wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

SAT Review: Language Arts

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an antonym of mere?
a)
complicated
b)
simple
c)
intense
d)
outgoing
2.
What is a synonym of paradox?
a)
similarity
b)
contradiction
c)
overuse
d)
estimation
3.
What is an antonym of correlate?
a)
condition
b)
similar
c)
distant
d)
joyous
4.
What is a synonym of rudimentary?
a)
unorthodox
b)
complex
c)
basic
d)
ignorant
5.
What is an antonym of lethargic?
a)
furious
b)
slow
c)
lazy
d)
energetic
6.
What is a synonym of burgeon?
a)
minimize
b)
overanalyze
c)
grow
d)
belittle
7.
What is a synonym of perpetual?
a)
permanent
b)
unnatural
c)
transient
d)
believable
8.
What is an antonym of demean?
a)
belittle
b)
praise
c)
forsee
d)
begin
9.
What is an antonym of feign?
a)
pensive
b)
aloof
c)
optimistic
d)
sincere
10.
The judge was arrested for having accepted ______ gifts in exchange for unfair rulings.
a)
lavish
b)
tangible
c)
menagerie
d)
loquacious
11.
deter
a)
to feel or to express sorrow
b)
an inexperienced person
c)
to prevent from doing or happening
d)
excessively generous
12.
The king grew suspicious when poor citizens began to _____ great fortunes.
a)
occult
b)
scrupulous
c)
recluse
d)
amass
13.
The factory stopped the assembly line after receiving a ____________ of complaints about the latest shipment of products.
a)
menagerie
b)
tangible
c)
skittish
d)
profusion
14.
actual; real; capable of being perceived by the senses
a)
peripheral
b)
tangible
c)
menagerie
d)
loquacious
15.
He had taken to the girl from the first day, when he had driven over to the Flats to meet her, and she had smiled and waved to him from the train, crying out, “You must be Ethan!” as she jumped down with her bundles, while he reflected, looking over her slight person: “She don’t look much on housework, but she ain’t a fretter, anyhow.” But it was not only that the coming to his house of a bit of hopeful young life was like the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth. The girl was more than the bright serviceable creature he had thought her. She had an eye to see and an ear to hear: he could show her things and tell her things, and taste the bliss of feeling that all he imparted left long reverberations and echoes he could wake at will.
2. The description in the first paragraph indicates that what Ethan values most about Mattie is her
a)
fitness from farm labor
b)
vivacious youth
c)
receptive nature
d)
freedom from worry
16.
[. . .] The coming decades will likely see more intense clustering of jobs, innovation, and productivity in a smaller number of bigger cities and city-regions. Some regions could end up bloated beyond the capacity of their infrastructure, while others struggle, their promise stymied by inadequate human or other resources. 
As used in line 55, “intense” most nearly means
a)
emotional
b)
concentrated
c)
brilliant
d)
determined
17.
Mattie Silver had lived under Ethan’s roof for a year, and from early morning till they met at supper he had frequent chances of seeing her; but no moments in her company were comparable to those when, her arm in his, and her light step flying to keep time with his long stride, they walked back through the night to the farm.
1.  In the context of the passage, the author’s use of the phrase “her light step flying to keep time with his long stride” (line 3) is primarily meant to convey the idea that
a)
Ethan and Mattie share a powerful enthusiasm
b)
Mattie strives to match the speed at which Ethan works
c)
Mattie and Ethan playfully compete with each other
d)
Ethan walks at a pace that frustrates Mattie
18.
What change if any should be made to the sentence? “It was raining hard, and betty forgot her umbrella.
a)
Capitalize betty to Betty
b)
Remove the coma after hard
c)
Change forgot to lost
d)
No change
19.
Damien saw many animals at the pet store. He saw, dogs, cats, birds, hamsters and fishes.What change if any should be made in this sentence.
a)
Take out birds because they don't sell birds at the pet store
b)
Add a coma after hamsters
c)
Take out animals
d)
No change
20.
Me, Carl, and Junior had a great time at Carl’s Jr. What change if any, should be made to this sentence?
a)
No change
b)
Change it to Carl, Junior, and I
c)
remove all the comas
d)
Remove great from the sentence
21.
Another word for mundane is 
a)
Dull, uninteresting
b)
Alluring
c)
Humorous
d)
Stimulating