This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Acquire = A) Obtain. B) Determine. C) Accomplish. D) Estimate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obtain. 3. 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. 4. 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) NO CHANGE. B) Current design of the road right now. C) Road as it is now currently designed. D) Current design of the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Current design of the road. 5. Read the sentence and choose the best correction: "The committee have made its decision." A) The committee has made its decision. B) The committee have made their decision. C) The committee has made their decision. D) The committee have made its decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The committee has made its decision. 6. 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) No change. B) Areas, a maze. C) Areas, this is a maze. D) Areas it is a maze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Areas, a maze. 7. The condensation that forms on cold glasses has long been of interest to young scientists. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Glasses have. C) Glasses having. D) Glasses are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) [NO CHANGE]. 8. 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) Is. C) Were. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 9. 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) NO CHANGE. B) Savings increase. C) Increases savings. D) Also it increases savings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increases savings. 10. 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) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 11. 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) NO CHANGE. B) But also resembling. C) Also resembling. D) But they also resemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) But they also resemble. 12. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:'The book, along with its illustrations, ..... on the table.' A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. 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) Will reach. B) Reach. C) Had reached. D) Are reaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reach. 14. Identify the correct past perfect tense: A) By the time she arrived, the show had started. B) By the time she arrived, the show started had. C) By the time she arrived, the show starts. D) By the time she arrived, the show was starting had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the time she arrived, the show had started. 15. 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) NO CHANGE. B) Were not. C) Wasn't. D) Had not been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Select the sentence that best eliminates wordiness:"At this point in time, we are unable to make a decision." A) We are unable to make a decision now. B) At this point in time, we can't make a decision. C) We are not able to make a decision at this point in time. D) We are unable to make a decision at this point in time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We are unable to make a decision now. 19. 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. 20. 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) No change. B) Cost involved in order to offer a large selection of athletics. 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. 21. 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. 22. How old is ..... ? A) Him. B) He. C) His. D) Himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He. 23. 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. 24. 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) Because. C) Even though. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because. 25. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After dinner, we watched a movie. ← 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