Bluebook SAT Grammar and Punctuation Flashcards
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The architect's design for the library ______ praised for its use of natural light, but critics questioned whether the glass walls would be energy efficient. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer: was
The singular subject "design" takes "was," matching the past tense "questioned."
In 1977, NASA launched two probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, each carrying a gold-plated record with sounds and images from ______ purpose was to communicate the story of our world to any intelligent life that might find it. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer: Earth. Its
Two independent clauses need a period; "Its" is the possessive.
Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, ______ experiments disproved the law of conservation of parity, was excluded from the 1957 Nobel Prize awarded for that discovery. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer: whose
"Whose" shows possession of the experiments.
Because the museum's collection had grown too large for its original ______ the trustees voted to construct a new wing. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer: building,
A dependent clause that opens a sentence is followed by a comma.
To reduce food waste, some restaurants have begun donating unsold meals to shelters; ______ others have started composting scraps rather than sending them to landfills. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Answer: similarly,
Both clauses describe parallel strategies for the same goal.
The ranger explained that hikers should carry at least two liters of water, that they should tell someone their planned route, and that ______ before dusk. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer: they should return to the trailhead
Each "that" clause must have the same subject-verb structure.