SAT Grammar and Punctuation Practice Flashcards
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The senator gave ______ speech that moved the entire chamber to silence.
Answer: a
'A' is correct because 'speech' begins with a consonant sound; 'an' precedes vowel sounds.
The city's population, ______ had doubled in just ten years, strained the existing infrastructure.
Answer: which
The clause is nonrestrictive (set off by commas) and the antecedent is 'population' (not a person), so 'which' is correct.
The team was exhausted ______ practice lasted over three hours.
Answer: because
'Because' correctly establishes the causal reason for the team's exhaustion.
After completing the experiment, ______ data was compiled and analyzed by the lab team.
Answer: the
The definite article 'the' is correct because the data refers to specific data from the specific experiment just mentioned.
The author argues that education systems ______ critical thinking above rote memorization.
Answer: should prioritize
The present tense modal 'should prioritize' is correct for a general recommendation or argument about what ought to be done.
Across the valley ______ a range of snow-capped mountains that blocked the northern wind.
Answer: stretched
Inverted sentence structure: the subject 'a range of snow-capped mountains' comes after the verb; past tense 'stretched' is correct and agrees with the singular subject.
The students each ______ a different approach to solving the complex equation.
Answer: took
The subject is 'The students' (plural), and 'each' does not change the subject; past tense 'took' matches the narrative context.