This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. John ..... in the same house since he left school. A. lived B. had lived C. was living D. has lived A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 2. Identify the error in the following sentence and select the best correction: "Walking down the street, the flowers were blooming beautifully." A) Walking down the street, I saw the flowers blooming beautifully. B) The flowers, walking down the street, were blooming beautifully. C) The flowers were blooming beautifully, walking down the street. D) Walking down the street, the flowers were beautifully blooming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking down the street, I saw the flowers blooming beautifully. 3. Which choice most effectively states the central claim supported by the passage? A) Every translator should take a holistic approach to their work. B) NO CHANGE. C) It is impossible to create a completely faithful literal translation. D) It is more important to preserve the literal meaning of a poem than its structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 4. In light of these nutritional advantages, entomophagy is worth serious consideration as a solution to the originating livestock production crisis. A) Impatient. B) Impending. C) Long-awaited. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impending. 5. Correct the subject-verb agreement error:The group of students are going on a trip. A) The group of students going on a trip. B) The group of students were going on a trip. C) The group of students be going on a trip. D) The group of students is going on a trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The group of students is going on a trip. 6. Which word in the following sentence is incorrect? "Neither the teacher nor the students was prepared for the test." A) Was. B) Test. C) Neither. D) Prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 7. The small house built in the field used the average building materials that were available in the region:wood, stone, brick, and glass. A) Stereotypical. B) [NO CHANGE]. C) Characteristic. D) Arbitrary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) [NO CHANGE]. 8. Select correct pronoun usage: A) Everyone must submit them essay on time. B) Everyone must submit their essay on time. C) Everyone must submit him essay on time. D) Everyone must submit his or her essay on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyone must submit his or her essay on time. 9. Analyze the following sentence for parallel structure: "She enjoys hiking, to swim, and biking." Which revision is correct? A) She enjoys hiking, swimming, and biking. B) She enjoys to hike, to swim, and biking. C) She enjoys hiking, to swim, and to bike. D) She enjoys hiking, swimming, and to bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She enjoys hiking, swimming, and biking. 10. Before food can be turned into fuel, it must pass through the digestive system and be broken down.Is it the correct pronoun for the antecedent? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 11. My father saw how muchA Uncle Tom was enjoyingB his early retirement, andC so he decided to do the sameD. No errorE. A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 12. What part of speech is the word in italics? "2020 is over. Hurrah! What a relief!" A) Interjection. B) Preposition. C) Conjunction. D) Linking verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interjection. 13. Select the sentence that uses the correct verb tense for a completed action. A) He finished his homework last night. B) He finishing his homework last night. C) He will finish his homework last night. D) He finishes his homework last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He finished his homework last night. 14. Plymouth was once a brand of automobiles produced in the United States, but it was dissolved and absorbed into other brands in 2001; however, some investors would like to revive the marque, leaving the future of the Plymouth name in question. A) Will revive. B) [NO CHANGE]. C) Revived. D) Reviving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) [NO CHANGE]. 15. Select the correct parallel structure: A) The job requires planning, organization, and to lead a team. B) The job requires planning, organizing, and leading a team. C) The job requires plan, organizing, and to lead a team. D) The job requires planning, organized, and lead a team. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The job requires planning, organizing, and leading a team. 16. He was excited about ..... a world famous singer. A) To meet. B) Meet. C) Meat. D) Meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meeting. 17. Universities have historically offered a wide variety of continuing education classes, some of them are now offered over the internet as in traditional classrooms. A) Classes, some of them that are. B) Classes. Some of which are. C) No change. D) Classes, some of which are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classes, some of which are. 18. Rania successfully completed her first novel during National Novel Writing Month thorough diligently writing 2, 000 words per day. A) No change. B) Threw. C) Though. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through. 19. Identify the adverb in the following sentence. Let's go to the mall later. A) Let's. B) Go. C) Later. D) Mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Later. 20. If you visit the Four Corners Monument, you could have stood in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. A) No change. B) Can stand. C) Stood. D) Will have been standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can stand. 21. How do we turn a fragment into an independent clause? A) Add a comma. B) Add semi-colon. C) Get rid of fragment word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get rid of fragment word. 22. Only after she ..... from a severe illness did she realize the importance of good health. A. would recover B. has recovered C. had recovered D. was recovering A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 23. In chess, remember these three goals:get your pieces to the center, capture the opposing pieces, and attacking the opposing king. A) NO CHANGE. B) In chess, remember these three goals:get your pieces to the center, capture the opposing pieces, and attack the opposing king. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In chess, remember these three goals:get your pieces to the center, capture the opposing pieces, and attack the opposing king. 24. At the age of seventeen, Tudor, along with his brother John, voyaged to the Caribbean. The trip was a disaster. Suffering [10] through the inescapable humidity and heat of the tropics while wearing the stifling clothing of nineteenth-century gentlemen, John fell ill with tuberculosis, which killed him six months later. A) Against. B) About. C) NO CHANGE. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 25. My favorite recipes involve chocolate ..... for instance, I love chocolate chip cookies, chocolate sauce, and chocolate cake. A) :. B) '. C) ;. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ;. 26. Both Mark and his friend Josh is a type of person called introverts. A) Are a type. B) Is a type. C) Is one type. D) No error. E) Are types. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are a type. 27. Which revision corrects the subject-verb agreement error in the following sentence? "The group of students are meeting in the library." A) The groups of students is meeting in the library. B) The group of students are meeting at the library. C) The group of students meeting in the library. D) The group of students is meeting in the library. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The group of students is meeting in the library. 28. Choose the sentence that best corrects the misplaced modifier: A) She drove her kids almost to school every day. B) She drove her kids to school almost every day. C) She drove almost her kids to school every day. D) She almost drove her kids to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She drove her kids to school almost every day. 29. Choose the sentence that best corrects the error in pronoun reference:"After putting the book on the table, it disappeared." A) After putting the book on the table, the book disappeared. B) After I put the book on the table, it disappeared. C) After putting the book on the table, the book was gone. D) After putting the book on the table, I noticed it disappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After putting the book on the table, the book disappeared. 30. All of the following are independent clauses EXCEPT A) Margaret came over for bagels and small talk. B) Amanda frequently prefers to skip breakfast in order to maximize lunchtime trips to her local Indian buffet. C) Miller who gets annoyed when people confuse him for his more popular older brother. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miller who gets annoyed when people confuse him for his more popular older brother. 31. Identify the correct subject-verb agreement in the following sentence: "The list of items ..... on the table." A) Were. B) Be. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 32. The people of Qalif frequently follow their family trade, they work mainly in fishing, oil, and education. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Trade working. C) Trade, working. D) Trade;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade, working. 33. Grands projets is the French term for what architects call urban megaprojects; these sprawling structures come to define an urban locale politically, economically, and socially. A) NO CHANGE. B) Architect's call. C) Architects' call. D) Architect calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 34. Raising kids requires a steady stream of income:a huge investment of time, and a lot of tender loving care. A) No change. B) Income;. C) Income,. D) Income . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Income,. 35. Choose the sentence that correctly uses verb tense and subject-verb agreement. A) The data was collected and are being analyzed. B) The data were collected and is being analyzed. C) The data were collected and are being analyzed. D) The data was collected and is being analyzed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The data were collected and are being analyzed. 36. The book has a cool picture on it's cover. A) NO CHANGE. B) The book has a cool picture on its cover. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The book has a cool picture on its cover. 37. This lower third attaches to the stomach-a hollow, muscular organ-which then digest food both by crushing it mechanically and secretes digestive enzymes and other fluids that break down starches and proteins. A) Digests. B) Were digesting. C) NO CHANGE. D) Are digesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digests. 38. Which sentence demonstrates correct verb tense consistency? A) She walks to school and ate breakfast. B) She walked to school and eats breakfast. C) She walks to school and eats breakfast. D) She walked to school and eating breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She walks to school and eats breakfast. 39. Original Sentence:The committee's decision was met with ..... from the community. A) Reactions mixed. B) Mixed reaction. C) Reaction mixed. D) Mixed reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed reactions. 40. Original Sentence:He brought all the necessary equipment:gloves, goggles, and a lab coat. A) (as is). B) Equipment, gloves, goggles, and a lab coat. C) Equipment; gloves, goggles, and a lab coat. D) Equipment:such as gloves, goggles, and a lab coat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (as is). 41. Researchers are unable to drill into the Earth's core; ..... its chemical composition remains a mystery. A) Indeed,. B) Consequently,. C) For example,. D) In contrast,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consequently,. 42. Luci Tapahonso, the current poet laureate of the Navajo nation, is committed to serving her community on local, state, and national levels, a strong sense of cultural identity pervades her work. A) NO CHANGE. B) State and national levels,. C) State; and national levels;. D) State, and national levels;. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State, and national levels;. 43. What do we capitalize? A) Months. B) Nouns. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Months. 44. Although Hertz-52 is probably just a lonely whale singing at an unusually higher frequency somewhere out there in the Pacific ..... he has come to signify the fearless pursuit of life in the face of immense loneliness. A) Pacific, he. B) Pacific; he. C) Pacific he. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific, he. 45. Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence:Yesterday, Maria ..... to the store. A) Going. B) Went. C) Go. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 46. Read the sentence and identify the error:If I would have known about the meeting, I would have attended. A) I would have attended. B) No error. C) If I would have known. D) About the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If I would have known. 47. Generally, it is better to eat eggs moderately than ..... A) Avoid them entirely. B) To avoiding them entirely. C) To avoid them entirely. D) Avoided them entirely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To avoid them entirely. 48. Choose the sentence that uses the correct pronoun. A) Each of the boys must bring their own lunch. B) Each of the boys must bring her own lunch. C) Each of the boys must bring his own lunch. D) Each of the boys must bring our own lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each of the boys must bring his own lunch. 49. Which sentence shows correct use of an apostrophe to indicate possession? A) The dog's bones was buried in the yard. B) The dogs bones' was buried in the yard. C) The dogs bones was buried in the yard. D) The dogs' bones' was buried in the yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog's bones was buried in the yard. 50. Authors selected for the philosophy journal must be respected in their field, and should hold advanced degrees and have a great deal of practical experience. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) His or her field, and. C) Their field, such authors. D) Their field, they. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) [NO CHANGE]. 51. Mike had terrible eating habits, when he opened his lunch bag, we saw a bag of potato chips, two candy bars, cellophane-wrapped cupcakes, and a carton of milk. A) Habits, when. B) Habits, but when. C) Habits; when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habits; when. 52. Soon, sales of ice grew brisk, and fifteen years after his original hunch, Tutor's ice trade finally [12] turned a profit, therefore, when Tudor expanded his business to India and South America, he began to amass a large fortune. A) Profit, when. B) NO CHANGE. C) Profit, but when. D) Profit:so, when. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Profit, but when. 53. Jojoba oil is made from the seeds of jojoba plants. These plants are sometimes mistaken for boxwood shrubs. A) Plants, which. B) Plants; these. C) Plants as they. D) Plants, for they. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants, which. 54. Kudzu is an invasive plant species in the American South, ..... that climbs shrubs and trees and kills by heavy shading. A) South. B) No change. C) South;. D) South . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South. 55. There are many kinds of dogs, but mine-a golden retriever, is my favorite, he is very loyal and friendly. A) Retriever) is my favorite; he. B) [NO CHANGE]. C) Retriever-is my favorite; he. D) Retriever-is my favorite, he. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retriever-is my favorite; he. 56. Choose the concise revision: A) Because the train was late, we missed the meeting. B) The train being late caused us to miss the meeting. C) Because of the fact that the train was late, we missed the meeting. D) Due to the fact that the train was late, we missed the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the train was late, we missed the meeting. 57. He throws the ball accurately; she catches it consistently; together, he and she make a remarkably well-rounded team. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) He and her make. C) He and she makes. D) He and her makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) [NO CHANGE]. 58. Construction on the tunnel began in 1988, and the tunnel had opened for passengers in 1994. However, the history of the Chunnel goes back all the way to 1802 when the idea of connecting the two countries across the narrow English Channel was first suggested by a man named Albert Mathieu. A) Will have opened. B) NO CHANGE. C) Opened. D) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opened. 59. There was a team of ice skaters gathered in the hotel lobby earlier today. A) Were. B) Is. C) NO CHANGE. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 60. Choose the sentence that corrects the subject-verb agreement error:The dogs runs fast. A) The dogs running fast. B) The dogs ran fast. C) The dogs is running fast. D) The dogs run fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dogs run fast. 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