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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence is correct:A) I have a big test tomorrow-I can't go out tonight.B) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight. A) A. B) B. C) Both A and B. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 2. Sally likes Pogosticks is a lesson on ..... A) Throwaways. B) Assumptions. C) Active reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assumptions. 3. Which sentence is free of grammatical errors? A) The team as well as their coach is excited for the championship. B) The team as well as their coach are excited for the championship. C) The team, as well as their coach, are excited for the championship. D) The team, as well as their coach, is excited for the championship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The team, as well as their coach, is excited for the championship. 4. The compass and the sundial, each an example of ancient innovation, are among the tools we often overlook today. Choose 1 answer: A) Was. B) Has been. C) Is. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 5. Select the correct word: "The ..... of the story was unexpected." A) Ending. B) Effect. C) Infect. D) Affect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ending. 6. Select the correct verb form: "They ..... to the park every Sunday." A) Gone. B) Goes. C) Going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go. 7. Attempts to increase participation in the state's organ donor registry, a major goal of the public health department, has been largely ineffective. A) Have been largely ineffective. B) ) has been largely ineffective in increasing participation rates. C) No change. D) Have been not largely effective increasing participation rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been largely ineffective. 8. If Jessica ..... to the meeting earlier, she wouldn't have missed the important announcement. A) Had come. B) Would come. C) Has come. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had come. 9. If he attempts to pet the cat at any other time, it will hiss and spit at him trying to bite him. Playing with the cat was even worst because it would wait until Jeremy was dangling something over it's face and then leap up to sink its fangs into his hand. Eventually, he would give up trying to be affectionate toward the cat and simply interacted with it every morning at feeding time. It was safer that way. A) Its. B) NO CHANGE. C) His or her. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 10. Select the correct word: "She is ..... than her sister." A) More taller. B) Tallest. C) Taller. D) Most tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taller. 11. Which sentence uses the word "comprise" correctly? A) Fifty states comprise the United States. B) The United States comprises of fifty states. C) The United States is comprised of fifty states. D) Fifty states are comprised in the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fifty states comprise the United States. 12. At the bottom of the stairs, there's tons of pairs of shoes. A) Pairs of shoes are. B) Shoes and pairs of them are there and in the tons. C) There are tons of pairs of shoes. D) Pairs of shoes are tons. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are tons of pairs of shoes. 13. The bass guitar differs from standard guitars in that the bass has fewer strings, a longer neck, and the ability to produce lower notes. A) Has fewer strings, a longer neck, and can produce lower notes. B) Having fewer strings, a longer neck, and can produce notes more low. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) With lower strings, a longer neck, and lower notes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has fewer strings, a longer neck, and can produce lower notes. 14. Select the sentence with the appropriate use of a colon. A) The teacher provided the following materials for the experiment:beakers, test tubes, and safety goggles. B) I need to buy:milk, eggs, and bread. C) She wanted to visit three cities:Paris, London, and Rome. D) The dog barked loudly:when the doorbell rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher provided the following materials for the experiment:beakers, test tubes, and safety goggles. 15. Her father, a country doctor, was an active participant in many of the social reform movements of the mid-1800s; he encouraged all five of his daughters to pursue their education in spite of heavy social pressures and prejudices against them. A) NO CHANGE. B) Dispositions. C) Inclinations. D) Predilections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 16. "It looks like it's going to rain? Do you think I should bring my umbrella?" Antonio asked his father. A) Rain. B) Rain,. C) Rain. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 17. Gwendolyn Knight painted throughout her life, she did not start seriously exhibiting her work until relatively late. A) Life, however, she did not start. B) NO CHANGE. C) Life; but she did not start. D) Life but did not start. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life but did not start. 18. According to a new study, ..... violent TV shows makes it difficult ..... brand names or commercial messages. A) To watch, to recall. B) Watching, to recall. C) Watching, recalling. D) To watch, recalling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching, to recall. 19. Original Sentence:The students' enthusiasm for the project was ..... A) Contagiousness. B) Contagiously. C) Contagion. D) Contagious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contagious. 20. Paul noticed a job advertisement while he ..... along the street. A. was walking B. would walk C. walked D. had walked A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 21. Choose the sentence that corrects the error in the following: "Each of the players have a unique skill." A) Each of the players have unique skill. B) Each of the players has unique skills. C) Each of the players has a unique skill. D) Each of the player has a unique skill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each of the players has a unique skill. 22. What tense is the verb "walked" ? A) Present. B) Past. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past. 23. During the 1990s, many new ..... were developed. A) TV. B) TVs. C) TVs'. D) TV's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TVs. 24. Which revision best corrects the sentence fragment below? "Running through the park on a sunny day." A) Because running through the park on a sunny day. B) Running through the park on a sunny day is fun. C) While running through the park on a sunny day. D) Running through the park on a sunny day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running through the park on a sunny day is fun. 25. Choose the sentence with correct tense sequence: A) He said that he would come to the meeting. B) He said that he comes to the meeting. C) He said that he will come to the meeting. D) He says that he would come to the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said that he would come to the meeting. 26. Choose the correct form for parallel ideas: A) He wants to learn French, to travel, and cooking in France. B) He wants to learn French, travel, and cook in France. C) He wants learning French, traveling, and cooking in France. D) He wants to learn French, to travel, and to cooking in France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants to learn French, travel, and cook in France. 27. There ..... more than two decades left until the next major earthquake is expected to shake California. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) It has. C) There are. D) There have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are. 28. An ocean mammal, such as the blue whale, behaves quite differently than mammals that live on land. A) Behaves quite different. B) Has behaviors quite differently. C) Behave quite differently. D) [NO CHANGE]. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) [NO CHANGE]. 29. Us students are leading a solidarity march in order to protest the unfair treatment of migrant farm workers. A) Ourselves are. B) We students are. C) Us students were. D) [NO CHANGE]. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We students are. 30. In 1866, Walker was even elected president of the National Dress Reform Association, and prided herself in being arrested numerous times for wearing full male attire, including a winged-collar; bow-tie; and, top hat. A) NO CHANGE. B) A winged collar; bow-tie, and top hat. C) A winged collar, bow-tie; and top hat. D) A winged collar, bow-tie, and top hat. 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