This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you are sure thatA you are in the right, B you would notC mind an independent examination ofD the case. No errorE. A) B. B) C. C) E. D) A. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 2. "But that's what I just said, " the teacher screamed! The student had said that she had heard him, therefore she answered his question. "You answered my question previously, " he bellowed, "not the last one!" "Ah, you mean the latest one, " the student replied, the moment at which the teacher turned to the wall and started beating his head against it. A) Says. B) NO CHANGE. C) Said. D) Was saying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Said. 3. Singular verbs usually end in ..... ; plural verbs do not usually end in ..... A) D, d. B) S, s. C) T, t. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S, s. 4. For the last 20 years, we ..... significant changes in the world of science and technology. A. witness B. have witnessed C. witnessed D. are witnessing A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 5. What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence:Emily taken her dog for a walk A) Change the word 'walk' to 'walking'. B) Capitalize the word 'dog'. C) No change. D) Change 'taken' to 'took'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change 'taken' to 'took'. 6. Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence:By the time she arrived, the movie ..... A) Will start. B) Is starting. C) Had started. D) Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had started. 7. China's Great Green Wall is the government's full-fledged attempt to intentionally increase forest cover through tree planting projects, but scientists have yet to determine its effectiveness. Choose 1 answer: A) NO CHANGE. B) That. C) Their. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 8. James enjoys reading more than ..... A) To write. B) Writing. C) Writes. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing. 9. The jejunum then links the duodenum to the ileum, which is where the majority of nutrient absorption takes place. Instead, the remaining materials move into the large intestine, where water and salts continue to be absorbed. A) From there,. B) However,. C) NO CHANGE. D) In addition,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From there,. 10. Identify the sentence that correctly uses both a colon and a dash. A) She had one goal to win, no matter what. B) She had one goal to win:no matter what. C) She had one goal:to win no matter what. D) She had one goal:to win, no matter what. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had one goal:to win no matter what. 11. Olga Tokarczuk's ambitious and experimental novel Flights examines the boundaries that exist in human life, from air travel to organ preservation. A) Examine the boundaries'. B) Examine the boundaries. C) Examines the boundary's. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 12. France's supermarkets are required by unconsumed law to donate food items to charity. A) Law to donate food items to unconsumed. B) Law to donate unconsumed food items to. C) No change. D) Law, unconsumed, to donate food items to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law to donate unconsumed food items to. 13. How are the two independent clauses connected in the given text? A) Comma and fanboys. B) Semicolon. C) Comma. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 14. Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to "prolific." A) Creative. B) Abundant. C) Barren. D) Productive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barren. 15. Eric and Yonas put ..... phones on the teacher's desk. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 16. Select the word that best completes the sentence: "The ..... of the new law was immediate." A) Effected. B) Affect. C) Affecting. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effect. 17. Great-horned owls, at least those that are healthy and mature, are able to clearly spot prey up to a mile away. A) Mature; are. B) Mature . C) NO CHANGE. D) Mature are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 18. Looking at these transformations show that every time we read or speak English, we are giving voice to over 1, 500 years of history. A) Shows that every time we read or speak English, we give voice. B) Shows that every time we read or spoke the English language, we have been giving voice. C) NO CHANGE. D) Show that every time we read or speak the English language, we are giving voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shows that every time we read or speak English, we give voice. 19. Science is ..... than math A) The most interesting. B) Most interesting. C) More interesting. D) Interestinger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More interesting. 20. Choose the sentence that correctly uses parallel structure. A) She likes reading, to swim, and biking. B) She likes to read, swim, and bike. C) She likes reading, swimming, and to bike. D) She likes to read, swimming, and biking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She likes to read, swim, and bike. 21. Choose the sentence that corrects the subject-verb agreement error. A) The dogs running in the park every morning. B) The dogs run in the park every morning. C) The dogs runs in the park every morning. D) The dogs is running in the park every morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dogs run in the park every morning. 22. Identify and correct the fragment:While waiting for the bus. A) Waiting for the bus. B) The bus arrived while waiting. C) While waiting for the bus, I read a book. D) While waiting for the bus, the bus arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While waiting for the bus, I read a book. 23. ..... the police to handle the situation A) Let's calling. B) Let's to call. C) Let's call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Let's call. 24. The oldest of the veterans hold a special place of honor in the group. A) The veterans hold the special place. B) The veterans holds a special place. C) No error. D) The veteran's hold a special place. E) The veterans holding a special place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The veterans holds a special place. 25. Which sentence uses punctuation correctly to separate items in a series that already contains commas? A) On our trip, we visited Paris, France, Rome, Italy, and Madrid, Spain. B) On our trip, we visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Madrid, Spain. C) On our trip, we visited Paris; France; Rome; Italy; and Madrid; Spain. D) On our trip, we visited Paris France, Rome Italy, and Madrid Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On our trip, we visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Madrid, Spain. 26. Carnegie-Mellon University, which has one of the finest computer science programs in the nation, and its students are recruited by top companies every year. A) University, because it has one of the finest computer science programs in the nation,. B) University:which has one of the finest computer science programs in the nation, and. C) University has one of the finest computer science programs in the nation, and. D) [NO CHANGE]. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) University has one of the finest computer science programs in the nation, and. 27. Select the concise version: A) Because he was tired, he decided to rest. B) Because of the fact that he was tired, he decided to rest. C) He decided to rest due to the fact that he was tired. D) Due to the fact that he was tired, he decided to rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he was tired, he decided to rest. 28. Identify the incorrect subject-verb agreement: A) She runs fast in the race. B) The students was ready for the exam. C) He has completed the homework. D) The team is practicing every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The students was ready for the exam. 29. Which sentence correctly uses 'who' and 'whom'? A) Who is that, and to who should I address this letter?. B) Whom is that, and to whom should I address this letter?. C) Whom is that, and to who should I address this letter?. D) Who is that, and to whom should I address this letter?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who is that, and to whom should I address this letter?. 30. The Taj Mahal is regarded as one of the eight wonders of the world ..... some people believe that its architectural beauty has never been surpassed. A) On the other hand,. B) For example,. C) Indeed,. D) However,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indeed,. 31. Aiman is a good son. He ..... lies to his parents. A) Always. B) Never. C) Often. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never. 32. CAT scans are a medical procedure used to peer inside the human brain without surgery; they are commonly used to diagnose concussions. A) Surgery; commonly. B) [NO CHANGE]. C) Surgery, they are commonly. D) Surgery and it is commonly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) [NO CHANGE]. 33. Runners, who step out of they're lanes during the first two laps, will be disqualified. A) Runners who step out of their lanes during the first two laps, will. B) Runners who step out of their lanes during the first two laps will. C) NO CHANGE. D) Runners, who step out of their lanes during the first two laps, will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Runners who step out of their lanes during the first two laps will. 34. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: "She was ..... by the movie's ending." A) Effect. B) Affected. C) Affect. D) Effecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affected. 35. The painter, along with his assistants, ..... working on the mural all night. A) Have been. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 36. In the importantly significant decision Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1965), the US Supreme Court formally recognized that freedom of speech and expression do not "end at the schoolyard gate" . A) NO CHANGE. B) Important and significant. C) Important wile also being significant. D) Significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Significant. 37. The length of this completed essay, almost eighteen pages long, is far more impressive than that poorly-researched rough draft. A) A. B) The length of that. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The length of that. 38. Which of the following has/have non-essential clauses? A) My favorite teacher, who loves ice cream, teaches English. B) My favorite English teacher eats ice cream every day. C) My favorite teacher-who loves ice cream-teaches English. D) A and C only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and C only. 39. Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement and verb tense consistency? A) The team win the game and celebrated. B) The team wins the game and celebrates. C) The team won the game and celebrates. D) The team won the game and celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The team won the game and celebrated. 40. If analysis of the traffic count indicates that there is more traffic than the current road as it is designed at this time can efficiently accommodate, the transportation planner might recommend widening the road to add another lane. A) Current design of the road right now. B) NO CHANGE. C) Road as it is now currently designed. D) Current design of the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Current design of the road. 41. Read the sentence and choose the best correction: "The committee have made its decision." A) The committee have made their decision. B) The committee have made its decision. C) The committee has made their decision. D) The committee has made its decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The committee has made its decision. 42. Nestled in the middle of three southern provinces, Danana National Park is one of Europe'smost significant Conservation (1) areas, it is a maze of lagoons, marches, lakes and cliffs. A) Areas it is a maze. B) Areas, this is a maze. C) Areas, a maze. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Areas, a maze. 43. The condensation that forms on cold glasses has long been of interest to young scientists. A) Glasses having. B) Glasses are. C) Glasses have. D) [NO CHANGE]. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) [NO CHANGE]. 44. These examples demonstrate that one of the best ways to "be" a poet are to be many other things as well: A) NO CHANGE. B) Were. C) Is. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 45. 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) Also it increases savings. B) Increases savings. C) NO CHANGE. D) Savings increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases savings. 46. 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) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 47. 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 they also resemble. C) But also resembling. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But they also resemble. 48. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:'The book, along with its illustrations, ..... on the table.' A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 49. 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) Are reaching. B) Had reached. C) Reach. D) Will reach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reach. 50. Identify the correct past perfect tense: A) By the time she arrived, the show had started. B) By the time she arrived, the show was starting had. C) By the time she arrived, the show started had. D) By the time she arrived, the show starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the time she arrived, the show had started. 51. 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) Were not. B) Had not been. C) Wasn't. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 52. 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. 53. 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. 54. Select the sentence that best eliminates wordiness:"At this point in time, we are unable to make a decision." A) We are not able to make a decision at this point in time. B) At this point in time, we can't make a decision. C) We are unable to make a decision now. D) We are unable to make a decision at this point in time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We are unable to make a decision now. 55. 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. 56. 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. 57. 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. 58. 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. 59. 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) No change. B) However. C) Even though. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because. 60. 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. 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