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Question ID e62241b7

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: e62241b7
What is the correct pronunciation of Kiribati? In the Gilbertese language spoken by residents of the island nation, the letter
combination -ti makes the -s sound; as a result, the country’s name ______ pronounced “Kiribas.”

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. are

B. have been

C. are being

D. is
Question ID 3580533b
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 3580533b
In recent years, economists around the world have created new tools that quantify the overall well-being of a country’s
citizens. Economists in India, for example, use an Ease of Living Index. This tool ______ economic potential, sustainability,
and citizens’ quality of life.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. measures

B. had measured

C. would have measured

D. will have been measuring


Question ID 83617355
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 83617355
Each night in Gijón, Spain, a section of the city’s marina is bathed in a soft green glow. The source of the glow is the Árbol de
la Sidra, a large sculpture made up of 3,200 recycled glass bottles. A lamp inside the tree-shaped structure ______ the green
glass.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. will be illuminating

B. illuminates

C. would illuminate

D. illuminated
Question ID e6f2dba6
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: e6f2dba6
According to the traditional RYB (red-yellow-blue) color model, yellow is a complementary color to purple. However, yellow
______ considered complementary to blue in modern color theory.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. is

B. having been

C. to be

D. being
Question ID 0aebdf5f
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 0aebdf5f
According to linguist Martin Joos, speakers of the English language ______ five main registers—frozen, formal, consultative,
casual, and intimate—which they rotate between depending on the situation.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. use

B. is using

C. uses

D. has used
Question ID 8df848c1
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 8df848c1
When they were first introduced to western Europe from Byzantium in the eleventh century, table forks were met with much
resistance. The Bishop of Ostia, St. Peter Damian, condemned the eating utensils because he considered ______ dangerous
and unnecessary luxury items.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. them

B. this

C. that

D. it
Question ID 35ae047d
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 35ae047d
In 1929, Edwin Herbert Land invented a polarizing filter that was featured in a number of products, from sunglasses to 3D
movies. A decade later, Land ______ his technology to invent the world’s first instant camera, the Polaroid Land camera.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. used

B. to have used

C. to use

D. using
Question ID 69f031ab
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 69f031ab
While exploring Nevada’s Gypsum Cave in 1930, Seneca and Abenaki archaeologist Bertha Parker made her most famous
discovery: the skull of a now-extinct ground sloth (Nothrotheriops shastensis) alongside human-made tools. Parker’s crucial
finding was the first ______ humans in North America as far back as 10,000 years ago.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. places

B. placed

C. place

D. to place
Question ID acf454af
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: acf454af
An online content creator who uses copyrighted songs without permission risks being demonetized (prohibited from
including paid advertisements in content). The best way to avoid demonetization is to choose music from the public domain.
Using one of these noncopyrighted songs ______ a creator won’t lose advertising revenue.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. are ensuring

B. have ensured

C. ensure

D. ensures
Question ID 1684b237
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 1684b237
One of the few African American global explorers during the turn of the 20th century, ______

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. Matthew Henson made several treks across Greenland between 1891 and 1909.

B. 1891 and 1909 were the years between which Matthew Henson made several treks across Greenland.

C. Greenland was where Matthew Henson made several treks between 1891 and 1909.

D. several treks across Greenland were made by Matthew Henson between 1891 and 1909.
Question ID b260c65a
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: b260c65a
Earth is not a perfect sphere. Due to the ______ gravitational pull, Earth bulges out on the sides closest to and farthest from
the Moon. This distorting pull is known as a tidal force, and it is responsible for the changes in water levels that are called
high and low tides.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. Moon’s

B. Moons

C. Moons’

D. Moon
Question ID c102f9b0
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: c102f9b0
Lê Lương Minh became the thirteenth secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in January
2013, making ______ the first time the organization would appoint a Vietnamese leader.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. these

B. those

C. this

D. some
Question ID f339ee39
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: f339ee39
Multiple newspapers ______ the Spanish-speaking population of Washington, DC, including El Tiempo Latino and Washington
Hispanic.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. serve

B. having served

C. to serve

D. serving
Question ID 6bc907c9
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 6bc907c9
Novelist Jane Austen greatly admired the work of Fanny Burney, a popular English author. In fact, scholars believe that a
passage from the last chapter of Cecilia, a 1782 novel by Burney, likely inspired the title of one of ______ Pride and Prejudice.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. Austen’s most famous novels,

B. Austens’ most famous novels’,

C. Austens most famous novels,

D. Austen’s most famous novel’s,


Question ID a94b7fd6
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SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: a94b7fd6
With residents from Mexico, China, El Salvador, and many other countries, Los Angeles has long been a city of cultural
diversity. Even back in the 1860s, nearly 30% of the city’s population ______ from outside the United States.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. is being

B. was

C. is

D. will be
Question ID 60a4c088
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 60a4c088
What makes the theremin a unique musical instrument? You play it without touching it. When you place your ______ the pitch
will shift as your hands move through the air.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. hand’s between the two antenna’s,

B. hands between the two antennas,

C. hands’ between the two antennas’,

D. hands’ between the two antennas,


Question ID cd4b1a7e
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: cd4b1a7e
How did whales, once no bigger than seals, evolve to become the largest animals on Earth? Brazilian biologist Mariana Nery
believes the answer might be found in whales’ DNA. In January 2023, Nery and her colleagues ______ a study showing
changes over time in four whale genes associated with body size.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. published

B. publishing

C. having published

D. to publish
Question ID f0f9bf8f
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: f0f9bf8f
Félix González-Torres debuted his sculpture “Untitled” (USA Today) in New York City in 1990. The work consists of piled
candy, a material González-Torres became known for. ______ created additional installations using a variety of sweets, like
bubblegum, lollipops, and chocolates.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. They all

B. Those

C. Both

D. He
Question ID d4f173ec
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: d4f173ec
To illustrate Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity, picture two jugglers: one juggling on a steadily moving parade float,
the other juggling while standing still on a sidewalk. The laws of physics are identical for both ______ motion relative to each
other. But what, Einstein wondered, about the speed of light?

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. jugglers’, regardless of they’re

B. jugglers, regardless of there

C. juggler’s, regardless of their

D. jugglers, regardless of their


Question ID f4fd123c
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: f4fd123c
The African Games Co-production Market, one of over 180 annual international conferences supporting video game
development, ______ the growth of the African gaming industry by helping start-up studios in Africa find partners.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. promote

B. are promoting

C. promotes

D. have promoted
Question ID 81ac953e
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 81ac953e
In 1899, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius developed an equation to answer a long-standing question: why do chemical
reactions speed up at higher temperatures? The Arrhenius equation, named for its creator, ______ an important concept in
modern chemistry.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. have remained

B. remain

C. remains

D. are remaining
Question ID 4c9a2aee
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 4c9a2aee
Wanda Diaz-Merced is an astrophysicist who lost her sight when she was young. Diaz-Merced’s condition inspired her to
develop software that can translate scientific data into sound. Sound-based tools ______ scientists to detect subtle patterns
in data. Such patterns may not be evident in traditional graphs.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. has enabled

B. enable

C. is enabling

D. enables
Question ID 94de423a
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 94de423a
In a rural area along the border between Oklahoma and Texas, amateur astronomers gather each year to observe the night
sky at the Okie-Tex Star Party. Like most star parties, Okie-Tex takes place in an area with low light pollution, ______ dark
skies and ideal stargazing conditions.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. ensuring

B. this will ensure

C. ensures

D. it ensures
Question ID 1d971f75
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 1d971f75
Photographer Ansel Adams’s landscape portraits are iconic pieces of American art. However, many of the ______ of
landscapes were intended not as art but as marketing; a concessions company at Yosemite National Park had hired Adams
to take pictures of the park for restaurant menus and brochures.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. photographer’s early photo’s

B. photographers early photo’s

C. photographer’s early photos

D. photographers early photos


Question ID 31362d2d
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 31362d2d
If simple sugars such as ribose and glycolaldehyde ______ Earth from elsewhere and survived impact—a possibility
astrophysicist Nicolle Zellner outlined in a 2020 study—the sugars could have reacted with other molecules that were already
present on the planet to form the nucleotides that are the structural components of RNA and DNA.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. reach

B. had reached

C. will reach

D. are reaching
Question ID bce9910f
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: bce9910f
Light of Truth is a bronze and marble sculpture by artist Richard Hunt. It honors civil rights icon Ida B. Wells. The sculpture
______ in a tree-lined plaza in Chicago, just a few blocks from where Wells lived.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. are standing

B. have been standing

C. stands

D. were standing
Question ID 5ad2a12c
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 5ad2a12c
The First Folio, published in 1623, is the first collection of William Shakespeare’s plays. The collection ______ 18 plays that
might otherwise have been lost, such as Julius Caesar and Macbeth.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. to be including

B. including

C. to include

D. includes
Question ID e2759b92
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: e2759b92
Occupying a significant part of modern-day Nigeria, the Kingdom of Benin was one of the major powers in West Africa
between the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries. It ______ ruled by Oba Ewuare I from 1440 to 1473.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. is

B. will be

C. has been

D. was
Question ID fff4c7f4
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: fff4c7f4
American poet Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on scraps of paper, but she also took steps to collect these works.
From 1858 to around 1864, for example, she copied more than 800 of ______ into forty homemade booklets (known as
fascicles).

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. them

B. this

C. that

D. it
Question ID 7c48a6dd
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 7c48a6dd
In the late 1960s, inspired in part by the sight of laundry hanging on a clothesline, African American abstract painter Sam
Gilliam began to create his iconic “Drape” paintings. He applied bold, saturated hues to large canvases and ______ them from
ceilings or walls, causing the drooping fabric to cascade in dramatic loops and curves.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. to have suspended

B. suspending

C. to suspend

D. suspended
Question ID 6d247c13
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 6d247c13
The Boston Saloon was one of the most popular African American–owned establishments in nineteenth-century Nevada.
______ by businessman William A.G. Brown, the saloon was known to offer elegant accommodations and an inclusive
environment.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. Created

B. Creates

C. Creating

D. Create
Question ID 588887b9
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 588887b9
In 1881, French chemist Camille Faure redesigned the rechargeable lead-acid battery. Faure’s design greatly increased the
amount of electricity that the original battery, which the French physicist Gaston Planté ______ fifteen years earlier, could
hold.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. is inventing

B. will invent

C. invents

D. had invented
Question ID 4a90a978
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 4a90a978
In 1990, California native and researcher Ellen Ochoa left her position as chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch
at a NASA research center ______ the space agency’s astronaut training program.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. to join

B. is joining

C. joined

D. joins
Question ID ec08463d
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: ec08463d
Botanists recognize over fifty different species of sunflower. One species, the silverleaf sunflower, ______ both an early-
flowering ecotype that tends to grow in coastal areas and a late-flowering ecotype that grows inland.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. having included

B. including

C. to include

D. includes
Question ID cf08e2fd
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SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: cf08e2fd
From 1912 to 1951, Charlotta Bass owned and operated the newspaper The California Eagle. While it was under Bass’s
leadership, The Eagle ______ one of the US’s most influential Black-owned newspapers.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. will become

B. became

C. is becoming

D. to become
Question ID e92a7ad3
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: e92a7ad3
In the Inca Empire (1438–1533), ayllus ______ family clans that ranged in size from small groups to thousands of people.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. is

B. was

C. has been

D. were
Question ID 02913383
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,


Conventions and Sense

ID: 02913383
“He was just the man for such a place, and it was just the place for such a man.” This line is from Frederick Douglass’s
autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845). It’s an example of antimetabole, a writing technique that
______ emphasis by repeating a statement in a reversed order.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. create

B. are creating

C. have created

D. creates

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