Subject verb agreement

Because philosophy teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional
achievement. (SAT Practice test 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) teaches
C) to teach
D) and teaching

Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee
absenteeism, which, in turn, is costly for employers. (SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) are
C) is being
D) have been
These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United
States, was unique for its high standards of service and quality. (SAT Practice
test 3 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) were unique for their
C) was unique for their
D) were unique for it

Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens
of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, portrays
animals. ( SAT Practice test 3 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) portraying
C) portray
D) has portrayed
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

Students intending to study philosophy in graduate school has scored higher

than students in all but four other majors. ( PRACTICE TEST 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) have scored
C) scores
D) scoring

Because philosophy teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-
old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional
achievement. (SAT Practice test 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) teaches
C) to teach
D) and teaching

Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee
absenteeism, which, in turn, is costly for employers. (SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) are
C) is being
D) have been

These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United
States, was unique for its high standards of service and quality.
(SAT Practice test 3 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) were unique for their
C) was unique for their
D) were unique for it
Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens
of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, portrays
animals. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) portraying
C) portray
D) has portrayed

By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil has relied on this
technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a
rock at an old São Paulo railroad site. ( PRACTICE TEST 5 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) relied
C) will rely
D) is relying

The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the
phosphates was teeming with blue-green algae. ( PRACTICE TEST 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) were teeming
C) are teeming
D) teems

In truth, the agency has a widespread positive effect on society by serving as a

catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding. ( PRACTICE TEST 7 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) affect on
C) effect to
D) affects on
All these inventions spawns new industries, and with those industries, jobs.
( PRACTICE TEST 7 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) spawned
C) has spawned
D) spawning

The most common forms of professional development provided to employees

includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops.
( PRACTICE TEST 7 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) include
C) including
D) has included

This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles’s broadcast
had as many as twelve million people who feared that Martians had invaded
Earth. ( SAT Practice test 7 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) that feared
C) fearing
D) to fear

Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm
runoff, it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on
embankments near bodies of water. ( SAT Practice test 8 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) savings increase
C) increases savings
D) also it increases savings
As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills contribute to the release of
methane, a very
potent greenhouse gas. ( PRACTICE TEST 8 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) are contributing
C) contributes
D) have contributed

Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green

paper money, the lion’s teeth snare the envelope. ( PRACTICE TEST 8 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) lion snares the envelope with its teeth.
C) envelope is snared by the lion with its teeth.
D) teeth of the lion snare the envelope.

Any New York City construction project using municipal funds are required to
consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction.
( SAT Practice test 9)

A) NO CHANGE
B) have been
C) is
D) were

Children were entertained by its plot about the antics of a mischievous cat and
is captivated by its eye-catching illustrations and memorable rhythms and
rhymes. ( SAT Practice test 10)
A) NO CHANGE
B) was
C) has been
D) DELETE the underlined portion.
The best way to address these concerns about accuracy and privacy are not to
avoid adopting electronic health record systems. ( SAT MAY 2017 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) have been
C) had been
D) is

Attracted by these resources, many different kinds of wildlife inhabits beaver

ponds . ( SAT MAY 2017 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) inhabit
C) are inhabited
D) have inhabited

Leading the team to determine the capital’s boundaries were Major Andrew
Ellicott, a well-known land surveyor who needed a capable assistant.
(MAY 2018 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) will be
C) have been
D) was

Finally, traditional methods of CAES requires heat to compress the air, which
can lower the energy efficiency of the process. (MAY 2018 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) had required
C) does require
D) require
 On the contrary, Johnson used the Dictionary to promote words he favored and
to protest words he disliked. (MAY 2018 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) had used
C) will use
D) uses

The success of these businesses highlight that paying workers well. (MAY 2018 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) have highlighted
C) would highlight
D) highlights

Officials from the British Museum have long argued that the expertise of their

curators has protected the sculptures from the elements. (MARCH 2020)

A) NO CHANGE
B) have protected
C) are protecting
D) were protecting

VERB TENSE

Tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great
amounts of soot, some of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke
and then fell as particles onto the ice sheet. ( PRACTICE TEST 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) falls
C) will fall
D) had fallen
It contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms.
( PRACTICE TEST 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) containing
C) contained
D) will contain

The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, soon got worn off
quickly. ( SAT Practice test 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) was promptly worn
C) promptly wore
D) wore

Students intending to study philosophy in graduate school has scored higher

than students in all but four other majors. ( PRACTICE TEST 1 )

E) NO CHANGE
F) have scored
G) scores
H) scoring

By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil has relied on this
technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a
rock at an old São Paulo railroad site. ( PRACTICE TEST 5 )

E) NO CHANGE
F) relied
G) will rely
H) is relying
In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly brought
about one final. ( PRACTICE TEST 5 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) bringing
C) brings
D) has brought

The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the
phosphates was teeming with blue-green algae. ( PRACTICE TEST 6 )

E) NO CHANGE
F) were teeming
G) are teeming
H) teems

Such efforts have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch
of DC Comics’ superhero’s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade
decline of comic book sales. ( PRACTICE TEST 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) would have yielded
C) were yielding
D) will yield

A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion
to the economy in 2005. More than 60 percent of the contribution coming from
commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related
technology. ( PRACTICE TEST 7 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) which came
 C) to come
D) came

From its beginning, the movement had opposed the standardization of taste that
fast food chains promote. ( PRACTICE TEST 7 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) opposes
C) will oppose
D) has opposed

As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills contribute to the release of

methane, a very
potent greenhouse gas. ( PRACTICE TEST 8 )
E) NO CHANGE
F) are contributing
G) contributes
H) have contributed

Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses
can go faster when drivers would not have had to collect fares.
( SAT Practice test 9)
A) NO CHANGE
B) do not have
C) did not have
D) will not have

One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear.
Smudges resembling oyster shells swirl around the photos’ edges.
( SAT Practice test 9)

A) NO CHANGE
 B) will have swirled
C) have swirled
D) swirled
Any New York City construction project using municipal funds are required to
consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction.
( SAT Practice test 9)

E) NO CHANGE
F) have been
G) is
H) were

Children were entertained by its plot about the antics of a mischievous cat and
is captivated by its eye-catching illustrations and memorable rhythms and
rhymes. ( SAT Practice test 10)

E) NO CHANGE
F) was
G) has been
H) DELETE the underlined portion.

Scientists are long believing that this structure enables complex tasks by
sequestering skilled movement to a single hemisphere without sacrificing
coordination between both sides of the body. ( SAT Practice test 10)

A) NO CHANGE
B) will long be believing
C) have long believed
D) long believe

The statue’s form and posture echoed the proportions of classical Roman
sculpture, but its expressiveness and level of detail has reflected Renaissance
sensibilities. ( SAT MAY 2017 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) reflected
C) had reflected
D) will reflect

Leading the team to determine the capital’s boundaries were Major Andrew
Ellicott, a well-known land surveyor who needed a capable assistant.
(MAY 2018 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) will be
C) have been
D) was

Finally, traditional methods of CAES requires heat to compress the air, which
can lower the energy efficiency of the process. (MAY 2018 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) had required
C) does require
D) require

On the contrary, Johnson used the Dictionary to promote words he favored and
to protest words he disliked. (MAY 2018 )
E) NO CHANGE
F) had used
G) will use
H) uses
The success of these businesses highlight that paying workers well. (MAY 2018 )
 A) NO CHANGE
B) have highlighted
C) would highlight
D) highlights

The dodo may not have been the most graceful of birds or an avian Einstein, but
neither was it the clownish creature that is so often imagined.
( MARCH2020)

A) NO CHANGE
B) will it be
C) is it being
D) will it have been

By joining VISTA, Shauntia Dyson is following in the footsteps of hundreds of

thousands of people, over the program’s fifty-year history, who are helping
improve both their communities and their career prospects. ( MARCH2020)

A) NO CHANGE
B) have helped
C) will have helped
D) would have helped

Parallelism

Because philosophy teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline of
academic and professional achievement. (SAT Practice test 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) teaches
C) to teach
D) and teaching
 Tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great
amounts of soot, some of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke
and then fell as particles onto the ice sheet. ( PRACTICE TEST 1 )
E) NO CHANGE
F) falls
G) will fall
H) had fallen

Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and

protein, serves to be a digestive aid, and it contains few calories in its
unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. ( PRACTICE TEST 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) containing
C) contains
D) will contain

that employees are happier, healthier, and more productive. ( SAT Practice test
3)
A) NO CHANGE
B) healthy, and more
C) healthier, and they are
D) healthier, being more

But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others did, and some even
respond adversely. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) do,
C) have,
 D) will,

For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and
other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention scared off visitors. ( SAT
Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) scaring
C) scare
D) have scared

Burland advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under
the tower’s north side. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) advocated to use
C) advocated the using of
D) advocating to use

By serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding, to create

jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. ( SAT Practice test
6)

A) NO CHANGE
B) creating jobs,
C) for job creation,
D) the creation of jobs,

This deformation results in subtle variations in density that both causes

uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets. ( SAT Practice test 8)

A) NO CHANGE
B) cause uneven heat flow and limit
C) cause uneven heat flow and limits
D) has caused uneven heat flow and has limited
Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses
can go faster when drivers would not have had to collect fares. ( SAT Practice
test 9)

E) NO CHANGE
F) do not have
G) did not have
H) will not have

Children were entertained by its plot about the antics of a mischievous cat and
is captivated by its eye-catching illustrations and memorable rhythms and
rhymes. ( SAT Practice test 10)
I) NO CHANGE
J) was
K) has been
L) DELETE the underlined portion.

Such volunteering, be it helping at a local animal shelter, when they pick up

litter, or working at a health-care facility. ( SAT Practice test 10)

A) NO CHANGE
B) to pick up litter,
C) litter collection,
D) picking up litter,

The dodo may not have been the most graceful of birds or an avian Einstein, but
neither was it the clownish creature that is so often imagined.
( MARCH2020)

E) NO CHANGE
F) will it be
G) is it being
H) will it have been

Punctuation
Over time, I’ve gotten to know several of my coworking colleagues: another website
developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders.
( SAT Practice test 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) colleagues;
C) colleagues,
D) colleagues

But Jason Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that
another factor added to the early thaw. ( SAT Practice test 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) Box an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
C) Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
D) Box, an associate professor of geology, at Ohio State

But Jason Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that
another factor added to the early thaw; the “dark snow” problem. ( SAT
Practice test 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) thaw; and it was
C) thaw:
D) thaw: being

The spaces are usually stocked with standard office equipment, such as
photocopiers, printers. ( SAT Practice test 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) equipment, such as:
C) equipment such as:
D) equipment, such as,

Yogurt manufacturers, food scientists; and government officials are also

working together. ( SAT Practice test 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) scientists: and
C) scientists, and
D) scientists, and,

Which are controlled by the bodies biological clocks, influence body

temperature, ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) bodies’ biological clocks’,
C) body’s biological clocks,
D) body’s biological clock’s,

Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born

entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business. (SAT Practice
test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) entrepreneur:
C) entrepreneur; he
D) entrepreneur,

Living independently and demonstrating an intense work ethic; the Harvey

Girls became known as a transformative force in the American West. (SAT
Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) ethic:
C) ethic, and
D) ethic,
Take Bartlett pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right
amount of 1-MCP. ( SAT Practice test 3 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) pears, for instance:
C) pears for instance,
D) pears. For instance,
From Michelangelo’s David to Vincent van Gogh’s series of self-portraits to Grant
Wood’s iconic image of a farming couple in American Gothic. These works by
human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those
of other species. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) Gothic. Works
C) Gothic; these works
D) Gothic, works
when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of
dogs playing poker—popularized in a series of paintings by American artist C.
M. Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. ( SAT
Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) Coolidge—
C) Coolidge;
D) Coolidge

The person chosen for this task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the
style. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov,
 C) task digital artist Eldar Zakirov,
D) task, digital artist Eldar Zakirov,

Boss Tweed’s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York City in the
1860s—stole more than $30 million. ( SAT Practice test 5 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) City in the 1860s,
C) City, in the 1860s,
D) City in the 1860s

It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication

might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative reporter’s—their work is
expensive and time-consuming. ( SAT Practice test 5 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) reporters:
C) reporters,
D) reporter’s;

Nonprofit enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting

Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and
magazines. ( SAT Practice test 5 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) enterprises: such as
C) enterprises such as:
D) enterprises, such as

In the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured
nitrates and phosphates into Lake 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that
compose Canada’s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. ( SAT Practice test 6
)
A) NO CHANGE
B) 227. Which is one
C) 227. One
D) 227, one
 While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem destructive
and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective
way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging
pollution. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) destructive, and irresponsible this method
C) destructive and, irresponsible, this method
D) destructive and irresponsible this method,

The water in Lake 227 turned bright green. It was thick with: the same type of algal
blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) green: it was thick with
C) green. It was thick with—
D) green, it was thick with

Italy’s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial stages of
it’s construction over
800 years ago. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) stage’s of its’
C) stage’s of it’s
D) stages of its

In 1990, Italy’s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a

committee to find a way to save it. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) 1990, Italy’s government, closed
 C) 1990 Italy’s government, closed,
D) 1990: Italy’s government closed

Including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor surgeries: and
prescribing some medications. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) surgeries; and
C) surgeries, and,
D) surgeries, and

In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the age:

Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them—had to cope with
mundane. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) age;
C) age,
D) age—

Such efforts have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch
of DC Comics’ superhero’s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade
decline of comic book sales. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) Comic’s superhero’s
C) Comics superhero’s
D) Comics’ superhero

To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in

many fields—from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire
relevant knowledge and update key skills. ( SAT Practice test 6 )

A) NO CHANGE
 B) fields
C) fields,
D) fields;

Employers can also identify, which employees have successfully completed

instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training.
( SAT Practice test 7 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) identify:
C) identify
D) identify—

To counter the rise of fast food and fast life, a cohort of chefs, journalists,
and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to
unhurried enjoyment. ( SAT Practice test 7 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) life; a
C) life: a
D) life. A

It grazes, which, along with other environmental factors such as altitude and
weather shapes the cheese’s taste and texture. ( SAT Practice test 7 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) factors, such as altitude and weather,
C) factors such as, altitude and weather,
D) factors, such as altitude and weather

The next day, a front-page headline in the New York Times declared, “Radio
Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.” ( SAT Practice test 7 )
 A) NO CHANGE
B) headline in the New York Times, declared
C) headline, in the New York Times declared,
D) headline, in the New York Times, declared

In large quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an
entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas. ( SAT
Practice test 8 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) quantities (which
C) quantities which
D) quantities; (which

Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are
draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. ( SAT Practice test 8 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) draped, with festive red banners,
C) draped with festive red banners—
D) draped with festive red banners
Court reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking
scrupulous notes during hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings.
( SAT Practice test 8 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) hearings; depositions;
C) hearings, depositions,
D) hearings, depositions;

As the carbon dioxide level in Earth’s atmosphere rises, the worlds’ ocean’s
absorb more carbon dioxide. ( SAT Practice test 9)
 A) NO CHANGE
B) world’s oceans’
C) world’s oceans
D) worlds oceans

While fare-free policies do increase ridership, but they have not been found to
be an effective way to address traffic problems. ( SAT Practice test 9)

A) NO CHANGE
B) ridership, and while
C) ridership,
D) ridership;

In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming
the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly
declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden
found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since it was
enacted. ( SAT Practice test 9)

A) NO CHANGE
B) declined:
C) declined,
D) declined. As

In a 1954 Life magazine article, author John Hersey expressed concern that
children in the United States were disengaged from learning how to read.
Among other problems, Hersey noted, the reading material available to grade-
schoolers had a hard time competing with television, radio, and other media for
children’s attention. ( SAT Practice test 10)
 A) NO CHANGE
B) and with
C) and also
D) and competing with

When William Spaulding, the director of the education division at the

publishing company Houghton Mifflin, read Hersey’s article. ( SAT Practice
test 10)

A) NO CHANGE
B) Spaulding the director
C) Spaulding, the director,
D) Spaulding—the director

In the years that followed. Many talented writers and illustrators of children’s
books imitated Geisel’s formula of restricted vocabulary and whimsical
artwork. ( SAT Practice test 10)

A) NO CHANGE
B) followed; many
C) followed, many
D) followed—many

Employees whose tuition is reimbursed often stay with their employer even
after they complete their
degrees. Because their new qualifications give them opportunities for
advancement within the company. ( SAT Practice test 10)

A) NO CHANGE
B) degrees: because
C) degrees because
 D) degrees; because

Which include information such as a patient’s medical history, medications

currently prescribed, and a list of allergies. ( SAT MAY 2017 )

A) NO CHANGE

B) prescribed; and
C) prescribed: and
D) prescribed and,

Electronic health record systems can actually reduce errors by, for instance,
cross-referencing drug information, this provides doctors with automatic
warnings. ( SAT MAY 2017 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) information to provide
C) information; providing
D) information, provides
Furthermore, patient privacy is no more threatened by electronic records than
it is by paper records, which are—according to the US Department of Health
and Human Services, ( SAT MAY 2017 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) are
C) are,
D) are;

By regulating water flow in streams. Dams have ripple effects that radiate
to. ( SAT MAY 2017 )
 A) NO CHANGE
B) streams; dams
C) streams, dams
D) streams—dams

In order to retain these top engineers, the company proposed a creative

solution; job sharing. ( SAT MAY 2017 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) solution. Job
C) solution job
D) solution: job
Currently, only two power plants use CAES; one in McIntosh, Alabama, and
another in Huntorf, Germany. (MAY 2018)

A) NO CHANGE
B) CAES. One
C) CAES: one
D) CAES, one:

Second, even where these formations exist, reinforcing them and building the
infrastructure for CAES, can cost upwards of $100 million. (MAY 2018)

A) NO CHANGE
B) CAES;
C) CAES
D) CAES—

Johnson read through the works of hundreds of writers, his marking the
passages he viewed as exemplary. (MAY 2018)
 A) NO CHANGE
B) writers,
C) writers, and
D) writers by

Nicodemus grew, which allowed residents to purchase lumber for their houses
and attracted banks, grocery stores, and other businesses. ( MARCH 2020)

A) NO CHANGE
B) banks, grocery, stores
C) banks; grocery stores,
D) banks; grocery stores

Hume noted that the robust kneecaps of R. cucullatus, along with its thick leg
bones and broad 1pelvis would have provided them with the strength and
maneuverability to easily navigate the rocky and densely forested landscape of
Mauritius. (MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) pelvis—
C) pelvis;
D) pelvis,

Hume and Gold’s results’, obtained with more comprehensive data than
previously available. (MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) Humes’ and Gold’s results,
C) Hume’s and Gold’s result’s,
D) Hume’s and Gold’s results,
In 2016, Dyson began her VISTA service at the Forsyth Farmers’ Market in
Savannah, Georgia, where, in exchange for a modest salary and benefits, she
supports the organization in its mission of offering locally produced food
options to people in the Savannah area. (MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) Georgia; where,
C) Georgia, where:
D) Georgia; where

Dyson enthusiastically explains that: her role at the farmers’ market involves,
“enhancing the organization’s reach and visibility” as well as “increasing and
diversifying financial and in-kind resources.” (MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) explains that her role at the farmers’ market involves:
C) explains, that her role at the farmers’ market involves
D) explains that her role at the farmers’ market involves

Combining,

Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell
it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing
the food. ( PRACTICE TEST 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) it, farmers
C) it, so farmers
D) it: farmers

Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students
from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical writing. These results can be measured by

standardized test scores. ( SAT Practice test 1 )

Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) writing as
 B) writing, and these results can be
C) writing, which can also be
D) writing when the results are

Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity.
They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building’s energy
use. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

In context, which choice best combines the underlined

sentences?
A) Aside from lowering worker productivity, artificial light sources are also
costly, typically constituting anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building’s
energy use.
B) The cost of artificial light sources, aside from lowering worker
productivity, typically constitutes anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a
building’s energy use.
C) Typically constituting 25 to 50 percent of a building’s energy use, artificial
light sources lower worker productivity and are costly.
D) Artificial lights, which lower worker productivity and are costly, typically
constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building’s energy use.

1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This
extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after
the apples have been harvested.
( SAT Practice test 3 )

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?

A) When applied to apples, 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three
to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples in the off-
season, months after the apples have been harvested.
B) Producers are allowed to sell their apples months after they have been
harvested—in the off-season—because 1-MCP, when applied to apples,
lengthens their storage life by three to four times.
C) 1-MCP lengthens storage life, when applied to apples, by three
to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples months after
the apples have been harvested in the off-season.
 D) Months after apples have been harvested, producers are allowed to
sell their apples, in the off-season, because 1-MCP lengthens storage
life when applied to apples by three to four times.

Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and
the safety of the workers, but also helped to raise people’s generally low opinion
of the restaurant industry. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) but also helping
C) also helping
D) but they also helped

A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones
one-tenth the bones’ original sizes in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive.
(SAT P. TEST 5)
A) NO CHANGE
B) in order for learning
C) so that one is learning
D) so to learn

Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian icon, it attracts visitors from all over
who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural weirdnesses in the world. (SAT P. TEST
6)

A) NO CHANGE
B) icon, attracting
C) icon, its attracting
D) icon; attracting

This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles’s broadcast had as many as
twelve million people who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. ( SAT Practice test
7)

A) NO CHANGE
B) that feared
C) fearing
D) to fear
All municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use
in backyard gardens or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection. ( SAT
Practice test 8 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) nor
C) but
D) and

It’s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the
heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The

street is a sea of red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. ( SAT
Practice test 8 )
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) red,
B) red; in addition, red is
C) red; in other words, red is
D) red, the color; that is

It can distinguish between the words and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not
be recorded. ( SAT Practice test 8 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) also between the
C) and when there are
D) and the
Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives
chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, and remove other chemicals from the water.
( SAT Practice test 9)
A) NO CHANGE
B) it also removes
C) also removing
D) and

During an underwater eruption, steam quickly condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles
and droplets of molten sulfur. ( SAT Practice test 9)
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) condenses and leaves
B) condenses, having to leave
 C) condenses, thereafter leaving
D) condenses, and then, after this, it leaves

While fare-free policies do increase ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to

address traffic problems. ( SAT Practice test 9)

A) NO CHANGE
B) ridership, and while
C) ridership,
D) ridership;

In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that
was likely a garbage disposal site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and

an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. ( SAT Practice test 9)

A) NO CHANGE
B) site, among these were
C) site, including
D) site; including
When William Spaulding, the director of the education division at the publishing company Houghton
Mifflin, read Hersey’s article and had an idea. Spaulding agreed that there was a need for appealing

books for beginning readers. He thought he knew who should write one. ( SAT Practice test
10)
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) readers, and he
B) readers—namely, he
C) readers; and Spaulding
D) readers, and meanwhile he

Paying for tuition also helps businesses retain employees. Retaining employees is important not only
because it ensures a skilled and experienced workforce but also because it mitigates the considerable costs
of finding, hiring, and training new workers. ( SAT Practice test 10)
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) employees, and this retention
B) employees, the retaining of whom
C) employees, which
D) employees; that
they can learn what kinds of treatment they should immediately begin on a patient. Immediate
treatment results in safer and earlier care. ( SAT MAY 2017 )
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) patient, resulting
B) patient and results
C) patient, and those treatments result
D) patient because it results

For Levine and Rocco, who were compensated at 80 percent of their full-time salaries and benefits,
job sharing was a way of continuing to climb the career ladder. They didn’t have to work the long
hours usually demanded of an employee in a high-level position. ( SAT MAY 2017 )
Which choice best combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) ladder, and they weren’t having
B) ladder; however, they didn’t have
C) ladder without having
D) ladder while still not having
Banneker also studied the night sky, he charted how the migration of the stars relates to the passage
of time. ( MAY 2018 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) sky. Charting
C) sky, charting
D) sky, he also charted
When the wealthy Ellicott family built a flour mill not far from his farm, Banneker befriended George
Ellicott. Ellicott’s knowledge about science and astronomy impressed him. ( MAY 2018 )

Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) Ellicott of whom
B) Ellicott, from whom his
C) Ellicott, while Ellicott’s
D) Ellicott, whose

Some exodusters returned to the familiar expanse of their home states: but others— including
Hickman and her husband, Daniel, decided to stay in their new farming villages. ( MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) states—but others
C) states; but, others
D) states, but others,

The team created similar models for eight of the dodo’s presumed closest relatives, including several
extant species, they calculated the ratio of brain volume to total body mass for each specimen.
( MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
 B) also they
C) and
D) DELETE the underlined portion.

Elgin arrived with a permit from officials of the Ottoman Empire, which then occupied Greece. Granting him
permission to make drawings and casts of the sculptures. ( MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) Greece, granting
C) Greece, it granted
D) Greece and granting

In 2015 the Greek government decided not to pursue legal action against Britain. It opted
instead for continued diplomatic efforts. ( MARCH 2020)

Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) Britain instead of opting
B) Britain; instead, the Greek government opted
C) Britain, which opted instead
D) Britain, opting instead

Comparison

Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than those for physicians—two to
three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. (SAT P. TEST 6)
A) NO CHANGE
B) that compared with
C) that for
D) DELETE the underlined portion.
Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more patience than ever before. (SAT
P. TEST 6)
A) NO CHANGE
B) patience, than
C) patients then
D) patients than

For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, then, no transition was more successful than
those from the Golden to Silver Age. (SAT P. TEST 6)
A) NO CHANGE
B) these
C) that
D) DELETE the underlined portion.

Ratings, however, reveal that far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast.
(SAT P. TEST 7)
A) NO CHANGE
B) many less than
C) much less then
D) much fewer then

Even worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills
cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. (SAT P. TEST 8)

A) NO CHANGE
B) worse than
C) worse then
D) worse, than

This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than that of stomach acid, presenting yet
another challenge to life-forms living nearby. (SAT P. TEST 9)

A) NO CHANGE
B) those of stomach
C) the acid from stomach
D) stomach
They then did significantly less regular volunteer work in the twelfth grade than the service hours of those
not required to volunteer. (SAT P. TEST 10)

A) NO CHANGE
B) than did students who were
C) than hours worked by students
D) compared with students

Job-sharing initiatives may also involve some extra cost for companies, since the salaries and cost of
benefits for two job-sharing employees are usually higher than being for a single employee. ( SAT
MAY 2017 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) that of
C) those for
D) DELETE the underlined portion.

When Professor Zeynep Ton at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology compared two chains of
warehouse club stores—one with better-than-average pay and benefits and another with lower employee
wages, she found that the average number of sales per employee at the higher-wage club store was double
the employees at the lower-wage club store. ( MAY 2018)

A) NO CHANGE
B) the ones
C) the number
D) DELETE the underlined portion.

Wordiness

But more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material. ( SAT
Practice test 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) speaking in a more pragmatic way,
C) speaking in a way more pragmatically,
D) in a more pragmatic-speaking way,

The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic
ecosystem. ( SAT Practice test 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) itself,
C) itself, with damage and
D) itself possibly,

The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, soon got worn off quickly. ( SAT
Practice test 1 )
E) NO CHANGE
F) was promptly worn
G) promptly wore
H) wore

When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the
company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 each
year. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
 B) every year.
C) per year.
D) DELETE the underlined portion and end the sentence with
a period.

1-MCP works by limiting a fruit’s production of ethylene, it is a

chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. ( SAT
Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) being
C) that is
D) DELETE the underlined portion.
One of the artist’s most famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in
place of his head. ( SAT Practice test 5 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) famous and well-known
C) famous and commonly known
D) famous, commonly known

In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in
the other, they added just nitrates and a source of carbon was added. ( SAT
Practice test 6 )
B) NO CHANGE
C) and a source of carbon.
D) plus also a source of carbon.
E) but also adding a source of carbon.

Enter committee member John Burland, he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved
London’s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. ( SAT Practice test 6 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) Burland is
C) his being
D) DELETE the underlined portion.

Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower that
took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower’s resulting movement. ( SAT
Practice test 6 )
A) NO CHANGE
 B) —taking several years to complete—
C) that took him several years to complete
D) DELETE the underlined portion.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose
budget is frequently many times contested. ( SAT Practice test 6 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) oftentimes
C) repeatedly
D) DELETE the underlined portion.

New theories, new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century
workplace at lightning speed. ( SAT Practice test 7 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) also new practices,
C) in addition to practices,
D) practices,
At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano’s eruptions,
allowing scientists to watch and observe them up close. ( SAT Practice test 9)

A) NO CHANGE
B) watch
C) observe to see
D) visually watch

If that possibility exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted.

( SAT Practice test 9)
A) NO CHANGE
B) exists potentially,
C) exists, it is necessary that
D) exists,

They had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and pedestrians’ noise on the
busy New York City streets. ( SAT Practice test 9)
A) NO CHANGE
B) the noise of pedestrians
C) pedestrians
D) that of pedestrians
At the end of a duration nine months long, The Cat in the Hat was complete. ( SAT Practice
test 10)
A) NO CHANGE
B) After thirty-six weeks—or nine months—had passed,
C) After a length of nine months had elapsed,
D) Nine months later,

Proponents of compulsory volunteering who are in favor of it point out that it allows young people to
garner the benefits that volunteering offers. ( SAT Practice test 10)
A) NO CHANGE
B) volunteering, advocating it,
C) volunteering
D) volunteering and its advocates

Communication between different and various health-care providers. ( SAT MAY 2017 )
B) NO CHANGE
C) different
D) diverse, different
E) singularly different

stand outside of Florence’s town hall as a symbol and representation of the city’s strength. ( SAT MAY
2017 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) to symbolize and represent
C) as a symbol of
D) as a representation that symbolized

They met regularly at the flour mill and Banneker’s home, where they met to discuss debates in
astronomy. ( MAY 2018 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) at Banneker’s home, meeting
C) Banneker’s home
D) Banneker’s home, meeting

Another team of scientists, being a team that was overseen and led by comparative biologist Eugenia
Gold. ( MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) led
 C) a team led
D) overseen and also led

Considering her options after graduation, college student Shauntia Dyson thought about what she might do
and decided that she wanted to use her skills to help people struggling with the challenges of poverty.
( MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) mulled over her future plans and decided
C) made a choice, deciding
D) decided

Demonstratives

Thus, businesses can install light tubes, these are pipes placed in workplace
roofs. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) they are
C) which are
D) those being

Right prepositions

It is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves to be a digestive aid. ( PRACTICE TEST 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) as
C) like
D) for
It was during this time that I read an article into coworking spaces. ( PRACTICE TEST 1 )

B) NO CHANGE
C) about
D) upon
E) for

Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means
through distributing natural light more freely. ( SAT Practice test 3 )
 A) NO CHANGE
B) of
C) from
D) DELETE the underlined portion.
Burland advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower’s
north side. ( SAT Practice test 6 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) advocated to use
C) advocated the using of
D) advocating to use

The authors of an article published in October 2013 go so far to assign blame for the distortion
to the newspaper industry. ( SAT Practice test 6 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) as far
C) as far and
D) so far as

The machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not subject to human errors such as

mishearing or mistyping. ( SAT Practice test 8)

A) NO CHANGE
B) subjected to
C) subjected from
D) subject for

However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters as a record

keeper is decreasing. ( SAT Practice test 8)

A) NO CHANGE
B) each as record keepers
C) as record keepers
D) to be a record keeper

It was a triumph that added to Florence’s reputation from sophistication and beauty. ( SAT MAY 2017 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) for
 C) to
D) with

At the end of the Reconstruction era that followed the American Civil War, tens of thousands of black
former slaves left the southern United States for finding social and economic opportunity in the western
states and territories. ( MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) in search of
C) with a look for
D) to the discovery of

Pronouns
The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by coworking spaces are

actually the people whom use them. ( SAT Practice test 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) whom uses
C) who uses
D) who use

Because today’s students can expect to hold multiple jobs—some of which may not even exist yet—

during our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. ( SAT
Practice test 1 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) one’s
C) his or her
D) their

Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting

it’s ability to reflect the Sun’s rays. ( SAT Practice test 1 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) its
C) there
D) their

settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found
themselves in need of refreshment. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) himself or herself
C) their selves
D) oneself

While 1-MCP keeps apples tight and crisp for months, it also limits their scent
production. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) there
C) its
D) it’s

but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this
can be a problem with consumers, that will reject apples lacking the expected
aroma. ( SAT Practice test 3 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) they
C) which
D) who
The plastic hardens quickly, it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. ( SAT PRACTICE
TEST 5)

A) CHANGE
B) this
C) which
D) that
In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as its preciousness and
fragility. ( SAT PRACTICE TEST 5)

A) NO CHANGE
B) it’s
C) their
 D) there

Examining the model, the researchers determined that one had found a new species. ( SAT
PRACTICE TEST 5)
A) NO CHANGE
B) he or she
C) they
D) it

At it’s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. ( SAT
PRACTICE TEST 5)
A) NO CHANGE
B) its
C) its’
D) their
In addition, audiences may contain many “free riders,” they did not make contributions. ( SAT
PRACTICE TEST 5)
A) NO CHANGE
B) riders,” not making
C) riders,” who did not make
D) riders” to not make

The success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel
that paying for the art loved by them is someone else’s responsibility. ( SAT PRACTICE TEST
5)

A) NO CHANGE
B) they love
C) loved by him or her
D) he or she loves

By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the
playwright showed that our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. ( SAT PRACTICE
TEST 5)
A) NO CHANGE
B) their
C) her
D) its
In the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates
into Lake 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada’s remotely located
Experimental Lakes Area. ( SAT Practice test 6 )
A) NO CHANGE
 B) 227. Which is one
C) 227. One
D) 227, one
By virtue of there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors.
( SAT Practice test 6 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) they’re
C) their
D) his or her

During their early years, the movement also focused on the value of spending lots of time with
friends and family during long meals. ( SAT Practice test 7 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) there
C) its
D) it’s

This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles’s broadcast had as many as
twelve million people who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. ( SAT Practice test
7)

E) NO CHANGE
F) that feared
G) fearing
H) to fear

The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their
metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support

him or her. ( SAT Practice test 9)

B) NO CHANGE
C) one.
D) them.
E) it.

In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the
world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal
Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since
it was enacted. ( SAT Practice test 9)
A) NO CHANGE
 B) that
C) one
D) the policy

Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that they produced
ugly, low-resolution images. ( SAT Practice test 9)
A) NO CHANGE
B) it
C) one
D) he or she

Toward the end of the 1400s, as the Renaissance was reaching its height in Florence. ( SAT MAY
2017 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) it’s
C) its’
D) their

However, proponents contend that the investment is worthwhile because they enable companies to
retain the most talented employees. ( SAT MAY 2017 )
A) NO CHANGE
B) those enable
C) any of them enables
D) it enables

Benjamin Banneker gained local fame for making a working clock in 1753, a time when few people
owned clocks, let alone understood they’re mechanics. ( MAY 2018 )

B) NO CHANGE
C) their
D) it’s
E) its

Along one’s laborious journey from planning to publication, however, Johnson’s Dictionary had become a
book with more humble ambitions. ( MAY 2018 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) each one’s
C) it’s
D) its
The movement was known as the Great Exodus, and their participants came to be called exodusters.
( MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) his or her
C) its
D) one’s

Hume noted that the robust kneecaps of R. cucullatus, along with its thick leg bones and broad
pelvis would have provided them with the strength and maneuverability to easily navigate the
rocky and densely forested landscape of Mauritius. (MARCH 2020)
A) NO CHANGE
B) it
C) these
D) that

TRANSITIONAL WORDS

Electronic health record systems can actually reduce errors by, for instance, cross-referencing drug
information, this provides doctors with automatic warnings about possible adverse drug interactions. [5]
Likewise, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, serious medical errors decreased
by 55 percent after an electronic record system was implemented. .( SAT 2017)

A) NO CHANGE
B) Still,
C) In this case,
D) In fact,

Furthermore, a group of ponds that had not been recolonized by beavers showed a smaller increase in
area of open water over the same period.
In addition to studying wildlife, researchers are collaborating with local officials to promote beaver
populations in habitats where they might be beneficial. .( SAT 2017)

Which choice provides the best transition from the previous paragraph?
A) NO CHANGE
B) Despite the beaver’s reputation as a nuisance,
C) Spurred by these findings,
 D) Motivated by this opportunity,

For Levine and Rocco, who were compensated at 80 percent of their full-time salaries and benefits, job
sharing was a way of continuing to climb the career ladder. They didn’t have to work the long hours
usually demanded of an employee in a high-level position. .( SAT 2017)

Which choice best combines the sentences at the underlined portion?

A) ladder, and they weren’t having
B) ladder; however, they didn’t have
C) ladder without having
D) ladder while still not having

In determining how working time and responsibilities would be divided, steps were taken by Levine and
Rocco to ensure that the arrangement provided fluidity and consistency for the employees whom they
jointly managed. “It’s our job to be seamless,” they noted. Nevertheless, they each planned to work three
days a week, with a day of overlap on Wednesdays; they also planned to talk on the phone.( SAT 2017)

A) NO CHANGE
B) To this end,
C) However,
D) Similarly,

A peninsula extending into the Potomac River, the point offered an expansive view of the territory.
Additionally, a National Park Service plaque at Jones Point commemorates the men’s contributions.
( SAT 2018 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) Not surprisingly,
C) After some time,
D) Today,

In the definition for “pictorial,” a term coined by Sir Thomas Browne, Johnson described the word as one
“not adopted by other writers, but elegant and useful.” By the same token, the word “writative,” which
Johnson had found in the letters of Alexander Pope, was not even granted a definition. ( SAT 2018 )

A) NO CHANGE
B) On the other hand,
C) For example,
D) Nevertheless,
 The vaporization process that separated the carbon from the hydrogen and oxygen left the
surfaces of the carbon microsheets uneven and porous. According to Pol, openings in the surface
made the anodes' absorption of ions more efficient; on the other hand, the batteries charged
faster. In addition, the anodes retained about 13 percent mores of them than do conventional
anodes which meant that the batteries could provide more electricity before needing to be
recharged than conventional batteries can. ( MARCH 2019)

A) NO CHANGE
B) likewise,

C) as a result,
D) by the same token

He used a HH-scale replica of two floors of Los Angeles's International Savings Building and set them
on the roofs of progressively taller buildings: that is, he placed the replica on a platform atop a two-
story building, then a seven-story building, then a thirteen-story building. ( MARCH 2019)

A) NOCHANGE
B) however,
C) furthermore,
D) instead

Lloyd, a comedian as well as a stunt performer, used the dangerous climb as an avenue for comedy. Each
stop along the building presents perils for Lloyd's character: a mouse running up his leg, a net tangling
around him, a disorienting camera flash, a flimsy clock face. To that end, Lloyd does not fall from the
building, but he does - succeed in keeping the audience both in stitches and on the edge of their seat.
( MARCH 2019)

A) NO CHANGE
B) Of course,
C) Otherwise,
D) Thus,

Although the ban against professionals competing in athletics has long since been rescinded, and the
International Olympic Committee (lOC)’s attempts to restore tlie arts competition has been tepid at best.
( MARCH 2019)

A) NO CHANGE
B) rescinded; yet,
 C) rescinded; thus,
D) rescinded,

For most zookeepers, the highlight of the workday is the time they spend interacting with
animals. Besides, zookeepers spend much of their time performing activities that do not
involve contact with animals: ( MARCH 2019)

A) NO CHANGE
B) As a result,
C) In other words,

D) However,