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

12 Practice Tests for the SAT
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Practice Test Two Answers an d Exp l anations
it refers to the singular noun, series. Choice (0) uses the
correct tense-the simple past.
19. A
Difficu l ty: Medium
It's especially important to check subject-verb agreement
when a verb is separated from its subject. The subject is the
singular heron, but the verb is the plural live. To correct this
sentence, you would have to change live to lives. In (B),
most is the correct superlative form of the adjective many.
Choice (C) is a common idiom that means comfortable.
In (0), the conjunction both is correctly used with and
to indicate relationship between two things-in this case,
inland and coastal regions.
20. B
Difficu l ty: Medium
Make sure that sentences are logically correct. This sentence
wants to set up a contrast between what the recipe required
and what Chad did. However, the conjunction and indicates
an addition rather than a contrast and should be replaced
with a word like but. In (A), called for is an idiomatic
expression often used in a context like this. It means
needed in the circumstances. Choice (C) sets up the right
cause/effect logic required by the meaning of the sentence.
In (0), this verb, which means to reduce, is in the correct
infinitive form.
21. A
Difficu l ty: Medium
When there are underlined pronouns in an Identifying
Sentence Errors question, check to see that they have clear
antecedents. The pronoun they has no clear antecedent.
You can guess that they are the people of India, but that
would be only a guess since the sentence doesn't provide
that information.
In (B), this adverb answers the question "At what time?"
It is correctly used here. In (C), the past-tense verb is
correct. In (0), the conjunction and correctly expresses a
result.
22. E
Difficu l ty: Medium
The sentence is correct. The two transition words because
and but correctly set up causal and contrasting relationships,
respectively, and of is the correct preposition. The verb
were, (B), is correctly plural and in the past tense. When
two people are being compared, the superlative word more
should be used, so (0) is also correct.
23. D
Difficu l ty: Medium
The fungus needs to be controlled, not the local oak trees,
so the singular pronoun should be used. The pronoun
their, (0), should be its. The phrase so great, in (A), is
idiomatically correct. The verbs has become, (B), and to
uncover, (C), are in the correct tense, and the word uncover
correctly uses the preposition to.
24. A
Difficu l ty: Medium
The phrase at drawing, (A), should read to draw. The
phrases of young fans, (B), and at the ballpark, (C), use the
correct prepositions. The verb provided, (0), is correctly in
the present tense.
25. E
Difficu l ty: High
Read all sentences carefully, looking for common errors, but
remember that about 20 percent of Identifying Sentence
Errors questions will be error-free.
In (A), this is the correct word to express the contrast
that the sentence sets up. In (B), the past-tense verb is
correct-Burbank's experiments are over. In (C), such as
is an adjective phrase that indicates that an example is
being given. In (0), the infinitive form of the verb is correct
after the verb attempt. Choice (E) is the answer since this
sentence is correct as written.
26. A
Difficu l ty: High
Although the SAT Writing test is not a direct test of your
vocabulary, it occasionally requires you to know the
meaning of words, especially those often confused with
other words. This sentence confuses undetermined with
indeterminate. Undetermined means not decided. You
can see that this makes no sense-everyone's age is
known or decided. The word you want is indeterminate,
which means not precisely established. In other words,
Kallan's age is determined, but those who don't know it