This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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) Will mail. B) In Atlanta. C) Days before. D) Arrived. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will mail. 3. 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. 4. 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) NO CHANGE. B) People who worked during the day had little interest in game shows. C) Women began to enter the workforce in greater numbers during the 1960s. D) Shows with higher stakes aired in the evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shows with higher stakes aired in the evening. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. All of the ..... opinions were taken into consideration. A) Teachers. B) Teacher's. C) Teachers'. D) Teachers's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teachers'. 9. Identify the word usage error in the following sentence:She excepted the award with gratitude. A) Excepted. B) Gratitude. C) Award. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excepted. 10. A synthesizer-an entirely electronic musical instrument:can usually be categorized into either an "East Coast" or a "West Coast" design philosophy. A) No change. B) Instrument, can. C) Instrument-can. D) Instrument; can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Instrument-can. 11. 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) As a result,. B) In other words,. C) In addition,. D) For example,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In addition,. 12. 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. 13. 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,. 14. 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. 15. 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: A) Of. 16. The rhododendron, whichA ornaments so manyB English gardens, isC not native toD Europe. No errorE. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) E. 17. Which revision best corrects the sentence fragment below? "Because the weather was bad." A) The weather was bad. B) Because the weather was bad, the game was canceled. C) The game was canceled. D) Bad weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the weather was bad, the game was canceled. 18. 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. 19. 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]. 20. The man had a pleasant-sounding accent, ..... but it was difficult to place. A) No change. B) Assent,. C) Ascent,. D) Essence,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 21. 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: C) Mount Vesuvius's eruption,. 22. Many substances found in household items are dangerous to people's health, however, experts insist that they are harmless in very small amounts. A) No change. B) Health, nevertheless, experts insists. C) Health, but experts insisting. D) Health; however, experts insist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Health; however, experts insist. 23. 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) No change. B) Degrees because. C) Degrees; because. D) Degrees:because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Degrees because. 24. 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. 25. The engineer, who is renowned for his ingenuityA, has designedB a very uniqueC cooling system for our new plant inD Spain. No errorE A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. ← 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