Q7- The paragraph above contains errors in how many of the sentences? 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 e) 7 f) 8

Question

I bought a fresh loaf of bread for my sandwich shopping in the grocery store. Wanting to make a delicious sandwich, the mayonnaise was thickly spread. Placing the cold cuts on the bread, the lettuce was placed on top. I cut the sandwich in half with a knife turning on the radio. Biting into the sandwich, my favourite song blared loudly in my ears. Humming and chewing, my sandwich went down smoothly. Smiling, my sandwich will be made again, but next time I will add cheese.

Q7- The paragraph above contains errors in how many of the sentences?

3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 e) 7 f) 8

Answer 1

The first sentence contains a misplaced/dangling modifier that can be corrected by moving it to the front:

1. Shopping in the grocery store, I bought a fresh loaf of bread for my sandwich.

The second sentence is written in passive voice which can be confusing (especially as the subject of this particular sentence is implied), so explicitly stating who is doing the action will help:

1. Wanting to make a delicious sandwich, I thickly spread the mayonnaise.

The third sentence has some issues with syntax because, again, it is written in passive voice and has no clearly identified subject of the sentence.... To clarify the sequence of events, you could say something like this instead:

1. After placing the cold cuts on the bread, I put the lettuce on top.

The next sentence has a dangling modifier/issue with verb-tense agreement:

1. I cut the sandwich in half with a knife and turned on the radio.

Admittedly, the next sentence isn't necessarily my favorite, but isn't technically wrong; however, I do think it would read better if you reordered the sentence because it would improve the flow with the previous sentence:

1. My favourite song blared loudly in my ears while I bit into my sandwich.

The next sentence, again, is written in passive voice, so, to clarify the opening adverbial phrase, you could add the subject:

1. Humming as I chewed, my sandwich went down smoothly.

Finally, the last sentence is also in passive voice and has a dangling modifier at the beginning and needs to have the prepositional phrase at the end set off with commas.... Try something like:

1. Smiling to myself, I decide I will make this sandwich again, but, next time, I will add cheese.

That being said, I'm not entirely sure if that answers your "how many errors" question, but I hope it helped nonetheless.

Answer 2

Hello!

Here's a way to figure this out based on what you've provided.

1. I bought a fresh loaf of bread for my sandwich shopping in the grocery store.
2. Wanting to make a delicious sandwich, the mayonnaise was thickly spread.
3. Placing the cold cuts on the bread, the lettuce was placed on top.
4. I cut the sandwich in half with a knife turning on the radio.
5. Biting into the sandwich, my favourite song blared loudly in my ears.
6. Humming and chewing, my sandwich went down smoothly.
7. Smiling, my sandwich will be made again, but next time I will add cheese.

Now read these out loud slowly and anything that sounds weird and is missing anything, go ahead and mark it. Hopefully, this will help you out.