This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The condensation that forms on cold glasses has long been of interest to young scientists. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Glasses have. C) Glasses having. D) Glasses are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) [NO CHANGE]. 2. These examples demonstrate that one of the best ways to "be" a poet are to be many other things as well: A) Were. B) NO CHANGE. C) Is. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 3. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. A) NO CHANGE. B) Also it increases savings. C) Savings increase. D) Increases savings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increases savings. 4. The children ..... to bed before their parents came home from work. A. were all going B. had all gone C. had all been going D. have all gone A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 5. Not only are such responses similar to those suffered by, say, a primitive man facing a threat from a ferocious animal, [16] but also resemble panic attacks experienced by soldiers about to go into battle for the first time. A) Also resembling. B) But also resembling. C) NO CHANGE. D) But they also resemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) But they also resemble. 6. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:'The book, along with its illustrations, ..... on the table.' A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 7. Atoms in a synchrotron, a type of circular particle accelerator, travel faster and faster until they ..... a desired energy level, at which point they are diverted to collide with a target, smashing the atoms. A) Reach. B) Are reaching. C) Will reach. D) Had reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reach. 8. Identify the correct past perfect tense: A) By the time she arrived, the show starts. B) By the time she arrived, the show had started. C) By the time she arrived, the show was starting had. D) By the time she arrived, the show started had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time she arrived, the show had started. 9. John was realizing that if he ever wanted to get any work done he needed to turn off his phone. Putting it on vibrate was not going to be enough. If it weren't a message from a disgruntled student or an update to an app, it would be a call from a relative or from a creditor. He has only recently realized how ironic it is that "creditor" rhymes with "predator." A) NO CHANGE. B) Wasn't. C) Had not been. D) Were not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 10. The cookies were handed out by Ella and ..... A) Him. B) He. C) Them. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He. 11. Choose the sentence that maintains verb tense consistency throughout. A) She studies hard and passed the exam. B) She studied hard and passes the exam. C) She studies hard and passes the exam. D) She study hard and passed the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She studies hard and passes the exam. 12. Select the sentence that best eliminates wordiness:"At this point in time, we are unable to make a decision." A) We are unable to make a decision now. B) We are not able to make a decision at this point in time. C) We are unable to make a decision at this point in time. D) At this point in time, we can't make a decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We are unable to make a decision now. 13. What is the correct punctuation to connect the two independent clauses in the given text? A) Semicolon. B) Period. C) Comma. D) Comma and fanboys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 14. While many large school districts are able to support many different athletic programs, smaller school districts are finding that the cost involved with offering a large selection of athletics are too high to support. A) Cost involved in order to offer a large selection of athletics. B) No change. C) Costs involved with offering a large selection of athletics. D) Costs of offering a large selection of athletics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Costs of offering a large selection of athletics. 15. The volleyball team ..... to Freeport this afternoon for a game. A) Travel. B) Travels. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Travels. 16. How old is ..... ? A) Him. B) Himself. C) He. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 17. To learn what it means to love someone is accepting the flaws of others. A) NO CHANGE. B) To learn what it means to love someone is to accept the flaws of others. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To learn what it means to love someone is to accept the flaws of others. 18. That the hole in the ozone layer is directly above Australia and New Zealand, these countries have the highest incidence of melanoma in the world. A) Because. B) No change. C) However. D) Even though. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because. 19. Edit the following sentence for correct punctuation: "After dinner we watched a movie." A) After dinner we, watched a movie. B) After dinner, we watched a movie. C) After dinner we watched, a movie. D) After, dinner we watched a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After dinner, we watched a movie. 20. There are many famous architects who began as furniture designers, interior decorators, or worked in construction. A) Who worked in construction. B) In construction. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Construction workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Construction workers. 21. Select the word that best completes the sentence:She is ..... than her brother. A) Tall. B) Taller. C) Tallest. D) More tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taller. 22. What is the best way to combine these sentences? "The sun set. The sky turned orange." A) The sun set, the sky turned orange. B) The sun set and the sky turned orange. C) The sun set; the sky turned orange. D) The sun set the sky turned orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun set; the sky turned orange. 23. The Progressive Era in the United States witnessed the rise of numerous Black women's clubs, local organizations that advocated for racial and gender equality. Among the clubs' leaders ..... Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, founder of the Women's Era Club of Boston.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) Have been. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 24. The union insistedA on an increase in theirB members C starting pay, and threatened to call a strike if the company refused toD meet the demand. No errorE. A) C. B) B. C) A. D) E. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 25. The Adverb "rarely" is an adverb of ..... A) Adverb of Manner. B) Adverb of Frequency. C) Adverb of Place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb of Frequency. 26. Select the correct word usage:The ..... of the story was surprising. A) Infect. B) Effect. C) Affect. D) Defect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 27. The Trenton Thunder is a Minor League baseball team, it is from Trenton, New Jersey. A) Baseball team, they are. B) Baseball team; they are. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Baseball team. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baseball team. 28. Medium-sized igloos were usually single-room family dwellings that housed one or two families. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Pronoun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronoun. 29. What part of speech is the word in italics? Jane walked across the dark road A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 30. Choose the sentence that avoids a misplaced modifier. A) John crossed the finish line running quickly. B) John, running quickly, crossed the finish line. C) The finish line, running quickly, was crossed by John. D) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by John. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John, running quickly, crossed the finish line. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Grammar Quiz 1Sat Grammar Quiz 2Sat Grammar Quiz 3Sat Grammar Quiz 4Sat Grammar Quiz 5Sat Grammar Quiz 6Sat Grammar Quiz 7Sat Grammar Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books