallow it. Touch means to use your hands to feel or hold something. Food is something that you can eat to give your body energy.

Make your hands clean before you eat or touch food.

Meaning: This means to cause your hands to be free of dirt or germs before you put food in your mouth or touch food with your hands. It's like saying, Please make sure your hands are clean before you eat or touch food so you don't get sick.

Choice of Words: Make means to cause something to happen or to create something. Hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms that you use to hold things and do things. Clean means to make something free of dirt or germs. Before means to do something earlier than something else. Eat means to put food in your mouth and swallow it. Touch means to use your hands to feel or hold something. Food is something that you can eat to give your body energy.

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