Digital SAT Standard English Conventions Practice Questions: Punctuation
1. The hour of noon had just struck, and the few visitors still lingering among the curiosities of the great museum were suddenly startled by the sight of one of the attendants running down the broad, central staircase, loudly shouting, “Close the doors! Let no one out! An accident has ____________________ to leave the building.” Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?A. occurred, while nobody’sB. occurred, while nobodiesC. occurred, and nobody isD. occurred, and nobodies 2. She did not answer. She did not even look his way. With a rapid glance into
Digital SAT Writing Transitions Practice Questions #2
1. He felt convinced, in his own mind, that he had been attacked by some fatal disease. When he arrived in London, ___________ he was relieved to find that the specialists whom he consulted, while they mostly gave him his money’s worth of polite interest, did not display any anxiety as to his condition. Which choice competes the text with the most logical translation?A. after a bit,B. however,C. on the other hand,D. in addition 2. I want to talk to you about the child, little Juliet,” she said, a day or two later. She is not mine ________________ beyond that
Digital SAT Practice: Writing/Verb Choice Questions
1. The officer nodded, took the boy by the arm, and in a trice ___________ with him into the adjoining store. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard English?A. have disappearedB. disappearsC. disappearedD. disappear 2. ________ the white light burn on, Mr. Gryce, by a characteristic effort, shifted his attention to the walls, covered, as I have said, with tapestries and curios. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard English?A. LettingB. LetC. Had letD. Have let 3. And sure enough, in another instant this strange being,
Digital SAT Poetry Practice Reading Questions #4
1. The following is a poem by Alfred Tenison: When cats run home and light is come,And dew is cold upon the ground,And the far-off stream is dumb,And the whirring sail goes round,And the whirring sail goes round;Alone and warming his five wits,The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch,And rarely smells the new-mown hay,And the cock hath sung beneath the thatchTwice or thrice his roundelay,Twice or thrice his roundelay;Alone and warming his five wits,The white owl in the belfry sits. What is the main idea of the text?A. Cats and milkmaids share much in
Digital SAT Poetry Practice Reading Questions #3
1. “In a Library” is a poem written by Emily Dickinson. A student who read the poem claims that Dickinson personifies an antique book, seeing it as a man whom she joys to meet. Which quotation from “In a Library” most effectively illustrates the claim? A. What interested scholars most/ what competitions ran/ When Plato was a certainty/ And Sophocles a manB. He traverses familiar/ As one should come to town/ And tell you all your dreams were true/ He lived where dreams were sown.C. His presence is enchantment/ you beg him not to go/ old volumes shake their vellum