This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Alexandre Dumas's 19th century novel The Three Musketeers tell dramatic adventure stories about the French royal guard two centuries earlier. Choose 1 answer: A) NO CHANGE. B) Are telling. C) Were telling. D) Tells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tells. 2. Which sentence uses punctuation correctly for an introductory phrase? A) After the game we went out for pizza. B) After the game, we went out for pizza. C) After the game we, went out for pizza. D) After, the game we went out for pizza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the game, we went out for pizza. 3. What part of speech is the word in italics? Jane walked slowly. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 4. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "Neither the teacher nor the students ..... ready for the exam." A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 5. Its easy to see-even on the dreariest of days, how Paris earned it's reputation as the City of Love. A) NO CHANGE. B) It's easy to see, even on the dreariest of days, how Paris earned its. C) Its easy to see, even on the dreariest of days, how Paris earned its. D) It's easy to see even on the dreariest of days how Paris earned it's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's easy to see, even on the dreariest of days, how Paris earned its. 6. What can I add to fix a run on? A) Period. B) Elipses. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 7. Which sentence uses proper punctuation? A) My favorite colors are blue green and red. B) My favorite colors are blue, green, and red. C) My favorite colors are blue green, and red. D) My favorite colors are blue, green and red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My favorite colors are blue, green, and red. 8. Neither of the students ..... finished their report before the deadline. A) Has. B) Have. C) Had. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 9. Insects can be reared as mini-livestock in small, urban spaces and, in fact, thrives in high-density, vertical environments. A) NO CHANGE. B) Thrive. C) Has thrived. D) Is thriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thrive. 10. HE dreamed he was alone on a deserted island. A) SP. B) OP. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SP. 11. It ought to be her with whom you share your secrets, not me. A) Her with whom you share your secrets, not me. B) Her with whom you share your secrets, not I. C) She with whom you share your secrets, not me. D) She with whom you share your secrets, not I. E) Her with who you share your secrets, not me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her with whom you share your secrets, not me. 12. Select the sentence that uses a semicolon to join two independent clauses. A) I finished my homework; now I can relax. B) I finished my homework; because now I can relax. C) I finished my homework, now I can relax. D) I finished my homework:now I can relax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I finished my homework; now I can relax. 13. Choose the best word to complete the sentence:The ..... of the medicine was positive. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) Infect. D) Defect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 14. The ..... feathers shimmered brightly in the sunlight. A) Peacocks. B) Peacock's. C) Peacocks's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peacock's. 15. Identify the subject-verb agreement error in the following sentence: "The list of items are on the table." A) List. B) Items. C) Are. D) Table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 16. Select the sentence that uses correct subject-verb agreement. A) The team are winning the game. B) The team is winning the game. C) The team have winning the game. D) The team were winning the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team is winning the game. 17. Amidst the majestic hills of South Dakota, where iron ore was once mined, that young sparrows once frolicked. A) Amidst the majestic hills of South Dakota; iron ore was once mined and young sparrows once frolicked. B) Young sparrows once frolicked, and iron ore was once mined, amidst the majestic hills of South Dakota. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Where iron ore was once mined amidst the majestic hills of South Dakota:now young sparrows frolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) [NO CHANGE]. 18. What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence:I was sitting their with my mom. A) Change 'their' to 'they're'. B) No change. C) Change 'sitting' to 'sit'. D) Change 'their' to 'there'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change 'their' to 'there'. 19. While her medal, along with the medals of 910 others, were unfortunately taken away when Congress revised the Medal of Honor standards in 1917, an Army Board eventually reinstated Walker's award posthumously, reciting her "distinguished gallantry, self-sacrifice, patriotism, dedication; and unflinching loyalty to her country, despite the apparent discrimination because of her sex." A) NO CHANGE. B) Was. C) Being. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 20. Small, flat structures called spatulae are found at the tips of the hairs on a spider's leg. These spatulae temporarily bond with the atoms of whatever they touch ..... spiders are able to cling to and climb almost any surface. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A) For instance,. B) However,. C) Similarly,. D) As a result,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a result,. 21. It was not clear from his facial expression whether he preferred the salmon sushi or the shrimp roll? It's possible that he liked them both equally. A) No change. B) Roll. It's. C) Roll? Its. D) Roll. Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roll. It's. 22. Which revision best corrects the sentence structure error in the following sentence? "She finished her homework she went to bed." A) She finished her homework, she went to bed. B) She finished her homework. She went to bed. C) She finished her homework and she went to bed. D) She finished her homework; she went to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She finished her homework; she went to bed. 23. One of the boys are coming over to help build the model car. A) Boys is came over. B) Boys is coming over. C) Boy comes over. D) Boys are comes over. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boys is coming over. 24. Which sentence uses "their, " "there, " and "they're" correctly? A) Their going to there house because they're tired. B) They're going to their house because there tired. C) They're going to their house because they're tired. D) There going to they're house because their tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're going to their house because they're tired. 25. Beethoven's music is known for being logical, yet emotive; challenging, yet occasionally simple; and unique, yet derived from previous styles. A) Previous styles influenced it. B) [NO CHANGE]. C) It was derived from previous styles. D) Was derived from previous styles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) [NO CHANGE]. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Grammar Quiz 1Sat Grammar Quiz 2Sat Grammar Quiz 3Sat Grammar Quiz 4Sat Grammar Quiz 5Sat Grammar Quiz 6Sat Grammar Quiz 7Sat Grammar Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books