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

Section 61
Practice Test Three 261
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, lQ!! must take extra precautions against
A B C
falling asleep at the wheel. No error
D E
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12. Over the last two weeks, I learn that all of the
A
B
family stories I heard throughout my childhood
were fiction-fairy tales invented to hide the past I
c
was not allowed to know. No error
D E
13. The sickening odor emanating from the bottles
A B C
make anyone in the general vicinity feel queasy.
D
No error
E
16. In airplanes as to boats, some people experience
A B C
the feeling of nausea known as motion sickness.
D
No error
E
17. With the introduction of inexpensive,
A B
high-quality audio equipment, recording
by amateurs and hobbyists are becoming more
C
D
common. No error
E
14. New Jersey is now the most dense populated state,
A
while Alaska remains the most sparsely populated.
B C D
No error
E
18. When one reads Shakespeare, we can easily see how
A
B
dramatically the English language has changed in
C
D
the last 400 years. No error
E
15. Like other archipelagos, French Polynesia's culture
A
has been profoundly shaped by its geographic
B C D
isolation. No error
E
19. Three ofJim's classmates who were going on the
A
class trip been nervous about being
B
C
away from home for a whole week. No error
D
E
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