12.Practice.Tests.for.the.SAT_2015-2016_1128p

Section 41
Practice Test Two
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Directions: The following sentences test your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. Each sentence
contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there
is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be
changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers, follow the
requirements of standard written English.
EXAMPLE:
Whenever one is driving late at night, XQY must take extra precautions against
A B C
falling asleep at the wheel. No error
D E
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12. Y oni would have been able to avoid the extreme
A B
cold air of the Montana winter morning ifhe
had awoken later. No error
C D E
13. At breakfast, Dad asked Hilar:y and I if we wanted
A
B
to attend my cousin Noah's university graduation
c
ceremony in Nebraska next spring. No error
D E
14. Outside the barn, a commotion involving three
A
B
hens and a rooster woke the twins, who were
c
sleeping deep. No error
D E
15. Thomas was so proud of his younger brother,
A
B
who was graduating from college last month.
C D
No error
E
16. When we looked at the photograph of the
A B
lightning bolt hitting the tree, we noticed a
more smaller bolt of electricity also emanating
C
D
from the ground. No error
E
17. When Shirin Abadi was awarded the Nobel Peace
A
B
Prize, many of her colleagues praised her
c
exceptional efforts about democracy and human
D
rights in Iran. No error
E
18. Although the San Francisco earthquake in the
spring of 1906 was leveling many buildings, i1 was
A B C
the subsequent series of fires that destroyed most
D
of the city. No error
E
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