SAT Prep Writing & Language 2

SAT Writing & Language 2

By Michaela Frost

Multiple Choice

Some people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.

• NO CHANGE

• the purchase of

• purchasing

• DELETE the underlined portion.

Choice D is the best answer because, without the underlined portion, the sentence contains an appropriate parallel contrast between the phrases “organically grown crops” and “conventionally grown counterparts,” each of which describes crops.​

Multiple Choice

In the name of health, spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is grown in a manner that is considered conventional.

• NO CHANGE

• these consumers spend

• having spent

• to spend

Choice B is the best answer because it provides the subject “consumers,” creating a complete sentence and providing a referent for the pronoun “they” that appears later in the sentence..​

Multiple Choice

In the name of health, spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is grown in a manner that is considered conventional.

• NO CHANGE

• growth with conventional methods, using pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.

• conventionally and therefore not organically.

• conventionally grown.

Choice D is the best answer because it efficiently creates a contrast with “organically grown.”​

Multiple Choice

Scientific evidence, therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food.

• NO CHANGE

• furthermore,

• however,

• subsequently,

Choice C is the best answer because it sets up the contrast between the added expense of organic food and the evidence that suggests a lack of benefits from eating organic food.​

Multiple Choice

Although advocates of organic food preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research.

• NO CHANGE

• carry on

• maintain

• sustain

Choice C is the best answer because "maintain" is commonly used to describe advocating a position in an argument.

Multiple Choice

For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious...

• NO CHANGE

• However,

• In addition,

• Likewiese,

Choice C is the best answer because "maintain" is commonly used to describe advocating a position in an argument.