This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence best corrects the error in word usage and punctuation? A) Their going to the concert, and they're excited. B) They're going to the concert, and they're excited. C) There going to the concert, and their excited. D) They're going to the concert and their excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're going to the concert, and they're excited. 2. Historians agree that the jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton was exaggerating when he claimed to have invented jazz music. No one can deny, ..... that Morton's innovative compositions and remarkable improvisational skills helped shape jazz as a genre during its early years. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A) Though,. B) Therefore,. C) In the second place,. D) In other words,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Though,. 3. Original Sentence:The final decision-one that surprised everyone-was made by the principal. A) The final decision:one that surprised everyone:was made by the principal. B) The final decision, one that surprised everyone, was made by the principal. C) The final decision; one that surprised everyone; was made by the principal. D) (as is). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (as is). 4. Cars are faster than horses, ..... horses aren't bad for the environment. A) However. B) But. C) Although. D) In addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 5. Subject-verb agreement:Which is correct? A) There is eight people on shore. B) There are eight people on shore. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are eight people on shore. 6. Which of the following is written in active voice? A) The students worked hard to study for their test. B) The students were given help by the teachers. C) Good grades were earned by everyone who paid attention. D) Everyone who received an A+ was given candy by the teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The students worked hard to study for their test. 7. Video games (A) have gotten more and more realistic (B) every year; when I (C) was a kid, for example, the most high-tech game (D) is Pac-Man. (E) No error. A) Is. B) Have gotten. C) No error. D) Was. E) Every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 8. Select the correct verb tense:She always ..... her keys at home. A) Forgetting. B) Forgets. C) Forget. D) Forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgets. 9. Like other amphibians, the wood frog (Rana sylvatica) is unable to generate its own heat, so during periods of subfreezing temperatures, it ..... by producing large amounts of glucose, a sugar that helps prevent damaging ice from forming inside its cells. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) Survives. B) Survived. C) Had survived. D) Would survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survives. 10. Identify the correct sentence with punctuation: A) My friends, my family and I went to the park. B) My friends, my family, and I went to the park. C) My friends my family, and I went to the park. D) My friends, my family and, I went to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friends, my family, and I went to the park. 11. Having decided to postpone her education, for at least two years Jill began to look for a job in social media. A) Education for at least two years, Jill began. B) NO CHANGE. C) Education, for at least two years, Jill began. D) Education for at least two years Jill began. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education for at least two years, Jill began. 12. Revise the following sentence to maintain verb tense consistency: "He finishes his homework and went to bed." A) He finished his homework and went to bed. B) He finishes his homework and goes to bed. C) He finished his homework and goes to bed. D) He finishes his homework and went to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He finished his homework and went to bed. 13. Joseph Wharton, along with his many successful business ventures, has helped shape the history of American industry. A) Wharton, along with his many successful business ventures, have. B) Wharton and his many successful business ventures has. C) Wharton, including his many successful business ventures, have. D) [NO CHANGE]. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) [NO CHANGE]. 14. Select the sentence with correct punctuation. A) After dinner we went to the movies. B) After dinner we, went to the movies. C) After, dinner we went to the movies. D) After dinner, we went to the movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After dinner, we went to the movies. 15. The fennec fox hunts at night, digs out dens in sand, and mate for life. A) No change. B) Mated. C) Has mated. D) Mates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mates. 16. Of great interest to social workers and mental health specialists are those periods of moodiness, the doldrums, [1] stress; and spells of ill humor that strike almost everyone from time to time. A) NO CHANGE. B) Stress:and. C) Stress, and. D) Stress, and,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stress, and. 17. Annabelle is an old acquaintance of our family; my brother and her may even get married someday. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) She and he. C) Her and my brother. D) She and my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She and my brother. 18. She refused ..... to me after winning this game. A) To speak. B) Speaking. C) Speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To speak. 19. Every one of the new coaches face serious troubles with their teams. A) Coaches facing. B) Coaches faces. C) No error. D) Coach face. E) Coach faces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coaches faces. 20. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:He ..... to the store every Saturday. A) Goes. B) Go. C) Going. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goes. 21. Harriet Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom and, during the Civil War, ..... for the Union Army. A) Were a spy. B) Were spying. C) Were spies. D) Was a spy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was a spy. 22. Which word correctly completes the sentence: "She ..... to the store every Saturday." A) Going. B) Go. C) Goes. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goes. 23. Small igloos were constructed as temporary shelters and only used for one or two nights. A) Preposition. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunction. 24. I one met a Harvard math professor, considered preeminent in his field; and at the forefront of economic analysis. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Field, he was. C) Field, and was. D) Field, who was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Field, who was. 25. Identify the concise version: A) Due to the event that it is raining, the picnic will be canceled. B) Because of the possibility of rain, the picnic will be canceled. C) In the event that it rains, the picnic will be canceled. D) The picnic will be canceled if it should rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the event that it rains, the picnic will be canceled. 26. Dr. Beuford, inspired by the notion that a camera lens 'looks both ways' began to conduct research on the influence a photographer's subject might have on the photographer herself. A) NO CHANGE. B) Dr. Bueford inspired by the notion that a camera lens 'looks both ways, '. C) Dr. Beuford, inspired by the notion that a camera lens 'looks both ways, '. D) Dr. Beuford, inspired by the notion, that a camera lens 'looks both ways, '. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr. Beuford, inspired by the notion that a camera lens 'looks both ways, '. 27. Which revision best corrects the sentence structure error in the following sentence? "Walking to school, the rain started to fall." A) Walking to school. The rain started to fall. B) Walking to school, I noticed the rain started to fall. C) Walking to school, but the rain started to fall. D) Walking to school, and the rain started to fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walking to school, I noticed the rain started to fall. 28. What ..... you at the bus station? A) About meeting. B) About to meet. C) About meet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About meeting. 29. On the screen, three people walk in a garden. the image is black-and-white, and the figures move in a jerky way. After a few seconds, they disappear. Filmed in 1888, Roundhay Garden Scene seems primitive in comparison to the slick, sophisticated Hollywood films of today. Therefore, it is the oldest surviving film in existence. A) Accordingly,. B) In fact,. C) NO CHANGE. D) However,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) However,. 30. Two writers in the USA, with unbelievable audacity, ..... claiming to write a thousand books a year by working as a team and barely sleeping. A) Has been claiming. B) Was claiming. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Is claiming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) [NO CHANGE]. ← 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