This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Grammar – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Grammar Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence that best demonstrates correct use of commas, dashes, and colons. A) My favorite foods are:pizza, pasta and salad. B) My favorite foods pizza, pasta, and salad are delicious. C) My favorite foods:pizza, pasta, and salad are delicious. D) My favorite foods, pizza, pasta, and salad are delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My favorite foods pizza, pasta, and salad are delicious. 2. The field of ceramics, which some laypeople simply call "pottery, " are wide and varied in application. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Is wide and varied. C) Were wide and varied. D) And is wide and varied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is wide and varied. 3. The Boston Saloon was one of the most popular African American-owned establishments in nineteenth-century Nevada ..... by businessman William A.G. Brown, the saloon was known to offer elegant accommodations and an inclusive environment. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) Created. B) Creates. C) Creating. D) Create. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Created. 4. Although igloos are usually associated with Alaskan Eskimos (Intuits), they have mostly been constructed by people who lived in the central Arctic and Greenland's Thule region. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Pronoun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronoun. 5. All the students in the school ..... green today. A) Is wearing. B) Are wearing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are wearing. 6. Select the correct verb tense:Right now, the children ..... in the park. A) Plays. B) Played. C) Are playing. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are playing. 7. The new bylaws of the organization was ratified by a unanimous vote yesterday. A) The new bylaws for the organization was. B) The new bylaws of the organization were. C) The newer bylaws of the organization was. D) The new bylaws of the organization was. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The new bylaws of the organization were. 8. Identify the error in the following sentence:If he would have known about the meeting, he would have attended. A) If he would have known. B) About the meeting. C) He would have attended. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If he would have known. 9. Read the sentence and identify the error:The committee have decided to postpone the meeting until next week. A) The committee. B) Have decided. C) To postpone. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have decided. 10. Which sentence is a correctly structured compound sentence? A) I wanted to go to the store, but it was closed. B) I wanted to go to the store but it was closed. C) I wanted to go to the store, but, it was closed. D) I wanted to go to the store but, it was closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wanted to go to the store, but it was closed. 11. When I ..... for my sister in front of the supermarket, a strange man came to talk with me. A. was waiting B. waited C. had waited D. were waiting A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 12. Choose the best way to combine the following sentences: "Maria finished her homework. She went to bed." A) Maria finished her homework, she went to bed. B) Maria finished her homework and went to bed. C) Maria finished her homework; and she went to bed. D) Maria finished her homework, so she went to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maria finished her homework, so she went to bed. 13. "He was just the man for such a place, and it was just the place for such a man." This line is from Frederick Douglass's autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845). It's an example of antimetabole, a writing technique that ..... emphasis by repeating a statement in a reversed order. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) Create. B) Are creating. C) Have created. D) Creates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creates. 14. Which sentence is a fragment and how can it be corrected? A) Because the weather was bad. Add a main clause to complete the thought. B) The weather was bad. Add a dependent clause. C) The weather was bad, so we stayed inside. No correction needed. D) Because the weather was bad, we stayed inside. No correction needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the weather was bad. Add a main clause to complete the thought. 15. The geologic instability known as the Pacific Ring of Fire has produced numerous faults. They cause approximately 10, 000 earthquakes annually.Which of the following IS NOT an acceptable alternative? A) Faults, they cause. B) Faults; they cause. C) Faults that cause. D) Faults, which cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faults, they cause. 16. Select the sentence that is NOT a fragment. A) While walking to the store. B) Because he forgot his keys. C) The cat slept on the windowsill. D) After the movie ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cat slept on the windowsill. 17. When Debbie answers the phone, she always responds "this is her." A) [NO CHANGE]. B) She always responds "this is she.". C) Her always responds "this is she.". D) She always responding "this is she.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She always responds "this is she.". 18. Select the sentence with the correct use of punctuation. A) My friend who is very talented, won the award. B) My friend, who is very talented, won the award. C) My friend who is very talented won, the award. D) My friend who is very talented won the award. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend, who is very talented, won the award. 19. She got straight ..... on her report card. A) As. B) A's. C) As'. D) Aes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A's. 20. These igloos could be constructed from several smaller igloos and attached by tunnels. A) Adverb. B) Conjunction. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 21. In 1686, at the age of only eight, Heinrich Gustav was appointed captain in the German army, he was a prince and was therefore required to serve in the armed forces. A) Army;. B) Army, who was. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Army; he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Army; he was. 22. Select the sentence with correct punctuation for a compound sentence. A) I wanted to go to the concert but I had too much homework. B) I wanted to go to the concert, but I had too much homework. C) I wanted to go to the concert but, I had too much homework. D) I wanted to go to the concert; but I had too much homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I wanted to go to the concert, but I had too much homework. 23. While the challenge of developing a professional writing career cannot be denied, perspiring poets can look to their successful twentieth and twenty-first century counterparts for models of sustainable career paths. A) NO CHANGE. B) Respiring. C) Inspiring. D) Aspiring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aspiring. 24. Sylvia shivered in her silk shirt, the difference in temperature between the hot weather outside and the cold library was extreme. A) Shirt the. B) Shirt, for the. C) Shirt, because the. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shirt, for the. 25. Alcohol used in excess can damage the brain, affect memory, and learning disabilities. A) A) Alcohol used in excess can damage the brain, affect memory, and cause learning disabilities. B) B) Alcohol used in excess can damage the brain, affect memory, and can lead to learning disabilities. C) C) Correct as is. D) All are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Alcohol used in excess can damage the brain, affect memory, and cause learning disabilities. ← 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