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12 Practice Tests for the SAT
Practice Test Ten Answers and Explanations
17. D
Difficulty: High
Choice (A), thought to be, is the correct idiom. Choice (B)
is the correct number, matching dreams. Choice (C) is an
adjective modifying the noun desires. Choice (D) incorrectly
uses the relative pronoun which instead of who when
referring to the person, so (D) is the right answer.
18. c
Difficulty: Medium
The error in this sentence is the singular verb has in
(C), because the subject qualifications is plural. Since
qualifications is not underlined, the only way to correct this
error is by changing the verb: hove the qualifications . . .
The perfect verb form is correct in (A) because it refers to
actions that happened over the past year. Choice (B) is an
idiomatically correct word choice. Choice (D) is correctly an
adverb, modifying the verb challenged.
19. D
Difficulty: Low
The pronoun they does not agree with the pronoun one
already used in the sentence. Since one is not underlined,
this can be corrected only by replacing they should with
one should. Choice (A) is correctly in the present tense, and
choices (B) and (C) are idiomatically correct word choices.
20. E
Difficulty: Medium
Choice (A) is a correct use of when to indicate time. Choice
(B) contains a possessive pronoun and adjective that
appropriately describe the noun wig. The verb performs
in (C) agrees with the subject sister and also with the
previous present tense verbs (is and pulls). Choice (D) is
idiomatically correct.
21. A
Difficulty: Medium
A complete sentence requires both a subject and a verb.
Choice (A) is missing the crucial verb is, which should be
placed between Richard II and the word about. Therefore,
(A) is the right answer. Choice (B) is a verb in agreement
with its subject who. Choice (C) contains an adjective
correctly modifying the noun ruler. Choice (D) is introduced
by an appropriate transition word, uses the pronoun he
correctly to refer to Richard, and uses a verb with the correct
tense and number.
22. c
Difficulty: Medium
There is a problem with the plural pronoun their being used
to refer to a particular university. If you were uncertain about
whether using their to refer to the university was an error,
seeing the singular its later in the sentence should have
helped you decide.
23. A
Difficulty: Medium
Writers may confuse words that are similar in spelling,
such as the verbs raise and rise and lay and lie. Make
sure you understand the differences. In (A), though which
is correctly used, the word lays is the wrong word. The
writer should have used lies, which refers to the location of
Florence. Choice (B) is the correct verb tense and number.
Choice (C) correctly uses the transition word therefore.
Choice (D) is the correct verb tense and agrees with the
subject, Sicily.
24. B
Difficulty: High
Choice (A) uses the superlative most correctly, and
the adjective enjoyable appropriately describes the
afternoon. In (B), the word exceptional is not the correct
form. Because the word modifies the adjective shaped,
it should be the adverb exceptionally. In (C), both the
adjective and noun are correct. In (D), that is the correct
relative pronoun, and they refers unambiguously to the
clouds.
25. A
Difficulty: Medium
The problem lies in (A) : claim having suffered is not
idiomatic in standard written English. It should be claim
to have suffered or claim that they have suffered. The
other choices are all correct. The word but provides a link
between the two major parts of the sentence and contrasts
the ideas they present. The phrase such an injury and the
adverb actually are also correct.