This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There are many famous architects who began as furniture designers, interior decorators, or worked in construction. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) In construction. C) Construction workers. D) Who worked in construction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Construction workers. 2. Select the word that best completes the sentence:She is ..... than her brother. A) Tall. B) Taller. C) Tallest. D) More tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taller. 3. What is the best way to combine these sentences? "The sun set. The sky turned orange." A) The sun set, the sky turned orange. B) The sun set and the sky turned orange. C) The sun set; the sky turned orange. D) The sun set the sky turned orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun set; the sky turned orange. 4. The Progressive Era in the United States witnessed the rise of numerous Black women's clubs, local organizations that advocated for racial and gender equality. Among the clubs' leaders ..... Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, founder of the Women's Era Club of Boston.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 5. The union insistedA on an increase in theirB members C starting pay, and threatened to call a strike if the company refused toD meet the demand. No errorE. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 6. The Adverb "rarely" is an adverb of ..... A) Adverb of Manner. B) Adverb of Frequency. C) Adverb of Place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb of Frequency. 7. Select the correct word usage:The ..... of the story was surprising. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) Infect. D) Defect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 8. The Trenton Thunder is a Minor League baseball team, it is from Trenton, New Jersey. A) Baseball team, they are. B) Baseball team; they are. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Baseball team. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baseball team. 9. Medium-sized igloos were usually single-room family dwellings that housed one or two families. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Pronoun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronoun. 10. What part of speech is the word in italics? Jane walked across the dark road A) Preposition. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 11. Choose the sentence that avoids a misplaced modifier. A) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by John. B) John, running quickly, crossed the finish line. C) John crossed the finish line running quickly. D) The finish line, running quickly, was crossed by John. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John, running quickly, crossed the finish line. 12. What is the best way to practice grammar rules for the SAT? A) Memorize 10-20 new words a day from a recognized SAT word list. B) Using mental math apps and daily practice. C) Use SAT prep books and online resources to practice grammar rules. D) Reading novels and newspapers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use SAT prep books and online resources to practice grammar rules. 13. The youngest girl among the students have dark hair. A) Has darkest hairs. B) Have dark hairs. C) Have darker hair. D) Has dark hair. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has dark hair. 14. Choose the sentence that is free of grammatical errors. A) The group of students were excited for the trip. B) The group of students was excited for the trip. C) The group of students have excited for the trip. D) The group of students is excited for the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The group of students was excited for the trip. 15. By the end of last March, I ..... English for five years. A. had been studied B. had been studying C. will have been studying D. will have studied A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 16. Which sentence is correct:A) He had only one goal:to buy his mother a house.B) He had only one goal-to buy his mother a house. A) A. B) B. C) Both A and B. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 17. Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon, a colon, and an apostrophe? A) She had three pets; a dog, a cat, and a rabbit:all of them were her friend's. B) She had three pets:a dog, a cat, and a rabbit; all of them were her friend's. C) She had three pets:a dog, a cat, and a rabbit; all of them were her friends'. D) She had three pets; a dog, a cat, and a rabbit:all of them were her friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had three pets:a dog, a cat, and a rabbit; all of them were her friends'. 18. After becoming aware that teens might benefit from later school start times, the Minneapolis school district performed an experiment involving the temporary adoption of a later start time for its high schools:8:40am instead of the traditional 7:15 am. A) NO CHANGE. B) Experiment; involving. C) Experiment, it involved. D) Experiment, this involves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 19. Lisa, Aaron, and Jason is coming over later than everyone else. A) Lisa, Aaron, and Jason have come. B) Lisa, Aaron, and Jason is to come. C) Lisa, Aaron, and Jason are coming. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lisa, Aaron, and Jason are coming. 20. The warm summer sun that radiated onto earth, and the birds sang while dragonflies hovered all around us. A) The summer sun, it radiated warmth onto the earth, and. B) [NO CHANGE]. C) The warm summer sun radiated onto earth, and. D) The warm summer sun radiated onto earth; and. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The warm summer sun radiated onto earth, and. 21. Choose the sentence that uses punctuation correctly. A) My favorite subjects are:math, science and history. B) My favorite subjects are math, science, and history. C) My favorite subjects are math science, and history. D) My favorite subjects are math, science and, history. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My favorite subjects are math, science, and history. 22. Original Sentence:The presentation was not only informative, ..... engaging. A) But also was engaging. B) But also very engaging. C) But also engaging. D) But also it was engaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But also engaging. 23. The pleasures one can experience in the golden ratio likely have to do with its relationship to the human preference for proportion and order. A) NO CHANGE. B) Their. C) It's. D) Its'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 24. When I looked at the prices in the department store, I realized that purchasing three sweaters at a time was cheaper than two. A) No change. B) Two sweaters. C) Purchasing two. D) The price of two. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purchasing two. 25. Contrary to popular legend, the venomous bite of a baby snake is less powerful than an adult snake. A) No change. B) Those of an. C) That of an. D) Any. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That of an. ← 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