FIND THE ERRORS Exercises—Sentencing and Words Often Confused

Paragraph #1:

1. My high school experience was less then enriching. 2. First, I really had a hard time keeping friends. 3. Because my family moved around a lot. 4. I would just get settled in a new high school, and we would move. 5. Once I attended a high school for only a hour. 6. I arrived at 8:00 a.m., at 9:00 a.m. my dad came to get me because he had found a new job in the next city. 7. Because of these frequent moves, I could not keep friends for long. 8. After awhile, I simply gave up trying.

Errors:

Two Words Often Confused errors

One Sentence Fragment

Paragraph #2:

1. Most of the time I really enjoy spring gardening. 2. Except when the weeds get to high. 3.This spring I began my yard work a bit later then usual because of the cool, rainy days. 4. I first raked the lawn, it was full of dead grass and leaves. 5. Next I pruned the rose bushes, they had a lot of old, dead canes. 6. Finally, I mowed the lawn. 7. Even though the grass was still quiet short because of the winter. 8. Because I wanted to fertilize the lawn. 9. I went to the garden store and bought a new bag of spring fertilizer. 10. All I have to do know is wait for some warm days.

Errors:

Four Words Often Confused errors

Two Comma Splice errors

Three Sentence Fragments

Paragraph #3:

1. The apartment I moved into has several problems. 2. First, the faucet in the bathroom leaks, it drips constantly. 3. The dripping noise can keep me up most of the night sometimes I don’t get to sleep until just before the alarm goes off for school. 4. Another problem is the thin walls. 5. I can here what my next-door neighbors are saying. 6. Even when they whisper. 7. The traffic outside is so loud that I sometimes cannot concentrate on my studies. 8. Another problem is the squeaky stairs. 9. When I come home to late. 10. I try to be as quiet as possible. 11. However, the stairs squeak so loud that I wake everyone in the apartment building. 12. The worst problem is the ghost that lives in my attic, I here it move around almost every night. 13. Sometimes, I can even here it saying something to me. 14. My neighbors told me that there afraid of the ghost to, but each time they tell the manager, she laughs and thinks their joking.

Errors:

Two Comma Splice Errors

One Run-on Sentence

Two Sentence Fragment Errors

Seven Words Often Confused errors

Paragraph 4:

I love to go steelhead fishing. Even if the whether is terrible. I will drive for miles too find a good spot. Their is no place to far for me to travel. One of my favorite places is the Methow River in Central Washington. When I get to the river even after a long drive in early morning. I still feel lots of excitement. Its beautiful to here nature’s sounds as I walk to my favorite spot. I see Blue Herons and other birds and wildlife. As I glance at the river in the morning mist. I feel a real cents of happiness and piece. The river is flowing slowly over rocks and boulders, each one of these rocks and boulders is a potential hiding place for a big steelhead. I ready my rod and reel, put on my favorite home-made lure, and make my first cast into the water. Then as I reel in my line, I wait for the strike.

Errors:

Eight Words Often Confused errors

One Comma Splice error

Three Sentence Fragments

Paragraph 5:

My English teacher is really hard to get along with. When your in his class, you have to pay attention all of the time. One of his favorite things is to call on you when your not looking at the book. When he does this. The pour student in question struggles to find the write place in the book. My English teacher looks at them, waiting and waiting for an answer. I hate when he does this, he always seems to pick on me. Most of the time I just try to ignore him. Trying to look in my book and find the right page. After a while, he gives up on me and picks on somebody else. Everyone one of the students is frightened of him.

Errors:

Four Words Often Confused errors

One Comma Splice error

Three Sentence Fragments