Sat Grammar Quiz 26 (30 MCQs)

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1. Even though bats prefer very sweet nectar, the plants that attract them have evolved to produce nectar that is only moderately sweet. A recent study ..... why:making sugar is energy-intensive, and it is more advantageous for plants to make a large amount of low-sugar nectar than a small amount of high-sugar nectar.
2. This lower third attaches to the stomach-a hollow, muscular organ-which then digests food both by crushing it mechanically and secretes digestive enzymes and other fluids that break down starches and proteins.
3. Many workers in the Covid-19 era have invested more money in ..... computers, office chairs, and webcams.
4. Select the correct pronoun: "Everyone should bring ..... own notebook."
5. Choose the sentence that is both grammatically correct and uses the appropriate verb tense.
6. Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement with a plural subject?
7. Identify the error in the following sentence:Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by the exhausted athlete.
8. You can use a period (.), dash (-), colon (:), semi-colon (;), and what else to fix a run-on?
9. My grumpy cat is very smart, friendly, and shows energy.
10. Do we add-ly to this adjective when making it an adverb?Fast
11. The farmer should not have beenA so careless asB to leave the door of the house unbolted whenC he had goneD to bed. No errorE.
12. The hearts branching vascular architecture is a complex system that has much more to do with oxygenation of tissues than with love.
13. Automated book-summary technology, programmers believe, may soon be available, so some investors are buying stocks in related new companies.
14. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?Jeremy never studies. Also, he gets perfect grades on his exams.
15. Select the correct verb tense:By next year, I ..... in this city for five years.
16. Everyone in the class has .....
17. The art exhibit's brochure read like a 'who's who' of famous Italian artists;Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci .....
18. One leg of the chair was ..... damaged
19. When any one of these changes occur, it is likely the result of careful analysis conducted by transportation planners.
20. The calendar and the wheel, each an example of Mesopotamian ingenuity, are among the inventions we often take for granted today. Choose 1 answer:
21. Lucas! Go sit in the desk over .....
22. The three richest men in America haveA assets worth more thanB the combined assetsC of the sixty poorest countries ofD the world. No errorE.
23. Though wax candles pose a risk of fire hazard, due to their open flames, they generate a light that is more relaxing than electric candles.
24. Which sentence correctly uses subject-verb agreement?
25. Select the word that best completes the sentence:The CEO's ..... remarks offended many employees.
26. In a painting titled "The Milkmaid" by Johannes Vermeer, the artist prominently features a bread basket, milk pitcher, and bowl. Such quotidian objects, depicted in exquisite detail by Vermeer, a painter celebrated for his naturalism, ..... the daily minutiae of a seventeenth-century Dutch household. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
27. Identify the sentence with the correct use of a participial phrase.
28. When interviewing for a job, three things you should never do are show up late, ..... talk about how hard it is to find work, or criticize your former employer.
29. Which revision best improves the sentence for parallel structure? "He likes to swim, biking, and to run."
30. At first, the business failed miserably because the citizens of the island didn't know about ice and hadn't a clue what to do with it. Gradually, however, the people [11] whom try it began to see its possibilities and spread the word.