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SAT Sentence Correction

Subjects : sat, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Where is the mistake in this sentence? If you look at the packages careful - you'll find that the larger size washes fewer loads of laundary than the smaller one.






2. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Our choir - consisting of 50singers - and is led by a former opera star.






3. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Suddenly we realized that he boat - along with the crew and all our cargo - were sinking.






4. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The novelist never wrote about family life - however he regarded it as too personal.






5. Where is the mistake in this sentence? When he finally finished the grueling test - Pepi found it incredulous that it had only taken three hours.






6. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The handwriting was so poor that Jana couldn't determine to who the letter was written.






7. Where is the mistake in this sentence? If someone knows why Geoff isn't in class - he or she should leave the principal know.






8. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Charlotte and me were best friends at camp - but we never see each other now.






9. Where is the mistake in this sentence? in the coming months - Antarctica will experience the most extremest weather conditions ever known on the planet.






10. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Running all the way - refusing to stop even when she dropped her glove - without any though for her aching feet.






11. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Each of the boys has their own camping equipment.






12. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Each student must take responsibility for their own test preparation.






13. Where is the mistake in this sentence? You'll love our new reclosable bottles of Spur. The yare so delicious and refreshing.


14. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Our team had to be disbanded when the pitcher moves out of state.






15. Where is the mistake in this sentence? She never told her brother - but Anya felt very excited about him being nominated for the prize.






16. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Luke was the smarter boy in our class until Jeremy transferred in.






17. Where is the mistake in this sentence? All the readers found that Sandra's writing style was very different than Sarah's.


18. Where is the mistake in this sentence? I wasn't with out an opinion; I just didn't want to be expressing it.






19. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Hundreds of bananas were dropped on to the road and they had to stop traffic to clean up.






20. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Speaking before the graduating class - nothing human should be alien to us was the advice Maya Angelou gave.






21. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Mary isn't concerned with what her admissions conselor told her about the test.


22. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The beneficial effects of sunlight on depression is generally acknowledged.






23. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The student's final thesis was not only well organized and carefully researched.






24. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Both individual freedoms as well as economic growth have improved rapidly since the fall of the dictatorship.






25. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Beth is more skilled than her sister Anya - to whom she dedicated her book.






26. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The problem troubling Joel - which was whether to go to the game or to the pary.






27. Where is the mistake in this sentence? As we walked further into the jungle that our clothes - as well too all of our equipment and food supplies - were being coated with sap.






28. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The author of what is possibly the ideal social novel; Jane Austen seeked to advance a recently evolved concept of the nature of fiction.






29. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Just last week - in the first elections held since the fall of the tyrant - my 85-year-old great grandfather has cast his first vote in over 50 years.






30. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The statistics released today by the environmental study group makes our air quality seem worse than we anticipated.






31. Where is the mistake in this sentence? After Amjed finished work - Alice - Sal - and him went to the game together.






32. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Archy will be in the spelling bee - for his grades in this have been excellent.






33. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The president's economists recommended a tax reduction - convinced that the resulting increase in consumer spend would stimulate the economy.






34. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The main reasons the workers gave for the strike is that they are paid to little and have too few holidays.






35. Where is the mistake in this sentence? We wanted to have non-athletic student activities after school -too. Like a lierary magazine - debating - team - and chess club.






36. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Either of use have a better singing voive than that soprano.






37. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Having run to answer the phone - that the caller hung up just as he arrived irratated Zed.






38. Where is the mistake in this sentence? The author decided to dedicate the novel to a ruthless tyrant during that period of political unrest - which annoys the publisher.






39. Where is the mistake in this sentence? We distributed lists of known violations - and everyone we met was urged by us to avioid the more flagrant scofflaw establishments.






40. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Back in 1990 - the group though they had a song that would have launched their career.






41. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Whether Pepe ate the cookies or did not remains uncertain - bud he had the opportunity.






42. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Unlike Colorado and Utah - New England's ski slopes are frequently icy - unpleasantly frigid - and overcrowded.






43. Where is the mistake in this sentence? of all the students in the senior class - Ephraim is the undoubtedly smarter - even though his grades do not reflect his ability.






44. Where is the mistake in this sentence? DNA fingerprinting - in conjunction with a growing database of similar crimes - serve as our most reliable evidence in this case.






45. Where is the mistake in this sentence? A good way to test the reliability of medical textbooks is by examining the credentials of its editorial boards.






46. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Most of the class still are not participating in the writing competition and regular reminders from the teacher to encourage them to do so.






47. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Last month - he had earned his black belt.






48. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Among you - Harry - and I - we earned over forty dollars washing windows today.






49. Where is the mistake in this sentence? Certainly the new furniture was professional looking. It was not well-suited to the space.






50. Where is the mistake in this sentence? I read an essay where the author argued that no picketing should ever be permitted on government property.