SAT Grammar
10.2018-12-U.S. #31
"At the fort..." is put first because that part is too long. Indicated is correct because the symbol indicated. The historians believe is describing the symbol.
A) NO CHANGE B) coexisted to C) corresponded for D) correlated in
"Correlated with" is correct term
2.2018-03-Asia #18
"Is likely to..." is a common phrase
Ossian was said to have worked in the oral rather than the written tradition, and the French general Napoleon Bonaparte so admired the poems that he commissioned two paintings of Ossian to be hung in his summer palace.
"So that" appear together
The human eye reacts to wavelengths from about 390 to 700 nanometers, which roughly correspond to the color range of the rainbow, from the shorter wavelengths of violet at one end, to the longer wavelengths of red at the other.
"from" and "to" show up together
Los Lobos's diverse influences are evident in the variety of instruments (that) the band plays, including the saxophone, flute, harmonica, mandolin, guitarron, accordion, and banjo.
"that" can only be removed if things after "that" is object
9.2018-12-Asia #35
A is correct because the 2 reasonings are why books were difficult to obtain
1.2018-03-US #20
A is correct because the reason why she wrote the song was that she was dismayed.
2.2018-03-Asia #31
A is correct, because physicians recommend that... is SVO
8.2018-11-US #01
A of B = Number of trees A is more important, and number is singular, so C is correct
Continuing to appreciate how distinguished her career has been, Soskin also asks visitors to contribute their own stories to the park's oral history collection.
After how is complete sentence
2.2018-03-Asia #10
After is a preposition and needs a comma after that clause.
2.2018-03-Asia #20
Although other options are correct from the chart, C supports the fact that nonlocal spending contributed a lot to the economy.
5.2018-06-US #08
Although other options are correct from the chart, D is the only the that supports the info after
8.2018-11-US #13
As it means because, so B is correct
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s attempts to restore the arts competition 28 have been tepid at best.
Attempts is plural, so use "have been"
5.2018-06-US #41
B is correct because the following phrase is elaborating on the previous one. Only use which if it is describing the previous phrase
7.2018-10-Asia #44
B is correct, as the answer usually doesn't contain extreme words.
7.2018-10-Asia #37
B is correct, because you only use "than that of" when you aren't comparing the subjects
2.2018-03-Asia #44
C is correct because it mentions water.
9.2018-12-Asia #14
C is correct because previous describes acquaintances
7.2018-10-Asia #42
C is correct, because simple language corresponds with readily understood
3.2018-05-US #43
C is correct, because things after : elaborate on previous phrase, and though is only a conjunction if it's at beginning of the sentence
7.2018-10-Asia #17
C, address a question
Siobhán McCann, another zookeeper at Capron Park Zoo, exemplifies this 41 disposition, she says: she is comfortable working weekends and holidays to care for the zoo's animals.
Can use "she says that she is" but "that" can be omitted
4.2018-05-Asia #35
Can use - when elaborating
Johnson was ultimately correct in thinking that poems such as Fingal and Temora are better understood as the work of an eighteenth-century poet than as that of a third-century one.
Comparing work, so used "than that of"
6.2018-10-US #20
Comparison: A do C better than do B
The camera angles in the climbing shots are 20 focused very precisely, cutting out the platform and the rooftop of the lower building but showing views of the street and other buildings in the distance.
Cutting describes camera angles
9.2018-12-Asia #21
D is correct because having is verb-ing
1.2018-03-US #36
D is correct because significant portion is a term that was talked about earlier, and serves as an introduction to the rest of the sentence.
2.2018-03-Asia #13
D is correct because the sentence before talks about why funding needs to go to the arts, the current sentence is talking about how arts contribute to the community.
5.2018-06-US #33
D is correct, because everything after the - is describing foods, so use which
2.2018-03-Asia #40
D is correct, because you can't have a ; with a conjunction
5.2018-06-US #27
D is correct, since "was" is past tense and so is "could"
Evoking the grandeur of ancient Rome, its awe-inspiring design was meant to reflect New York City's status as a world capital.
Design was evoking
Macpherson was a Scottish Highlander who grew up listening to songs and stories in the Gaelic language.
Don't add comma before who, since the info that follows is necessary for the sentence
1.2018-03-US #31
Even though multiple options are correct according to the chart, C is the correct answer because that one supports the fact that psychology is still a small field.
7.2018-10-Asia #20
Everything after celestial body is describing it, so you can use as well as to connect things in list
Although postal banking is effective in other countries and many post offices are located in regions where banks are critically needed, some critics of the proposal contend that post offices are ill-equipped to act as banks.
Follows although svo and svo, svo
Lack of clarity hampers efforts to conduct replication studies that provide a means of validating published experimental results and exploring new scientific avenues with proven methods.
Hampers means to slow down progress
While it is true that some jobs in certain industries have been lost to robots, in many others there has been marked job creation. Indeed, companies across the nation, have benefited from the use of robots.
If 2 positives are next to each other, use indeed
In one study, researchers found that whereas many birds are able to use simple tools such as twigs to search for food, the New Caledonian crow, a corvid species, crafts sophisticated hook-shaped tools to root for insect larvae in trees.
Need whereas because there are two sentences
3.2018-05-US #11
Needs to replace using a word that means dangerous, and noxious means dangerous.
The influential English author Samuel Johnson demanded to see the original manuscripts that Macpherson had translated.
Never put comma before "that"
Further heating resulted in extremely thin microsheets of 4 carbon, that could be made into battery anodes.
Never put comma before that
The Rio de la Plata region is known for a rich musical heritage that includes such traditional dance music as tango and milonga, which feature the violin, double bass, and bandoneon, an instrument similar to the accordion.
Only use "known as" if it's a person also known as another name
AGBANY worked tirelessly to rally public support and persuade city officials to intervene, writing letters, circulating petitions, and organizing a public protest in front of the station's entrance on August 2, 1962.
Organizing follows pattern
10.2018-12-U.S. #27
Remove the "who" so that answer is "glanced", because "and" signifies 2 verbs, so you don't need "who."
2.2018-03-Asia #16
Replace with "all of which" since all of which signifies that everything in the list is being described with the following phrase.
4.2018-05-Asia #25
Replace with "its," which describes the dictionary
3.2018-05-US #30
Replace with "less" because you are directly comparing the subjects
4.2018-05-Asia #06
Replace with "was" because leading is singular
From these results, the researchers concluded that nocturnal pollinators were avoiding the unbagged plants in the illuminated sites, which affected the overall yield of the plants.
S(researchers) V(concluded) O(that...)
Interestingly, a 2017 ecological study led by Dr. Eva Knop suggests that artificial lighting, the modern convenience that illuminates many streets, storefronts, and athletic fields, may be contributing to the decline of these organisms.
S(study V(suggests) O(artificial lighting...)
Louise Ann Wilson's production, The Gathering, for example, takes audience members hiking across a farm and up the foothills of Mount Snowdon in a work that dramatic scenes, music, and visual arts to examine the lives of Welsh sheep farmers.
Sentence
3.2018-05-US #33
Sentence 7 should be put after 2 because the ideas of previous and after sentences are mentioned in 7
A successful truck can even develop a loyal fan base: Kogi, a popular Los Angeles-based food truck owned by Roy Choi, attracts hundreds of customers who are passionate for its Korean short-rib tacos and kimchi hot dogs.
Sentence before :
The man with whom she will eventually have her daughter is a physicist whose work informs her understanding of time in the story. "I remember one afternoon when you are five years old," Banks narrates.
Should be replaced with This mental rewiring is cleverly portrayed in the story's mixing of tenses. since there is a mixing of tenses in the next part.
In a 2017 article, "A Manifesto for Reproducible Science," Marcus R. Munafo of the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and his coauthors cite research that found that 40 percent of published psychology reports failed to mention one or more of the experimental conditions of the experiments.
Subject and verb
1.2018-03-US #23
The sentence should be replaced with "specialists within the field" because the line is describing psychologists, which is plural, so specialists is plural as well.
While the United States had sent out musical delegations before, previous efforts had relied on classical musicians trained in European styles, suggesting to some that the United States produced no music truly its own. To correct that perception, Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. argued to the State Department that future delegations should instead feature uniquely American creations such as folk music, spirituals, and especially jazz. Powell nominated
There is only one perception that needs to be corrected
9.2018-12-Asia #41
This is correct because after to verb, it is the subject (he)
2.2018-03-Asia #21
This is correct because when the subject is verb-ing, use singular verbs
7.2018-10-Asia #32
This is correct, since "will" is future tense, and so is "will not"
10.2018-12-U.S. #43
This option is correct because "Those..." doesn't elaborate on the previous sentence, so you wouldn't use :
3.2018-05-US #05
This option is correct, since you use and to connect things in a list if they are about the same, and use as well as to connect different ideas.
Scientists often must apply to public and private funding organizations for resources to conduct their research, and their funding proposals are read by nonexperts as well as experts. Researchers must therefore be able to explain the significance of their work in simple, compelling terms to people without much background knowledge.
This part needs to be kept since the next sentence elaborates on this
Outraged by news of the impending demolition, a Better Architecture in New York 17 (AGBANY) to promote the public uses of architecture.
To is used to establish purpose
6.2018-10-US #32
Use "in which" when describing something "in" previous description
In fact, a range of volcanoes in western India called the Deccan Traps is thought to have been the site of several huge eruptions near the end of the Cretaceous period.
Use in fact to give an example
Voters were divided into three groups, and each group was presented with results favoring a different major-party candidate. Participants whose searches favored a given candidate 28 were 12 percent more likely to report a positive view of that candidate than were participants in other groups.
Voters and Participants correspond
However, stressing innovative studies sometimes has the unintended consequence of reducing incentives for scientists to repeat other researchers' experiments.
When subject is v-ing, use a singular verb
2.2018-03-Asia #28
Which is used to elaborate on programs, so D is correct
Before the plants' flowering began, some of the plants were covered with mesh bags to outlaw visits from pollinators, while others were left unbagged.
While is conjunction, and words about ,conj make a sentence
8.2018-11-US #12
Who... is necessary for the sentence, as there are many booksellers, so C is correct
8.2018-11-US #40
co-ops corresponds with "the ones," which we are comparing
A research team led by Professor Jian Cao of Zhejiang University of Technology studied the efficacy of the new system, which was improved significantly in using taxes levied on manufacturers to subsidize its upgraded capacity and safety standards.
its describes the new system
In addition, the anodes retained about 13 percent more 7 of them than do conventional 8 anodes, which meant that the batteries could provide more electricity before needing to be recharged than conventional batteries can.
meant is like "suggests that"
Having the option to dress casually can mean greater physical comfort.
option to dress, A of B
Light in the blue range emitted by the Sun causes the eye to send chemical messages to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the brain.
passive
