SAT Practice Questions (Digital) — All Questions

Choose the option that makes the sentence correct: 'The list of required materials ____ posted on the classroom door.'

• a.are
• b.is✓
• c.were
• d.have been

The subject is 'list' (singular); 'of required materials' is a prepositional phrase that does not change the subject. A singular subject takes the singular verb 'is.'

Choose the correctly punctuated version: 'She packed three things for the trip ____ a map, a flashlight, and a jacket.'

• a., and
• b.; namely,
• c.,
• d.:✓

A colon correctly introduces a list that follows a complete independent clause ('She packed three things for the trip'). The comma alone creates a splice, and 'and' or a semicolon do not properly introduce the list here.

Choose the option that corrects the pronoun agreement: 'Each of the students submitted ____ own project.'

• a.his or her✓
• b.their
• c.its
• d.them

'Each' is singular, so it takes a singular pronoun. 'His or her' agrees in number; 'their' is plural, and 'its'/'them' are incorrect for referring to a person here.

Choose the option that uses the correct verb tense: 'By the time the concert started, the crowd ____ for two hours.'

• a.waits
• b.is waiting
• c.had waited✓
• d.will wait

The waiting was completed before another past event ('the concert started'), which calls for the past perfect tense 'had waited.' The other tenses do not correctly show the earlier past action.

Choose the version that corrects the dangling modifier: 'After finishing the exam, the cafeteria was the next stop.'

• a.After finishing the exam, the cafeteria seemed crowded.
• b.After finishing the exam, the students headed to the cafeteria.✓
• c.The cafeteria, after finishing the exam, was the next stop.
• d.After finishing the exam, lunch was served in the cafeteria.

The opening phrase must describe whoever finished the exam. Only 'the students' can logically finish an exam, so 'the students headed to the cafeteria' fixes the modifier. The other versions still attach the action to a place or a meal.