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WorksheetsSAT Standard English Conventions
Total questions: 138
Worksheet time: 2hrs 57mins
Read the sentence.
Rami gave the book to a girl with a lot of pictures.
Which sentence corrects the misplaced modifier (this is what is describing the book)?
With a lot of pictures, Rami gave the book to a girl.
The book with a lot of pictures, Rami gave to the girl.
Rami gave the book with a lot of pictures to the girl.
The girl had the book with a lot of pictures from Rami.
Read the sentence.
Before Kate left for school, she eats breakfast. Then Kate packed her lunch and put her school supplies in her backpack.
Which underlined word should be changed to correct an error?
left
eats
packed
put
Read the sentence.
The startled deer looked up it ran into the thicket.
Which answer choice corrects the run-on sentence?
The startled deer looked up, and it ran into the thicket.
The startled deer looked up, it ran into the thicket.
The startled deer looked up and it ran into the thicket.
The startled deer looked up, it ran. Into the thicket.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
I packed two, ripe apples in my lunch today.
I prefer the light, blue shirt to the darker-colored one.
James is a kind, thoughtful boy with many friends.
Emma is proud of her brand, new bicycle.
Read the sentence.
The daisies and ferns in the meddow glisten in the morning dew.
Which underlined word in the sentence is spelled incorrectly?
daisies
ferns
meddow
glisten
Read the sentence.
Breakfast options at the diner include eggs my favorite, toast, and fruit.
Which revision should be made to the sentence?
Add parentheses around my favorite.
Add a comma after include.
Add a dash after diner.
Add a comma after options.
Read the sentence.
It is good to do well in science classes if you want to be a computer scientist as an adult because doing well in science classes in school as a kid could help you become a computer scientist.
Which is the best way to revise the sentence to remove repetitive language while keeping the same meaning?
It is good to do well in science classes as a kid because it could help you to become a computer scientist as an adult.
It is good to do well in science classes if you would like to be a computer scientist.
It is good to do well in school, because your performance in school can help you become a computer scientist as an adult.
It is good, when you are in school, to do well in science classes, so, when you are an adult, it will be easier to do well.
Read the sentence.
(1) The National Safety Council was founded in 1913. (2) The organization was established to manage safety policies in American workplaces.
Which revision best combines sentences 1 and 2 into one sentence that shows the logical relationship between the two sentences?
The National Safety Council was founded in 1913, and it was also established to manage safety policies in American workplaces.
Founded in 1913, the National Safety Council was established to manage safety policies in American workplaces.
By managing safety policies in American workplaces, the National Safety Council was founded in 1913.
The National Safety Council was established to manage safety policies in American workplaces founded in 1913.
Read the sentence.
If you are running for student office, the first thing you need to do is identify your own priorities as a student. This will help you identify how to best serve other students' needs.
Which sentence could be added to best maintain consistency and style?
Next, you'll want to figure out who your real buddies are.
Following that, try to think up a solid game plan for yourself.
Once you've got it together, go for it, like you've got nothing to lose.
The next step is to determine how to express your plan to students.
Read the sentence.
Aaron read the book wrote a report and gave a presentation about it.
Which is the correct way to punctuate the sentence?
Aaron read the book, wrote a report, and gave a presentation about it.
Aaron read the book wrote a report, and, gave a presentation about it.
Aaron read the book, wrote a report and gave a presentation, about it.
Aaron read the book wrote a report, and gave a presentation about it.
Which sentence has punctuation that shows strong feeling?
There's a spider crawling on the leaf?
There's a spider crawling on the leaf!
There's a spider crawling on the leaf.
There's a spider crawling on the leaf...
Read the sentence.
I was ______________ while we were hiking in the snowy woods.
Which word creates the most dramatic effect?
cold
chilly
freezing
uncomfortable
Read the sentence.
Our class is going to visit Harrisburg, which is the capitol of Pennsylvania. We can choose whether to eat lunch by the river or the park.
What needs to be changed to correct the error?
Change capitol to capital.
Change choose to chews.
Change whether to weather.
Change or to ore.
Read the sentence.
The car lost one of ________ tires.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
their
its
it
our
Which of the following sentences compares two ideas to show a similarity?
Pennsylvania has a lot of farmland; however, it does not have many industries.
Industries developed in Pennsylvania; therefore, farms were pushed out.
Both farmland and industries are plentiful in Pennsylvania.
There are many industries in Pennsylvania, but farms are not as plentiful.
Read the sentences from a paragraph.
(1) At the beginning of the school year, the teacher assigned each student a biography to read. (2) The students had three weeks to completely finish reading the biography of a person's life. (3) Then each student spent three days creating a presentation on the assigned biography. (4) After the students had given their presentations, the class voted for a favorite.
Which sentence should be revised to reduce redundancy (repetition).
sentence 1
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4
Which sentence contains a word or a group of words that is misplaced?
Wise students finish their homework before starting other activities.
Johnny proudly wore the medal he had earned at the end of the competition.
The conductor happily directed the musicians he had taught.
Maggie clutched the seashell she had found closely.
Read the sentence.
The kids ran inside when they heard the thunder because you didn't want to get struck by lightning.
Which change would correct the mistake in this sentence?
Change "they" to "them"
Change "you" to "they"
Change "you" to "we"
Change "they" to "you"
Read the sentence.
Caroline was excited to visit the school where her friend Thomas attends so she could compare his classes to hers.
Which statement best explains the function of the underlined clause in the sentence?
The clause shows why Thomas and Caroline are friends.
The clause tells how Thomas is connected to Caroline.
The clause clarifies which school Caroline will visit.
The clause explains why Thomas is attending the school.
Read the paragraph.
When the class heard that their guest was going to be a harpist, some students giggled. "What's that?" one student asked. "No one plays it anymore," another student said. But when the harpist arrived, everyone was surprised. She was warm, and funny, and the music she played was beautiful. The class, in the end, was very happy to have her as a guest.
Which underlined pronoun is vague or unclear?
their
that
it
she
Which sentence is complete?
He wept.
The bird that has blue feathers.
If I could explain.
When we went to Six Flags.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly, according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
BTS is a boy band from South Korea but they are also known as the Bangtan Boys.
Even though most people know them as BTS the boy band is also known as the Bangtan Boys.
BTS is a boy band from South Korea, but they are also known as the Bangtan Boys.
One boy band is sometimes called the Bangtan Boys, even though most people know them as BTS.
Which sentence is written according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
I have a younger sister and my parents spoil her.
Although my younger sister is spoiled I still love her.
I hate my younger sister, although she is spoiled.
I have a younger sister, and my parents spoil her.
Which of the following sentences is written according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
After my classic car was stolen in 2004 I found it for sale on Offerup.
My classic car was stolen in 2004, and I just found it for sale on Offerup.
My classic car was stolen in 2004 and I just found it for sale on Offerup.
I found my class car for sale on Offerup, after it was stolen.
Which of the following sentences is written according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
My cat hugs me after work, and it's the highlight of my day.
When my cat hugs me after work it's the highlight of my day.
It's the highlight of my day, when my cat hugs me after work.
My cat hugs me after work and it's the highlight of my day.
Which of the following sentences is written according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
Someone tried to steal my truck he went to jail.
Because someone tried to steal my truck he went to jail.
Someone tried to steal my truck, but he went to jail.
He went to jail, because he tried to steal my truck.
Which of the following sentences is written according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
It was you I knew you did it.
It was you, and I knew you did it.
When you did it I knew it was you.
I knew it was you, since you did it.
Which of the following sentences is written according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
His mom listens to me, when I speak.
When I speak, his mom listens to me.
I speak and she listens.
I speak she listens.
Which of the following sentences is written according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
Because we can afford groceries and shoes, I am very happy.
Because we can afford groceries and shoes I am very happy.
We can afford groceries and shoes and I am very happy.
We can afford groceries and shoes I am very happy.
Which of the following sentences is written according to the conventions of Standard Written English?
Some people are rude some people are manipulative.
Some people are rude, and some people are manipulative.
Some people are rude, some people are manipulative.
Because some people are manipulative other people are manipulative.
(1) Abby was worried she would miss the school bus. (2) She ran into the living room and grabbed her coat and hat. (3) She picked up her backpack and rushed toward the door. (4) Her mom called, “Watch out. (5) It snowed last night and the sidewalks are icy.”
Which sentence should most likely end with an exclamation point to show emotion?
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 4
Which sentence correctly uses italics to indicate a title?
. Dan is reading the novel The Great Canyon Adventure in his spare time
The article Storing and Saving Seeds is in the new gardening newsletter.
Most musicians are familiar with the song This Land Is Your Land.
Anna chose the short poem Finally Spring to read aloud in class
Read the paragraph .
(1) A walrus uses its long teeth, or tusks, in many different ways . (2) Scientists believe a walrus uses its tusks to climb out of the water . (3) The animal may also use its tusks to dig holes in the ice and to protect themselves from predators . Which change corrects the error?
Change uses to use in sentence 1
Change believe to believes in sentence 2
Change its to their in sentence 2
Change themselves to itself in sentence 3
Read the directions on how to get to the park .
First, carefuly cross the street and pass the water tower . Then, walk past the jewelry store and walk one block north . Then, you will pass the area where the Little League baseball team practices . You will see the park next to the Italian restaurant .
Which underlined word is misspelled?
carefuly
jewelry
area
restaurant
Read the sentence .
Before the scouts go on their camping trip, _____________________ . Choose the words that complete the sentence
all of them preparing and packing their supplies
which will be a good learning experience for all
they will have to raise money by selling plants
where they will learn about plants and animals
Read the paragraph.
(1) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania encourages citizens to plant rain gardens. (2) Rain gardens capture storm water so that the water does not flow into storm drains. (3) Existing low spots or shallow pits lined with gravel make ideal locations for rain gardens. (4) If you use native plants in your rain garden, it will be easy to take care of and might even have attracted birds and butterflies.
Which sentence in the paragraph has an error?
sentence 1
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4
Read the sentence.
When Alex arrived at the theater and entered the building, he remembered that he left his ticket at home.
Which part of the sentence has an error in verb tense?
When Alex arrived at the theater
and entered the building,
he remembered that
he left his ticket at home.
Read the sentence.
When I entered the fifth grade, I concluded that I would not only have to spend more time on my homework ____________ plan my study time better.
Which word or words correctly complete the sentence?
or
nor
but also
and also
Read the paragraph.
(1) The Brooklyn Bridge, which crosses the East River in New York City, was built in 1883. (2) Taking 14 years to build and costing more than 15 million dollars. (3) The bridge is made of steel and granite. (4) Thousands of people and vehicles cross the bridge every day.
Which sentence should be revised to correct the inappropriate sentence fragment?
sentence 1
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4
Read the paragraph.
(1) Mark loves music, so they want to join the school band next year. (2) Mark wants to play the trombone because he has a cousin who played it last year. (3) Mark’s friend Jill is thinking about joining the band, too, and playing the trumpet because it is her favorite instrument. (4) The band teacher is happy that Mark and Jill want to join because she likes teaching new students.
Which sentence has a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?
sentence 1
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4
Read the sentence.
Three statistics that all good baseball managers look at closely are batting average runs batted in, and runs scored.
After which word should a comma be added?
statistics
closely
are
average
Read the sentence.
Since Erica wanted to go with us she had to get ready in a hurry.
Where should a comma be added to correct the error?
after Since
after wanted
after us
after ready
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Ms. Johnson you are the person in charge of next month’s meeting, aren’t you?
Ms. Johnson, you are the person in charge of next month’s meeting, aren’t you?
Ms. Johnson you are the person in charge of next month’s meeting aren’t you?
Ms. Johnson, you are the person in charge of next month’s meeting aren’t you?
Read the sentence.
Fruit is an important ____________ of food for many animals.
Choose the correct way to spell the missing word.
soarce
soarse
source
sourse
Read the paragraph.
(1) Grasslands are areas of land throughout the world that do not get enough rain to support the growth of many trees. (2) However, these areas do have grasses and plants that provide a source of food for animals. (3) Many animals live in a grassland. (4) African elephants and zebras live in a grassland. (5) These areas of land are known also as prairies or savannas. Choose the best way to combine sentences 3 and 4 to improve the meaning of the paragraph.
Many animals, African elephants, and zebras live in grasslands.
Many animals live in grasslands, and they are African elephants and zebras.
African elephants and zebras are two of the many animals that live in grasslands
African elephants and zebras are animals that live with many other animals in grasslands
Which title should have quotation marks?
We read the poem Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in our history class.
DynaMath magazine makes mathematics meaningful by connecting math concepts to real-world subjects.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Jester is described by many children as “the best book ever.”
In E. L. Konigsburg’s book The View from Saturday, four students use their brains to succeed in an academic contest.
In 2008, two years after the death of science fiction writer Octavia Butler, the Huntington Library in ______ received a collection of more than 8,000 items, including Butler’s private notes, research materials, manuscripts, photos, and drawings. Today, the Octavia E. Butler Collection is one of the most researched archives at the library.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.California,
B.California:
C. California—
D. California
Eli Eisenberg, a genetics expert at Tel Aviv University in Israel, recently discovered that ______ have a special genetic ability called RNA editing that confers evolutionary advantages.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. cephalopods, ocean dwellers that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish
B. cephalopods—ocean dwellers—that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish,
C. cephalopods, ocean dwellers that include: the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish,
D. cephalopods—ocean dwellers that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish—
The city of Pompeii, which was buried in ash following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, continues to be studied by archaeologists. Unfortunately, as ______ attest, archaeological excavations have disrupted ash deposits at the site, causing valuable information about the eruption to be lost.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. researchers, Roberto Scandone and Christopher Kilburn,
B. researchers, Roberto Scandone and Christopher Kilburn
C. researchers Roberto Scandone and Christopher Kilburn
D. researchers Roberto Scandone, and Christopher Kilburn
Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell’s sculpture Mud Woman Rolls On consists of five human figures made of clay and plant fiber and arranged in descending size; each figure holds the smaller one in front of it. The arrangement of the figures, according to ______ represents her idea that “we all come from the Earth, generation after generation.”
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. Swentzell
B. Swentzell,
C. Swentzell:
D. Swentzell—
It is generally true that technological change is a linear process, in which once-useful technologies are replaced by new and better ______ the reawakening of interest in the steam engine (from advocates of carbon-neutral rail travel) reminds us that ostensibly obsolete technologies may be brought back into service to address society’s changing needs.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. ones, even so;
B. ones even so,
C. ones; even so,
D. ones, even so,
The forty-seven geothermal springs of Arkansas’ Hot Springs National Park are sourced via a process known as natural groundwater recharge, in which rainwater percolates downward through the earth—in this case, the porous rocks of the hills around Hot ______ collect in a subterranean basin.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. Springs to
B. Springs: to
C. Springs—to
D. Springs, to
According to Naomi Nakayama of the University of Edinburgh, the reason seeds from a dying dandelion appear to float in the air while ______ is that their porous plumes enhance drag, allowing the seeds to stay airborne long enough for the wind to disperse them throughout the surrounding area.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. falling,
B. falling:
C. falling;
D. falling
A conceptual artist and designer embraced by both the art world and the fashion ______ Mary Ping was chosen to curate the exhibition Front Row: Chinese American Designers for the Museum of Chinese in America.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. world
B. world:
C. world;
D. world,
Luci Tapahonso is the inaugural poet laureate of the Navajo Nation. Her book Sáanii Dahataal/The Women Are Singing—a combination of fiction and memoir, poetry and ______ serves as a testament to her versatility as a writer.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. prose;
B. prose
C. prose,
D. prose—
Swedish scientists Eva Engvall and Peter Perlmann developed a method for measuring the concentration of different proteins in a biological sample. Their ______ ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), is used to detect and measure proteins that indicate the presence of certain diseases.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. method (called
B. method—called
C. method, called
D. method called
Botanists recognize over fifty different species of sunflower, and variance exists even in those species. One species, the silverleaf sunflower, ______ both an early-flowering ecotype that tends to grow in coastal areas and a late-flowering ecotype that grows inland.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. encompassing
B. to encompass
C. encompasses
D. having encompassed
Antarctic pearlwort, a low-growing shrub with characteristic yellow flowers, is one of only two native flowering plants which ______ in Antarctica.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. were occurring
B. occur
C. are occurring
D. will have occurred
Before the museum closed permanently, it faced financial challenges that ______ a large deficit and declining ticket sale revenues.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. include
B. will include
C. would include
D. included
Rabinal Achí is a precolonial Maya dance drama performed annually in Rabinal, a town in the Guatemalan highlands. Based on events that occurred when Rabinal was a city-state ruled by a king, ______ had once been an ally of the king but was later captured while leading an invading force against him.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. Rabinal Achí tells the story of K’iche’ Achí, a military leader who
B. K’iche’ Achí, the military leader in the story of Rabinal Achí,
C. there was a military leader, K’iche’ Achí, who in Rabinal Achí
D. the military leader whose story is told in Rabinal Achí, K’iche’ Achí,
Having returned from the ocean to the stream where it was born, an adult salmon's life cycle ends when it spawns and dies, after which its offspring start the cycle anew.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. an adult salmon's life cycle ends when it spawns and dies,
B. an adult salmon spawns and dies, completing its life cycle,
C. the spawning and death of an adult salmon complete its life cycle,
D. the life cycle of an adult salmon is complete when it spawns and die,
While popular depiction might characterize surfing as a summer sport, the reality is that winter conditions are considered better for surfing. Generated by seasonal storms far off the coast, ______
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. surfers highly prize the large, predictable sets of waves that are created by winter swells.
B. winter swells reach the shore as large, predictable sets of waves that are highly prized by surfers.
C. the shore causes large winter swells to break in predictable sets of waves highly prized by surfers.
D. winter is highly prized by surfers for large swells that break in large, predictable sets of waves.
Slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo's debut novel The Poet X, winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, is composed of ______ protagonist, fifteen-year-old Xiomara Batista.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. poem's putatively written by the novel's
B. poem's putatively written by the novels'
C. poems putatively written by the novels'
D. poems putatively written by the novel's
Labor unions are formed in order to protect ______ through collective bargaining, which gives employees greater leverage while ensuring they are treated equally by management.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. workers' rights
B. worker's rights
C. workers rights'
D. workers' rights'
The striated ______ walls are the result of erosion and frost weathering having exposed layers of multicolored sedimentary rock.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. patterns' of a canyons
B. patterns of a canyons'
C. pattern's of a canyon's
D. patterns of a canyon's
The field of geological oceanography owes much to American ______ Marie Tharp, a pioneering oceanographic cartographer whose detailed topographical maps of the ocean floor and its multiple rift valleys helped garner acceptance for the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. geologist
B. geologist:
C. geologist;
D. geologist,
A subseasonal weather forecast attempts to predict weather conditions three to four weeks in ______ its predictions are therefore more short-term than those of the seasonal forecast, which attempts to predict the weather more than a month in advance.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. advance and
B. advance;
C. advance,
D. advance
In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is a leader of Umuofia (a fictional Nigerian clan) and takes pride in his culture's traditions. However, when the arrival of European missionaries brings changes to Umuofia, the novel asks a central question: How ______
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. will Umuofia's traditions be affected?
B. Umuofia's traditions will be affected?
C. Umuofia's traditions will be affected.
D. will Umuofia's traditions be affected.
In paleontology, the term "Elvis taxon" gets applied to a newly identified living species that was once presumed to be extinct. Like an Elvis impersonator who might bear a striking resemblance to the late musical icon Elvis Presley himself, an Elvis taxon is not the real thing, ______ is a misidentified look-alike.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. however, it
B. however it
C. however but it
D. however. It
In 1959, marine biologist Dr. Albert Jones founded the Underwater Adventure Seekers, a scuba diving ______ that is the oldest club for Black divers in the United States and that has helped thousands of diving enthusiasts become certified in the field.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. club
B. club, and
C. club—
D. club,
Emperor Ashoka ruled the Maurya Empire in South Asia from roughly 270 to 232 BCE. He is known for enforcing a moral code called the Law of Piety, which established the sanctity of animal ______ the just treatment of the elderly, and the abolition of the slave trade.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. life;
B. life:
C. life
D. life,
In a 2016 study, Eastern Washington University psychologist Amani El-Alayli found that, among the study participants who experienced frisson (a physiological response akin to goosebumps or getting the chills) while listening to music, there was one personality trait that they scored particularly ______ openness to experience.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. high on;
B. high on
C. high. On
D. high on:
Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell's sculpture Mud Woman Rolls On consists of five human figures made of clay and plant fiber and arranged in descending size; each figure holds the smaller one in front of it. The arrangement of the figures, according to ______ represents her idea that "we all come from the Earth, generation after generation."
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. Swentzell,
B. Swentzell:
C. Swentzell
D. Swentzell—
In her book The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, author Maxine Hong Kingston examines themes ______ childhood, womanhood, and Chinese American identity by intertwining autobiography and mythology.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. of—
B. of
C. of:
D. of,
In discussing Mary Shelley's 1818 epistolary novel Frankenstein, literary theorist Gayatri Spivak directs the reader's attention to the character of Margaret Saville. As Spivak points out, Saville is not the protagonist of Shelley's ______ as the recipient of the letters that frame the book's narrative, she's the "occasion" of it.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. novel
B. novel,
C. novel; rather,
D. novel, rather,
Humans were long thought to have begun occupying the Peruvian settlement of Machu Picchu between 1440 and 1450 CE. However, a team led by anthropologist Dr. Richard Burger used accelerator mass spectrometry to uncover evidence that it was occupied ______ 1420 CE, according to Burger, humans were likely inhabiting the area.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. earlier, which in
B. earlier, in
C. earlier. In
D. earlier in
While one requires oxygen and one does ______ and anaerobic respiration are both forms of cellular respiration—that is, they are processes by which cells break down glucose to use as energy.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. not. Aerobic
B. not; aerobic
C. not aerobic
D. not, aerobic
When they were first discovered in Australia in 1798, duck-billed, beaver-tailed platypuses so defied categorization that one scientist assigned them the name Ornithorhynchus paradoxus: "paradoxical bird-snout." The animal, which lays eggs but also nurses ______ young with milk, has since been classified as belonging to the monotremes group.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. it's
B. their
C. they're
D. its
The African Games Co-production Market, one of over 180 annual international conferences supporting video game development, ______ the growth of the African gaming industry by helping start-up studios in Africa find partners.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. promotes
B. promote
C. are promoting
D. have promoted
Wanda Diaz-Merced, an astrophysicist who is blind, has developed software that can translate astrophysical data into sound. Such tools ______ astrophysicists to detect subtle patterns in data—patterns that may not be evident in graphs and other visual formats.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. has enabled
B. enable
C. is enabling
D. enables
In 2015, a team led by materials scientists Anirudha Sumant and Diana Berman succeeded in reducing the coefficient of friction (COF) between two surfaces to the lowest possible level—superlubricity. A nearly frictionless (and, as its name suggests, extremely slippery) state, ______
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. reaching superlubricity occurs when two surfaces' COF drops below 0.01.
B. superlubricity is reached when two surfaces' COF drops below 0.01.
C. when their COF drops below 0.01, two surfaces reach superlubricity.
D. two surfaces, when their COF drops below 0.01, reach superlubricity.
After winning the 1860 presidential election, Abraham Lincoln appointed Edward Bates, Salmon P. Chase, and William H. Seward to his cabinet. Lincoln's decision was surprising, since each of these men had run against him, but historians have praised it, noting that Lincoln ______ his rivals' diverse talents to strengthen his administration.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. will leverage
B. is leveraging
C. has leveraged
D. leveraged
In 1990, California native and researcher Ellen Ochoa left her position as chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at a NASA research center ______ the space agency's astronaut training program.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. to join
B. is joining
C. joined
D. joins
The sum of money one donates to registered nonprofit organizations ______ a deduction that can be made from one's taxable income.
represent
represents
are representing
have represented
While many spiders use webs to catch their food, others capture prey using hunting or burrowing techniques. Spiders from the family Ctenizidae, often called trapdoor spiders, ______ their burrows with doors, using their silk for hinges.
cover
are covering
will have covered
had covered
Botanists recognize over fifty different species of sunflower, and variance exists even in those species. One species, the silverleaf sunflower, ______ both an early-flowering ecotype that tends to grow in coastal areas and a late-flowering ecotype that grows inland.
encompassing
to encompass
encompasses
having encompessed
Called embouchure, the shape of a skilled trumpet player's lips ______ for playing a wide range of notes with clear tone and without muscle strain.
allows
are allowing
allow
have allowed
Because a cycle of lunar phases _____ 29.5 days to complete, it's possible to observe 2 full moons in a single month, one at the beginning and one at the end.
have taken
take
takes
are taking
Before a jury trial begins, lawyers for each side interview potential jurors closely, ______ questions intended to reveal any biases. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
asking him or her
asking them
asking it
to ask him or her
Thanks to ______ long legs, giraffes are very fast, running as quickly as 35 miles per hour in short bursts.
its
one's
their
his or her
It is hard to live in Antarctica. The cold, dry environment provides the continent's soil-dwelling microbes few nutrients, little water, and almost no sunlight. In a 2017 study of these organisms, microbiologist Belinda Ferrari reported that ______ able to survive on a diet of atmospheric gases found in the soil
it is
this is
either is
they are
A Neapolitan pizza made with San Marzano tomatoes ______ considered more traditional than one made with any other type of tomatoes.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
are
have been
is
were
Each of the employees works in _____ job
his or her
their
themselves
Identify the choice that is a grammatically correct sentence.
Choose 1 answer:
It looks like the clock is broken.
It looks like the clock am broken.
Identify the choice that is a grammatically correct sentence.
Can you passes me the salt?
Can you pass me the salt?
Choose the option where the pronouns and their antecedents agree in number.
Of all the types of dancing Lydia practiced, Flamenco was ______ favorite.
her
its
Choose the option where the pronouns and their antecedents agree in number.
Rafael decided to hire a quartet of singers for his birthday party; ______ would have to be the best group he could find.
they
it
Choose the option where the pronouns and their antecedents agree in number.
Lara made a list of places she wants to visit; she keeps ______ with her at all times.
them
it
Choose the option where the pronouns and their antecedents agree in number.
I’m expecting a shipment of fresh beets, but ______ late.
they are
it's
Identify the choice that results in a grammatically correct sentence.
Choose 1 answer:
Around ten o'clock, we will see the eclipse.
Around ten o'clock.
Identify the choice that results in a grammatically correct sentence.
Choose 1 answer:
When dinner is ready.
When is dinner ready?
Identify the choice that results in a grammatically correct sentence.
Choose 1 answer:
In the wintertime.
The winter is cold.
Identify the choice that contains only complete sentences.
Choose 1 answer
An impressionist painter, Monet depicted water lilies in many of his works of art.
An impressionist painter. Monet depicted water lilies in many of his works of art.
Identify the choice that contains only complete sentences.
Choose 1 answer:
Because I said so. We’re going to the carnival.
We’re going to the carnival because I said so.
Which one of these options completes the sentence in a way that makes the most sense?
After finishing his toast,
Marvin went outside.
Jill told him to go outside.
Which one of these options completes the sentence in a way that makes the most sense?
Having tried to enjoy an ice cream cone on a hot summer day,
Jada's hands ended up sticky and gross.
Jada ended up with sticky, gross hands.
Which one of these options completes the sentence in a way that makes the most sense?
Having run around with other dogs for an hour,
bed sounded like a great idea.
Mr. Peanutbutter was ready for bed.
Which one of these options completes the sentence in a way that makes the most sense?
Daydreaming about her favorite book,
a tree suddenly smacked her face.
Imani suddenly walked into a tree.
Choose the sentence that maintains a parallel structure throughout.
Choose 1 answer:
The bees stung Gabriel’s elbows, his nose, and his pride.
The bees stung Gabriel’s elbows, his nose, and stinging his pride.
The bees stung Gabriel’s elbows, his nose, and they made him feel silly.
Choose the sentence that maintains a parallel structure throughout.
Choose 1 answer:
Harry will either play a blistering guitar solo, totally obliterate that drumkit, or the microphone will be blown out by his screaming.
Harry will either play a blistering guitar solo, totally obliterate that drumkit, or sing a song.
Harry will either play a blistering guitar solo, totally obliterate that drumkit, or blow out the microphone screaming.
Choose the sentence that maintains a parallel structure throughout.
Choose 1 answer:
The invaders torched the village, looted the treasury, and had stolen all our sheep.
The invaders torched the village, looting the treasury, and stole all our sheep.
The invaders torched the village, looted the treasury, and stole all our sheep.
Choose the sentence that maintains a parallel structure throughout.
Choose 1 answer:
Inspector Zenigata promised that he would complete the investigation with speed, earnestly, and honestly.
Inspector Zenigata promised that he would complete the investigation speedily, earnestly, and in a manner befitting his station as a police detective.
Inspector Zenigata promised that he would complete the investigation speedily, earnestly, and honestly.
Choose the sentence that maintains a parallel structure throughout.
Choose 1 answer:
The shepherd chased the sheep through the valley, along the river, and followed them over the hill.
The shepherd chased the sheep through the valley, chased the sheep along the river, and over the hill.
The shepherd chased the sheep through the valley, along the river, and over the hill.
