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WorksheetsPSAT 8 PRACTICE #4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Which choice best improves the following sentence?
The girls were always challenging their father's rules for every opportunity.
their father's rules in every opportunity.
their father's rules on every opportunity.
their father's rules for every opportunity.
their father's rules at every opportunity.
NO CHANGE
Which choice best improves the following sentence?
She would frequently compare her mother with the most loving of saints.
with the most loving saints.
to most loving of saints.
to the most loving of saints.
with saints that are the most loving.
NO CHANGE
Which choice best improves the following sentence?
The number of people living in the area was still a matter of much debate in researchers.
around researchers.
among researchers.
with researchers.
NO CHANGE
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
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
In comparison with the daring tastes and hobbies of his wife, John found enjoyment in much more __________ pleasures.
exotic
pedestrian
ambiguous
candid
When the real documents came to light, the university realized their museum collection was mostly __________.
genuine
counterfeit
historical
authentic
Water may be a joy for most people to drink, but for coffee lovers, a good “cup o’ joe” is a most __________ experience.
diligent
blissful
agreeable
dubious
(VOCAB)
CUSTODY means:
sluggishness
care
maturity
records
(VOCAB)
OPACITY means:
coin collecting
singer
non-transparency
blubbery
(VOCAB)
COMPLIMENTARY means:
admiring
expensive
more than one
delicious
(VOCAB)
ENLIGHTEN means:
instruct
unnerve
grate
ravage
(VOCAB)
SWIMMINGLY means:
commonly
presto
there
smoothly
(VOCAB)
MEDITATE means:
mature
describe
chill
reflect
(VOCAB)
STUPEFY means:
bewilder
dip
impede
grease
(VOCAB)
TYRANNIZE
oppress
puncture
expel
subtract
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
Because night fell.
Jim ate the sandwich.
On a tree-lined path.
In our neck of the woods.
Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
In the dead of night. The van pulled up.
Chuck would not, give Jaime the seat.
Over coffee and toast, Kelly told me about
her new job.
Lemonade. My favorite drink.
Which of the following sentences correctly
uses a conjunction?
I cannot play in the game until I practice
more.
I hid in the basement my brother was mad
at me.
Victor erased the answering machine message Nora would not find out.
She scored a goal won the game.
Which of the underlined words in the following sentence is an unnecessary , redundant, adjective?
Many experts consider the stained glass in
that church to be the very best.
experts
stained
that
very
