Question

Directions Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

(1) My brother and I look nothing alike. (2) There are some families in which the resemblance is uncanny. (3) Often siblings share the same facial features (eyes, noses, or smiles). (4) Annabelle, who is one of my teammates, _____ so much like her older sister that our soccer coach once called her to demonstrate a drill by using the wrong name! (5) Smiling Annabelle followed the coach's instructions without correcting him. (6) Our coach wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving did not even notice his mistake. (7) Later, picking teams for a scrimmage match, the team captain made the same error. (8) Neither our coach nor our teammates ____ ever mistaken me for my brother like that.
(9) Even though we don't resemble each other physically, my brother and I enjoy a lot of the same things. (10) We both play the guitar and read biographies for fun. (11) Steak and eggs ___ our favorite breakfast. (12) We even took a cooking class together to learn how to make it ourselves. (13) But more than anything else, we love going on long road trips, we drove all the way from Chicago to Miami one summer. (14) That's one vacation I'll never forget, because we almost didn't make it home.
(15) Our last morning in Miami, we brought our guitars down to the beach. (16) Looking out over the ocean, we practiced a new song, composed during the trip. (17) Our guitars never sounded better. (18) To celebrate, we decided to take one last swim before we started our long drive home after all, who knows when we'd see the ocean again? (19) I told my brother to put the car keys in his guitar case so they wouldn't get lost in the surf, and then we ran into the water. (20) When it was time to go, my brother opened his case and shouted, ""Oh no! The keys aren't here! I must have left them in my pocket, which means they're __"" (21) He trailed off and shifted his gaze across the ocean. (22) We spent over an hour kicking through the sand looking for the keys. (23) Eventually, we gave up and called the auto club to bring us a spare set. (24) With nothing to do but wait, we decided to play our guitars to pass the time
(25) I grabbed my case and popped the lid. (26) I couldn't believe my eyes! (27) There in my guitar case was the keys. (28) ____ , all I could do was laugh. (29) My brother and I learned an important lesson that trip: we might not look alike, but our guitar cases sure do!
Question
How should sentence 6 be rewritten?
Select one:
a. Wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving our coach did not even notice his mistake.
b. Our coach was wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving did not even notice his mistake.
c. Our coach did not even notice his mistake wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving.
d. Our coach, wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving, did not even notice his mistake.

Answer 1

Sentence 6 should be rewritten as 'Our coach, wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving, did not even notice his mistake.' to correctly set off the explanatory clause with commas and maintain sentence flow.

Step-by-step explanation:

The best way to rewrite sentence 6 to ensure proper use of commas for clarity and to correct the sentence structure would be option d: "Our coach, wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving, did not even notice his mistake."

This option correctly uses a pair of commas to set off the explanatory clause "wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving" within the sentence.

The commas indicate a brief pause and provide additional information about the coach while maintaining the flow of the original statement.

Sentence 6 should be rewritten as follows: d. Our coach, wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving, did not even notice his mistake.

The original sentence is grammatically incorrect because it doesn't include a comma after the introductory phrase 'wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving'.

By adding the comma, it clarifies that the coach was focused on the demonstration and therefore didn't notice his mistake.