Question

Read the following paragraph, which contains errors. Refer to the sentence numbers to answer the questions that follow.

(1) In 2010, the country was devistated by terrible flooding. (2) pakistan has a long and difficult history. (3) The country gained independence from the colonial ruler Britain after it endured multiple invasions by other countries in 1956. (4) Unfortunately, the floods generated by monsoons have wiped out much of the country's infrastructure including bridges, electrical plants, and transmission wires, hospitals, schools, and roads. (5) Many were force to flee with just the clothes on their backs. (6) Other countries are sending food to help. (7) Other countries are airlifting medicine to help. (8) Other countries are offering building supplies.

What word from the selection is misspelled?

sentence 3 - Britain
sentence 6, 7, 8 - countries
sentence 4 - infrastructure
sentence 1 - devastated
sentence 5 - clothes

Answer 1

1. Spelling error (devastated)
2. Capitalization error (Pakistan)
3. Punctuation error, Run-on sentence, misplaced clauses
4. Punctuation and incorrect article use
5. Incorrect verb tense
6. Fragment
7. Fragment
8. Fragment

Step-by-step explanation:

1. The correct spelling is devastated, not devistated.
2. The first letter should be capitalized because of two reasons: 1. Pakistan is a proper noun. 2. The first letter of the first word of a sentence is capitalized.
3. This is a long, run-on sentence that lacks proper punctuation. The clauses are misplaced as well. The correct sentence should be "After enduring multiple invasions by other countries in 1956, the country gained independence from the colonial ruler, Britain. OR The country gained independence from the colonial ruler, Britain, after which it endured multiple invasions by other countries in 1956.
4. The correct sentence should be, "Unfortunately, the floods generated by monsoons, have wiped out much of the country's infrastructure, including bridges, electrical plants, transmission wires, hospitals, schools, and roads.
5. The correct sentence should be, "Many were forced to flee with just the clothes on their backs."
6. 6,7 and 8 can be combined into one sentence. Other countries are sending food, medicine and building supplies for help.