Sat Grammar Quiz 19 (30 MCQs)

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1. Which sentence best corrects the error in word usage and punctuation?
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?
3. Original Sentence:The final decision-one that surprised everyone-was made by the principal.
4. Cars are faster than horses, ..... horses aren't bad for the environment.
5. Subject-verb agreement:Which is correct?
6. Which of the following is written in active voice?
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.
8. Select the correct verb tense:She always ..... her keys at home.
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?
10. Identify the correct sentence with punctuation:
11. Having decided to postpone her education, for at least two years Jill began to look for a job in social media.
12. Revise the following sentence to maintain verb tense consistency: "He finishes his homework and went to bed."
13. Joseph Wharton, along with his many successful business ventures, has helped shape the history of American industry.
14. Select the sentence with correct punctuation.
15. The fennec fox hunts at night, digs out dens in sand, and mate for life.
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.
17. Annabelle is an old acquaintance of our family; my brother and her may even get married someday.
18. She refused ..... to me after winning this game.
19. Every one of the new coaches face serious troubles with their teams.
20. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence:He ..... to the store every Saturday.
21. Harriet Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom and, during the Civil War, ..... for the Union Army.
22. Which word correctly completes the sentence: "She ..... to the store every Saturday."
23. Small igloos were constructed as temporary shelters and only used for one or two nights.
24. I one met a Harvard math professor, considered preeminent in his field; and at the forefront of economic analysis.
25. Identify the concise version:
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.
27. Which revision best corrects the sentence structure error in the following sentence? "Walking to school, the rain started to fall."
28. What ..... you at the bus station?
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.
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.