This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Identify the correct subject-verb agreement in the following sentence: "The list of items ..... on the table." A) Are. B) Were. C) Be. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 3. The people of Qalif frequently follow their family trade, they work mainly in fishing, oil, and education. A) Trade, working. B) Trade working. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Trade;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade, working. 4. 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. 5. Raising kids requires a steady stream of income:a huge investment of time, and a lot of tender loving care. A) Income,. B) Income . C) No change. D) Income;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Income,. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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) Are digesting. B) Were digesting. C) NO CHANGE. D) Digests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digests. 9. 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. 10. Original Sentence:The committee's decision was met with ..... from the community. A) Reaction mixed. B) Mixed reaction. C) Reactions mixed. D) Mixed reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed reactions. 11. 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). 12. Researchers are unable to drill into the Earth's core; ..... its chemical composition remains a mystery. A) In contrast,. B) Indeed,. C) For example,. D) Consequently,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consequently,. 13. 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;. 14. What do we capitalize? A) Months. B) Nouns. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Months. 15. 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) NO CHANGE. D) Pacific; he. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacific, he. 16. Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence:Yesterday, Maria ..... to the store. A) Go. B) Went. C) Going. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 17. 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) About the meeting. D) If I would have known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If I would have known. 18. Generally, it is better to eat eggs moderately than ..... A) To avoiding them entirely. B) Avoided them entirely. C) Avoid them entirely. D) To avoid them entirely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To avoid them entirely. 19. Choose the sentence that uses the correct pronoun. A) Each of the boys must bring our own lunch. B) Each of the boys must bring her own lunch. C) Each of the boys must bring their own lunch. D) Each of the boys must bring his own lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Each of the boys must bring his own lunch. 20. Which sentence shows correct use of an apostrophe to indicate possession? A) The dogs 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 dog's bones was buried in the yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog's bones was buried in the yard. 21. 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]. 22. 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. 23. 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) Profit:so, when. C) NO CHANGE. D) Profit, but when. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profit, but when. 24. Jojoba oil is made from the seeds of jojoba plants. These plants are sometimes mistaken for boxwood shrubs. A) Plants; these. B) Plants, for they. C) Plants as they. D) Plants, which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plants, which. 25. Which sentence correctly applies subject-verb agreement with an indefinite pronoun? A) Everyone in the class have finished the test. B) Everyone in the class were finished the test. C) Everyone in the class are finished the test. D) Everyone in the class has finished the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyone in the class has finished the test. 26. 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: D) South. 27. 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) Retriever) is my favorite; he. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Retriever-is my favorite; he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retriever-is my favorite; he. 28. Choose the concise revision: A) Because the train was late, we missed the meeting. B) Because of the fact that the train was late, we missed the meeting. C) Due to the fact that the train was late, we missed the meeting. D) The train being late caused us to miss the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the train was late, we missed the meeting. 29. 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]. 30. 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) Opened. B) NO CHANGE. C) Open. 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