PSAT Practice Writing
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English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which choice best improves the following sentence? Questions are rarely asked by students in an imposing teacher.
to an imposing teacher.
through an imposing teacher.
by an imposing teacher.
and an imposing teacher.
NO CHANGE
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.3A
CCSS.L.7.1C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which choice best improves the following sentence? In the past, corporations had very few restrictions on what they had to pay from employee's wages.
to pay on employees' wage.
to pay from employees' wage.
for pay from employees' wages.
to pay for employees' wages.
NO CHANGE
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which choice best improves the following sentence?
To some people, the idea of Mardi Gras in New Orleans is synonymous with rowdy behavior, noisiness, and disorder.
to
of
for
about
NO CHANGE
Answer explanation
In English, it's always "synonymous with" and "similar to."
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1I
CCSS.L.K.1E
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which choice best improves the following sentence? The night grew so cold that all the campers were shivering although a raging fire.
from a raging fire.
through a raging fire.
despite a raging fire.
although a raging fire.
NO CHANGE
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.2.1E
CCSS.L.3.1G
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which choice best improves the following sentence? That author's most recent novel is based on the Civil War in Spain, but, on a deeper level, many perceive the book as a protest on Spanish social conventions.
but, on a deeper level many perceive the book as a protest on Spanish social conventions.
but on a deeper level, many perceive the book as a protest on Spanish social conventions.
but on a deeper level many perceive the book as a protest against Spanish social conventions.
NO CHANGE
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which underlined phrase is incorrect?
Between you and I, the smell coming from that corner of the room is offensive, and the janitor should be fired. No error.
Between you and I
from that corner
of the room
should be fired
NO CHANGE
Answer explanation
"Between," being a preposition, needs an object pronoun ("me"), not a subject pronoun ("I"), in its prepositional phrase.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.6.1A
CCSS.L.6.1C
CCSS.L.6.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Although he did not give a(n) __________ sum of money, Scott’s gift was appreciated by the museum, which was in need of any amount of cash, no matter how small it might be.
ridiculous
obligatory
affluent
substantial
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
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