Question

(1) use a saucepan to heat milk on the stovetop. (2) set the burner on medium heat. (3) you will need to watch the pot, milk can boil over quickly. (4) meanwhile, empty one can of pineapple chunks in a smaller saucepan and put it on low heat. (5) wait until you see bubbles forming around the edge of the milk pan. (6) the milk is now warm enough and getting ready to rise. (7) now pour in white, chocolate chunks while stirring milk slowly. (8) this helps the chocolate melt without sticking to the bottom of your pan. (9) stir until all the chips. (10) have dissolved and there are no lumps in milk lower the heat. (11) if you like your dessert sweeter, you can mix in a couple of tablespoons of sugar at this time. (12) the pineapple juice should be bubbling with heat by now. (13) add one - quarter teaspoon of food color to it. (14) this is to enhance the pineapple color so less is more. select one: a. change the comma to a semicolon b. change watch to watching c. change will to would d. remove the comma after pot

Explanation:

Sentence (3) contains a comma - splice error. A comma - splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined only by a comma. In this case, "You will need to watch the pot" and "milk can boil over quickly" are two independent clauses. Changing the comma to a semicolon is a correct way to fix this error as a semicolon can be used to separate two closely related independent clauses.
Changing "watch" to "watching" (option b) would create a non - finite verb form that doesn't fit the sentence structure. The sentence needs a base form of the verb in the main clause.
Changing "will" to "would" (option c) is incorrect as the context is giving instructions in the present - future sense (about what needs to be done while performing the task), and "would" is more for conditional or past - future in a different context.
Removing the comma after "pot" (option d) would still leave the comma - splice error as the two independent clauses would be joined without any proper punctuation.

Answer:

a. Change the comma to a semicolon