PSAT Practice English

Author Madeline L’Engle, _______ to create a suspenseful tone that draws the reader in, begins her novel A Wrinkle in Time with descriptions of “wraithlike shadows” and “the frenzied lashing of the wind.” Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• looked

• looks

• is looking

• looking

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Objects ranging from the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle

to the Yamaha VMAX motorcycle to the Komachi

bullet train _______ designed by twentieth-century

industrial designer Kenji Ekuan.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

• was

• is

• has been

• were

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

“Praise Song for the Day,” Elizabeth Alexander’s 2009 inaugural poem, asserts that “We cross dirt roads and highways...to see what’s on the other side.” Alexander’s use of “we” _______ Americans’ collective efforts and shared desire to seek new opportunity. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• evokes

• are evoking

• have evoked

• evoke

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D