SAT, ACT, and PERT Grammar

Depending on the success of their yearly crops, the nomadic peoples of the savannas alternately pursued their livelihood as farmers and they were raiders of their neighbors’ settlements.

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• as well
• being
• as

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

As they wait in line, people have conversations with those around them while checking email, they call their children, and looking closely at the forms they have to complete before leaving.

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• calling
• called
• call

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

As company president, she insists on a philosophy that each employee has the capacity to affect change in the corporate culture and for the satisfaction of a job well done.

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• the satisfaction of a job well done can be enjoyed.
• for enjoying the satisfaction of a job well done.
• to enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done.

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Her novel is more popular with young adults, most likely because it focuses on teenagers—three friends about to turn fifteen—and looking honestly at the issues today’s generation faces.

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• but looks
• and looks
• and

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

At a park near our house, I was riding along a bike path and were considering how I wanted to structure the next chapter of my novel. 

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• were mulling considerations of
• considering
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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Pedestrians sauntering along the sidewalks and cars cruised through the old town streets provided a congenial background to the site. 

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• cruising
• were cruising
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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Fish swimming lazily in the river and children played along the banks made this one of the perfect, halcyon days of summer.

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• playing
• were playing
• DELETE the underlined portion

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Paper wraps stone, stone breaks scissors, scissors cuts paper, and ordinary schoolchildren become champions. 

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• that wraps
• wrapping
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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

The staccato popping of small arms around the field and the shells exploding overhead brought me back to my time in an Afghanistan combat zone.

• NO CHANGE 
• were exploding
• exploded
• explode

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Due to our dire economic straits, my wife was inspired to return to the practices of her childhood and growing food in a backyard garden. 

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• grows
• to grow
• DELETE the underlined portion

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CCSS.L.8.1A