SAT Grammar Practice Quiz

Departing the port of Boston in 1913, the battleship cruised the U.S. coast, protected merchant fleets.

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• battleship cruised the U.S. coast and protecting

• battleship cruised the U.S. coast and protected

• battleship, cruised the U.S. coast, protected

The warm summer sun that radiated onto earth, and the birds sang while dragonflies hovered all around us.

• The summer sun, it radiated warmth onto the earth, and

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• The warm summer sun radiated onto earth, and

• The warm summer sun radiated onto earth; and

The modern-day tennis player, who has access to rackets enhanced by technological innovations, and who is able to set new world records more easily than players of the past.

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• and can

• is able to

• they can

Mt. Austin, which offers a beautiful view from the summit, is in Australia, and is a popular tourist attraction.

• Australia, which is

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• Australia is

• Australia, is

CAT scans are a medical procedure used to peer inside the human brain without surgery; they are commonly used to diagnose concussions.

• surgery; commonly

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• surgery, they are commonly

• surgery and it is commonly

Amidst the majestic hills of South Dakota, where iron ore was once mined, that young sparrows once frolicked.

• Amidst the majestic hills of South Dakota; iron ore was once mined and young sparrows once frolicked.

• Young sparrows once frolicked, and iron ore was once mined, amidst the majestic hills of South Dakota.

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• Where iron ore was once mined amidst the majestic hills of South Dakota: now young sparrows frolic.

In an era of smartphones and text-messaging, one may find it difficult to find a moment of silence; at times our technology can seem like a burden.

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• silence, at times our technology

• silence, it

• silence, our technology

Though often misunderstood, SAT question-writers actually have the best of intentions, want to help you clarify your written and spoken communication.

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• intentions, they want to help you clarify your communication, both written and spoken.

• intentions; wanting to help with you clarifying your written and spoken communication.

• intentions, and want to help you clarify your communication, both written and spoken.

Any great opera depends upon a well-written libretto, the text that will be sung, requires, in most cases, the services of a second author who is not the composer of the music.

• sung, requiring, in most cases, the

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• sung; requiring, in most cases, the

• sung, which, in most cases, requiring

Automated book-summary technology, programmers believe, may soon be available, so some investors are buying stocks in related new companies.

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• Automated book-summary technology may soon be available,

• Programmers, who believe that automated book-summary technology may soon be available, so

• Programmers, believing that automated book-summary technology may soon be available, and