PSAT editing-1

Although hurricanes frequently strike the

Bahamas, usually doing little or no major

structural damage.

• (A) usually doing little or no structural

  damage

• (B) and usually doing little or no major

  structural damage

• (C) little or no structural damage usually

  done

• (D) they usually do little or no major structural

  damage

• (E) as a result, they do little or no major

  structural damage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

After the security cameras were installed in

the grocery store, less robberies occurred

than in the past.

• (A) less robberies occurred than in the past

• (B) fewer robberies occurred than in the past

• (C) there was less robberies than there had

  been in the past

• (D) the robberies of the past had become

  fewer

• (E) the past robberies were fewer

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

As customers, the service directors of the

cable company believe that you should be

treated with honesty and respect.

• (A) As customers, the service directors of the

  cable company believe that you

• (B) The service directors of the cable

  company believe that you, as customers,

• (C) As customers, the cable company service

  directors, believe that you

• (D) The service directors as customers,

  believe that you

• (E) The service directors of the cable

  company believing that, as customers,

  you

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Billy fell from the roof to the driveway

without having broke a single bone.

• (A) without having broke a single bone

• (B) having broke not a single bone

• (C) without having broken a single bone

• (D) without breaking a single bone

• (E) having not broke a single bone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

If I was going to run in the marathon this

Saturday, I’d make sure to eat plenty of

carbohydrates on Friday night.

• (A) If I was going to run in the marathon this

  Saturday

• (B) Was I to run in the marathon this

  Saturday

• (C) If this Saturday I was going to run in the

  marathon

• (D) If this Saturday I were going to be

  running in the marathon

• (E) If I were going to run in the marathon

  this Saturday

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

Henry VIII was a powerful and ruthless ruler

who changed the relationship between the

church and the state, in order to gain more

power for his kingdom.

• (A) who changed the relationship between

  the church and the state, in order to

  gain more power for his kingdom

• (B) that changed the relationship between

  the church and the state, in order to

  gain more power for his kingdom

• (C) changing the relationship between the

  church and the state in order to gain

  more powerful kingdom

• (D) who changed the relationship between

  the church and the state in order to

  gain more power for his kingdom

• (E) that changed the relationship between

  the church and the state, in order to

  gain more power for his kingdom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Jackie Robinson is celebrated by Major

League Baseball not only as an all-time

great player, but also he broke the color

barrier, becoming the first African American

to play in the league.

• (A) he broke the color barrier

• (B) having broken the color barrier

• (C) as the man who broke the color barrier

• (D) the color barrier he broke

• (E) being the one who broke the color barrier

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Many incorrectly assume that all investment

bankers are so obsessed with their work and

therefore have no interest in having a family.

• (A) are so obsessed with their work and

  therefore

• (B) are so obsessed by their work that they

• (C) are so obsessed with their work that they

• (D) obsessed with their work therefore

• (E) overly obsessed with their work to the

  point that they

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Until Fermella¨ger was wiped out by the

massive avalanche, it was the oldest established

town in all of Switzerland.

• (A) Until Fermella¨ger was wiped out by

• (B) Before Fermella¨ger had been wiped out

  by

• (C) Before Fermella¨ger having been wiped

  out by

• (D) Fermella¨ger having been wiped out by

• (E) Wiping out Fermella¨ger by

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The recently married young couple struggled

financially because their combined monthly

salaries were not large enough to cover all

of their mutual expenses they faced.

• (A) their combined monthly salaries were

  not large enough to cover all of their

  mutual expensese they faced

• (B) they were not making enough money to

  cover their monthly expenses

• (C) their combined monthly salaries were

  not large enough; and did not cover

  their monthly expenses

• (D) they were not making enough money

  each month in order to cover adequately

  the monthly expenses they were facing

• (E) the monthly expenses were far more than

  their combined monthly salaries, which

  were not able to cover them

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2