This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Vitamin B-12, for instance, which is essential for neurological functions, blood production, metabolism, and DNA synthesis is twice as plentiful in crickets as it is in beef. A) Synthesis;. B) Synthesis. C) NO CHANGE. D) Synthesis,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synthesis,. 2. By this point, Old and Middle English are essentially dead languages, and the great texts of those eras, such as Beowulf or The Canterbury Tales, were translated into Modern English. A) Has been translated. B) Translated. C) NO CHANGE. D) Are translated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are translated. 3. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ..... dinner. A. finish B. has finished C. will finish D. finished A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 4. What is the simple structure of the adverbs? A) Adjective +-ly. B) Just add-ly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective +-ly. 5. Unsurprisingly, though, students and school administrators do not always concur with one another about what constitutes free speech. A) NO CHANGE. B) Agree, not to mention concur,. C) Agree and also concurring. D) Agree and concur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 6. The word in the BLANK should be:Whenever students are under a great deal of stress, ..... often stop studying. A) We. B) They. C) Them. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They. 7. Select the sentence that corrects the punctuation error in the following: "She enjoys reading writing and painting." A) She enjoys reading, writing, and painting. B) She enjoys reading writing, and painting. C) She enjoys reading, writing and painting. D) She enjoys reading, writing and, painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She enjoys reading, writing, and painting. 8. Eddie Mottau is an American guitarist who has played on albums written by innovators such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono. A) Guitarist, he played. B) Guitarist, played. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Guitarist, he has played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) [NO CHANGE]. 9. Select the correct pronoun: "Each of the students must bring ..... own pencil." A) His or her. B) Them. C) Her. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His or her. 10. Some people believe that Dahl's writings represents 1960s counterculture and other movements. Only using fantasy scenarios instead of real life political statements. A) Movements only. B) Movements; only. C) Movements, only. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movements, only. 11. Choose the correct past perfect form: A) She has gone to the store before I arrived. B) She went to the store before I had arrived. C) She had went to the store before I arrived. D) She had gone to the store before I arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had gone to the store before I arrived. 12. Read the sentence and answer the question: "Her argument was so cogent that even her opponents conceded she was right." What does "cogent" most nearly mean as used in the sentence? A) Convincing. B) Lengthy. C) Irrelevant. D) Confusing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convincing. 13. Choose the correct word form: A) The committee made a decisiveness. B) The committee made a deciding. C) The committee made a decide. D) The committee made a decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The committee made a decision. 14. Which sentence maintains verb tense consistency throughout? A) She was studying for her exam and takes notes. B) She studies for her exam and took notes. C) She was studying for her exam and took notes. D) She studies for her exam and takes notes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She studies for her exam and takes notes. 15. Bess (A) will mail the package to her cousin (B) in Atlanta fourteen long (C) days before the fragile package (D) arrived. (E) No error. A) Days before. B) No error. C) In Atlanta. D) Will mail. E) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will mail. 16. What is the verb in the following sentence:Milan and his sister walked to the beach in the morning. A) And. B) Milan. C) To. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 17. Daytime game shows were played for lower stakes to target stay-at-home housewives, while some contestants won prizes worth thousands of dollars.What would make the best transition? A) Shows with higher stakes aired in the evening. B) NO CHANGE. C) People who worked during the day had little interest in game shows. D) Women began to enter the workforce in greater numbers during the 1960s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shows with higher stakes aired in the evening. 18. True or False:We only capitalize names of people. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Identify the subject in the following sentence: "The tall trees sway in the wind." A) Tall. B) Trees. C) Sway. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trees. 20. Which revision best improves the clarity of the following sentence? "Walking to the store, the rain started to fall." A) Walking to the store, the rain started to fall. B) The rain started to fall, walking to the store. C) Walking to the store, I felt the rain start to fall. D) The rain, walking to the store, started to fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking to the store, I felt the rain start to fall. 21. All of the ..... opinions were taken into consideration. A) Teachers. B) Teachers's. C) Teachers'. D) Teacher's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teachers'. 22. Identify the word usage error in the following sentence:She excepted the award with gratitude. A) Award. B) Excepted. C) She. D) Gratitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excepted. 23. A synthesizer-an entirely electronic musical instrument:can usually be categorized into either an "East Coast" or a "West Coast" design philosophy. A) Instrument; can. B) Instrument-can. C) No change. D) Instrument, can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instrument-can. 24. The Inca of South America used intricately knotted string devices called quipus to record countable information, like population data and payments ..... they may have used quipus to record more complex information, like stories and myths, according to researchers. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A) In addition,. B) For example,. C) As a result,. D) In other words,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In addition,. 25. Their restaurants, which are opening all over New England, ..... notable for their quality food and low prices. A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 26. Although they provide varying levels of financial support, supplemental careers also broaden the experience of individuals-and this breadth inevitably shapes their work.Which choice provides the best transition from the previous paragraph to this one? A) NO CHANGE. B) In addition to providing a source of inspiration,. C) Considering the time constraints they impose on a poet,. D) Regardless of the relationship between translation and poetry,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In addition to providing a source of inspiration,. 27. The bush of roses in full bloom ..... a beautiful sight. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 28. In her two major series "Memory Test" and "Autobiography, " painter Howardena Pindell explored themes ..... healing, self-discovery, and memory by cutting and sewing back together pieces of canvas and inserting personal artifacts, such as postcards, into some of the paintings.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) Of-. B) Of. C) Of:. D) Of,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 29. The rhododendron, whichA ornaments so manyB English gardens, isC not native toD Europe. No errorE. A) C. B) B. C) E. D) A. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) E. 30. Which revision best corrects the sentence fragment below? "Because the weather was bad." A) Bad weather. B) Because the weather was bad, the game was canceled. C) The weather was bad. D) The game was canceled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the weather was bad, the game was canceled. 31. True or False:Plural verbs have-s on the end. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. Despite the group's many musical successes, they are struggling to afford new instruments and gas money for the van. A) He and she are struggling. B) It is struggling. C) They struggle. D) [NO CHANGE]. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) [NO CHANGE]. 33. The man had a pleasant-sounding accent, ..... but it was difficult to place. A) No change. B) Ascent,. C) Assent,. D) Essence,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 34. Before Mount Vesuvius' eruption, which blanketed Herculaneum and Pompeii in fatal ash, these towns were thriving epicenters of philosophy, social dynamism, paganism, and political change. A) NO CHANGE. B) Mount Vesuvius's eruption,. C) Mount Vesuvius's eruption. D) Mount Vesuvius eruption,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mount Vesuvius's eruption,. 35. The employees stays with their employer even after they finish their degrees.Because their new qualifications give them a chance for advancement in the company. A) Degrees because. B) Degrees:because. C) Degrees; because. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degrees because. 36. Select the sentence that uses punctuation correctly to separate items in a series. A) For breakfast I had eggs, toast and orange juice. B) For breakfast, I had eggs toast, and orange juice. C) For breakfast, I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. D) For breakfast I had eggs toast and orange juice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breakfast, I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. 37. The engineer, who is renowned for his ingenuityA, has designedB a very uniqueC cooling system for our new plant inD Spain. No errorE A) E. B) B. C) A. D) C. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 38. Do we add-ly to this adjective when making it an adverb?Loud A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 39. Read the following and identify the fragment, then revise it to form a complete sentence: "While the rain poured." A) While the rain poured. B) We stayed inside. C) While the rain poured, we stayed inside. D) The rain poured. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While the rain poured, we stayed inside. 40. The baby is sleeping ..... in his bedroom. A) Neatly. B) Badly. C) Soundly. D) Patiently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soundly. 41. Identify the sentence fragment and correct it. A) The rain fell. $\rightarrow$ The rain fell while. B) While the rain fell. $\rightarrow$ The rain fell while. C) While the rain fell. $\rightarrow$ The rain fell. D) The rain fell. $\rightarrow$ While the rain fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While the rain fell. $\rightarrow$ The rain fell. 42. Identify the correct sentence with consistent verb tense. A) I take Dalia to the pub. We ate calamari and drank cider. B) I take Dalia to the pub. We will eat calamari and drank cider. C) I took Dalia to the pub. We eat calamari and drink cider. D) I take Dalia to the pub. We eat calamari and drink cider. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I take Dalia to the pub. We eat calamari and drink cider. 43. Choose the word that best fits the context:Despite the mayor's ..... promises, little progress was made on the new park. A) Elaborate. B) Perfunctory. C) Ambiguous. D) Sincere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfunctory. 44. She was asked what was a substantive adjective, and she answered that a substantive adjective is one that describe a substance. A) Those that describe. B) Ones that describe. C) One that describes. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One that describes. 45. As I have taught my little sister more and more about soccer, she and me spend more time kicking the ball around outside. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) She and I have spent more time. C) She and I will spend more time. D) Her and me have spent more time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She and I have spent more time. 46. Employees with lessA personal problems areB likelyC to be moreD productive. No errorE A) D. B) B. C) E. D) A. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 47. Choose the sentence with correct word usage. A) The principal gave a speech at the assembly. B) The principle gave a speach at the assembly. C) The principal gave a speach at the assembly. D) The principle gave a speech at the assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The principal gave a speech at the assembly. 48. Select the sentence with correct word usage. A) The principle school greeted us. B) The principal of the school greeted us. C) The principal school greeted us. D) The principle of the school greeted us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The principal of the school greeted us. 49. Which word is a pronoun in the following sentence? "They gave her the book." A) Gave. B) Book. C) The. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her. 50. Unethical political decisions are able to be protested by concerned American citizens. A) Concerned American citizens are able to protest unethical political decisions made by politicians. B) Unethical political decisions have the ability to be protested by concerned American citizens. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Concerned American citizens are able to protest unethical political decisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concerned American citizens are able to protest unethical political decisions. 51. Original Sentence:The teacher's feedback was crucial for the students' ..... A) Improving. B) Improve. C) Improvement. D) Improvements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improvement. 52. What is the correct form of the sentence to show possession? A) The dogss bowl. B) The dogs's bowl. C) The dog's bowl. D) The dogs bowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog's bowl. 53. Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence:Yesterday, she ..... her homework before dinner. A) Finished. B) Finishing. C) Finish. D) Finishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 54. Jamaican British artist Willard Wigan is known for his remarkable ..... so small that they are best viewed through a microscope, Wigan's sculptures are made from tiny natural materials, such as spiderweb strands. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) Microsculptures creations. B) Microsculptures, creations. C) Microsculptures. Creations. D) Microsculptures and creations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microsculptures. Creations. 55. Many students registered late, therefore, they missed the first class. A) Late-therefore. B) Late:therefore. C) Late, therefore,. D) Late; therefore,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Late; therefore,. 56. Identify which word is being modified in the following sentence. I especially like detectives who carefully hunt for clues. A) Carefully. B) I. C) Hunt. D) Clues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hunt. 57. Original Sentence:The workshop provided valuable ..... for the participants. A) Insight. B) Insights. C) Insightful. D) Insighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insights. 58. Once the food has been transformed into a compact mass referred to as a 'bolus, ' it is swallowed and passes through the esophagus, a muscular tube connecting the throat to the stomach. A) Abbreviated. B) NO CHANGE. C) Summary. D) Succinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 59. True or False:You should avoid changing verb tense. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 60. Mr.Pike ..... for this company for more than thirty years, and he intends to stay here until he ..... A. worked/retires B. works/is retiring C. has been working/retires D. is working/will retire A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. 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