Question

Select all of the sentences with errors in the following paragraph.

1 While waiting for our plane to take off I noticed that one of my friends was a passenger. 2 Joe the passenger I knew
was someone that I met last summer at basketball camp. 3 The camp was held at Cleveland college, and it was a lot of
fun 4 Everyone learned how to shoot, pass and dribble the ball with more intensity and skill. 5. "How's it going Joe?" |
said. 6. "It's going great!" he replied. "I just got recruited to play for a great school!" 7 I was excited for Joe even though
I hadn't been recruited to play for anyone yet. 8. "I hope you have a great time but don't forget about all of us 'little
people' on your climb to the top!" I said. "I won't," Joe said, "but do you want to be my manager?" 10. I just smiled.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Answer 1

1. 2. 4. 5. 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

Most of the errors are misplaced commas, so it´s important to remember that a comma should be placed be between independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction, and it can also be used to separate independent clauses inside a sentence.

Here are the sentences with the errors corrected:

1. While waiting for our plane to take off, I noticed that one of my friends was a passenger.

2. Joe, the passenger I knew, was someone that I met last summer at basketball camp.

4. Everyone learned how to shoot, pass, and dribble the ball with more intensity and skill.

5. "How's it going, Joe?" I said.

8. "I hope you have a great time, but don't forget about all of us 'little

people' on your climb to the top!" I said.