SAT Prep #1

Despite the home (A)team's best effort, the (B)visitor's (C)played hard and (D)won by forty points. (E) No error.

• (A) team's

• (B) visitors

• (C) played

• (D) won

• (E) No error

The (A)new carpenters on the TV design show, (B)who are very knowledgeable in their fields, (C)use many different (D)power tools. (E)No error.

• (A) new carpenters

• (B) who are very knowledgeable in their fields

• (C) use

• (D) power tools

• (E) No error

Frank couldn't tell whether the columnist was being ____________, or whether she was serious about her unusual opinions.

• arcane

• defunct

• prolific

• expository

• sarcastic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

The company brought together its best engineers to _______ on a plan that would _______ the performance of many of its products.

• collaborate...enhance

• perforate...improve

• exasperate...deviate

• exacerbate...confound

• enervate...advance

Jenny's piggy bank, fell from the shelf an shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.

• bank, fell

• bank, falls

• bank falls

• bank that fell

• bank fell

The local veterinarian said he (A)won't never do any medical work on an animal (B)larger than a small horse or small cow (C)because he didn't specialize (D)in that type of medicine in college. (E)No error.

• (A) won't never

• (B) larger than

• (C) because he didn't

• (D) in that type

• (E) No error

Carol (A)bought a (B)brand new blanket (C)for the baby, (D)which was blue. (E) No error.

• (A) bought

• (B) brand new

• (C) for the

• (D) which was

• (E) No error.

The witness's statement originally seemed devastating for the defense, but things looked up when she _______ on Thursday.

• (A) recanted

• (B) recounted

• (C) reminisced

• (D) reminded

• (E) revisited

Despite the many ______ that greet each new novel he publishes, Mr. King remains remarkably ______.

• awards...pompous

• accolades...humble

• admonitions...pessimistic

• honors...haughty

• criticisms...defeated