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

12 Practice Tests for the SAT
656 Practice Test Seven Answers and Explanations
between which and that. It introduces a clause of additional
information, so which is correct. Choice (D) is idiomatically
correct.
13. D
Difficulty: Medium
Relief of suffering is idiomatically correct. The correct
expression is relief from suffering. Choice (A) is the correct
use of some, and the verb forms in (B) and (C) are correct.
14. B
Difficulty: Low
This sentence has a descriptive phrase (in contrast to
more sophisticated forms of entertainment) separating
the subject from the verb of the sentence. Cross out the
phrase and figure out what the basic sentence is saying.
The subject of this sentence is The sitcom, which is singular.
Therefore, the verb should also be singular, making (B)
wrong. The correct form should be The sitcom . .. is . ..
15. c
Difficulty: Medium
Although the phrase remember when is a correct form
in some instances, notice that in this sentence, the future
tense is used later on, so when creates an error in sentence
structure. Instead, that is correct. Choices (A) and (B) raise
various issues of verb tense, and (D) correctly uses the
pronoun it to replace the noun test.
16. E
Difficulty: Medium
Choice (A) is idiomatically correct. Choice (B) correctly uses
an adjective to modify the noun class. Choice (C) uses
the past tense correctly, and (D) is idiomatically correct.
Remember, 5-8 sentences will be correct as written on
the SAT.
17. c
Difficulty: Medium
Some idiomatic expressions are only correct when
constructed a certain way. Capable to is incorrect. The
adjective capable requires the preposition of. Choice (C)
contains the error.
18. D
Difficulty: Medium
Watch out for double negatives. Not no one, never, and
nowhere aren't the only negative words in English. There
are also less obvious negatives: without scarcely, barely,
and cannot but. Without hardly is a double negative, so (D)
is incorrect. The corrected sentence would read with hardly
a word or without so much as a word.
19. B
Difficulty: Low
There are a lot of subordinating phrases in this sentence.
Cross them out and get to the main parts of the sentence.
That will help you recognize the incorrect verb form of
not considering. Christopher Marlowe is the subject of the
sentence, but he is being compared to Shakespeare, so
the verb form must express that comparison. As it is now,
it seems as though Marlowe himself is not considering
something. For the sentence to be correct, (B) needs to
read not considered.
20. E
Difficulty: Medium
This sentence is correct as written. Choice (A) uses the
possessive pronoun correctly. Choice (B) is idiomatically
correct. The subject is plural, so the plural verb in (C) is
correct. Choice (D) uses the correct pronoun and verb
tense in context.
21. D
Difficulty: High
This sentence tests your knowledge of relative pronouns.
Which is used to refer to a thing, not a person. The
antecedent of which is Ruth Benedict, so who is correct
here, (D).
22. E
Difficulty: Low
This sentence contains no error, (E). The verb forms are
correct, and the preposition about is used idiomatically
with regret.