Questions: 1. Not very particular in (about) nesting sites, house wrens may nest in birdhouses, mailboxes, building crevices – even in the pockets of hanging laundry. (2006. 5. 6. 28) Explanation: 28. A. “particular in” should be “particular about. ” The sentence is suggesting that house wrens are not very particular–not very fussy, selective, fastidious [hard to please], as in A person very particular about his food–ABOUT their nesting sites; that is to say, they may nest in “birdhouses, mailboxes, building crevices,” etc. These birds are not very particular about where to nest. 2.
Opposite to (It should be “Unlike”, or “Opposite of”, in which case “Opposite” becomes a noun) most people I know, Annie, a good photographer herself, actually enjoys seeing the photographs that her friends take on their vacations. (2006. 5. 6. 26) 26. A. “Opposite” can’t be used to describe people, only locations and abstract things. Use unlike instead. 3. At the reception were the chattering guests, the three-tiered cake, and the lively music that have become characteristic of many wedding celebrations. (2006. 5. 6. 29) Explanation: 29. E, No error. I assume the point of interest here is answer choice D, “characteristic of. “characteristic” here is an adjective, and is similar to “typical”: That is very typical of you. Red and green are colors that are characteristic of Christmas time. Colorful leaves, chilly weather, and hoodies are characteristic of autumn. Of course you can use “characteristic” as a noun: These are several characteristics of autumn. But the adjectival form is different. Try looking up “are characteristic of” (with the quotation marks) on Google to see how the adjectival form is used. 4. From about A. D. 700 to 1600, sculptors created nearly 1,000 colossal rock statues on the remote and tiny Easter Island.
Present perfect: ENGLISH PAGE – Present Perfect Past perfect: ENGLISH PAGE – Past Perfect (E) No error 1) “From” is correct because it introduces a starting point in the past (A. D. 700). 2) “Created” is correct because the simple past focuses on the event itself. The past perfect “had created” does not. When you say “I have prepared,” we do not care about the act itself; we care about the fact that you are STILL prepared in the present, otherwise we would have said “I prepared. ” Also, when you specify a time period (A. D. 700 to 1600) you cannot use the past perfect.
The perfect tense is used to indicate unspecified times in the past. Go to the links above to read more. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Past perfect tense (had done) is used to specify that something occurred before another action in the past. 3) “Nearly” is correct because it describes the adjective “1,000” in that the exact number of rock statues lies below 1,000. 4) “Remote” is correct because it is an adjective that describes “Easter Island. ” As their brains mature neurologically, infants become more capable to distinguish the shapes and textures of the objects around them.
Capable to distinguish -> capable of distinguishing As he [eagerly] awaited the interview [for] the job, Miguel [thought it wise] [suppressing] his nervousness and to display a calm he did not feel. Suppressing -> to suppress The regularly scheduled conference between my tutor and me is set for Friday, but my low grades in chemistry requires me to arrange an earlier meeting. http://grammar. quickanddirtytips. com/between-you-and-me. aspx “Between” is a preposition, and anything after preposition should be objective instead of subjective. So, “between you and me” is right, and anything like “between you and I” is definitely wrong.
For all their talk about ecology, major companies have so far spent very little to fight pollution. “For” can mean “nonetheless, despite” Many admire Louisa May Alcott for her detailed descriptions of nineteenth-century domestic life in novels such as Little Women, but few have read the lurid thrillers she writes early in her career. “she writes” should be “she wrote”; “such as” can be followed by a single thing One subject of Felipe Alfau’s second novel, published more than 40 years after it has been written, is the illusory nature of the passage of time. has been” should be “had been” http://talk. collegeconfidential. com/sat-preparation/811535-identifying-errors-questions . html At the conclusion of the novel The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner recently arrived to New York, moodily watches the blinking green light at the tip of Long Island. (Unsolved) “arrived to” should be “arrived in” Mediators were standing by, prepared to intervene in the labor dispute even though both sides had refused earlier offers for assistance. for” should be “of” “the killing of Mary” implies “Mary is to be killed” or “Mary was killed” “the eating of apple” implies “apple is to be eaten” or “apple was eaten” “the offers of assistance” implies “assistance is to be offered” or “assistance was offered” http://talk. collegeconfidential. com/sat-preparation/839799-writing-section-sentence-co rrection-quesitons. html Practice 2 section 6 question 30 To introduce itself to a wider audience, the little-known band sold its CD’s cheaply to 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. enthusiastic fans, who in turn shared the music with friends. (Unsolved) “sell cheaply” is correct.
During my most recent trip, I came across a wonderful antique store wandering in the old quarter of the city. It should be “while wandering” or put the “wandering” in the beginning of the sentence. Otherwise, the wandering would describe “store” As children mature, they develop an independence that their parents, who have been responsible for them since they were born, often find difficult to accept. Abstract nouns like “an independence” can be shared, because they often represent a quality. Ms. Kovak proudly displayed her research group’s most ingenious invention, a vacuum cleaner that empties its own dust bag when pressing a button. pressing a button” grammatically describes bag, which implies “bag presses button. ” However, a bag should “be pressed button. ” So, it should be “when pressed a button. ” After the uprising of October 10, 1911, that has led to the establishment of a Chinese republic, many Chinese Americans decided to return to China in hopes of a bright future there. No error “has led” should be “led” A volunteer organization, the Covington Soup Kitchen has been feeding needy families since 1977, annually distributing nearly a million pounds of food each year. each year” duplicates the idea of “annually” In the novel, Jane Eyre must make many difficult choices, like when she forces herself to leave the house of Mr. Rochester, the married man she loves. The verb phrase “like when she forces” is not parallel to the noun “choices. ” The correct answer should be, as a choice suggests, “including forcing” Because their flight was missed, the bride’s parents ran frantically to another part of the airport to catch another plane that might still arrive in time for the wedding. It is always better to use an active voice instead of a negative one. Also, it should maintain a consistent voice here.
The correction would be “Because the bride’s parents missed their flight, they had to run…” Buffalo herds, which once thrived in the Great Plains of North America, trampled vegetation, and future plant growth was aided by this by returning nutrients to the soil. The correction is “thereby aiding future plant growth by returning nutrients. ” Remember that “thereby” is an adverb, while “whereas” is a conjunction (so normally a sentence would follow “whereas”). The main reasons students give for failing to participate in the political process is that they have demanding assignments and work at part-time jobs.
The word “that” transforms a sentence into a noun clause. For example, “I appreciate the fact that you are smart. ” Without “that”, it would be a grammar mistake. Along the curve of islands known as the Florida Keys lies a reef of living coral, the only one of a kind in the continental United States. “a kind” should be “its kind. ” “One of a kind” can only refer to something exceptional that you don’t know what specific category it belongs to, like “He is so smart and one of a kind. ” But in this case, it is already specified that the subject is “a reef of living coral,” 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 0. 31. 32. so it should actually be “one of its kind. ” Intense preoccupation on technique appears to be the one trait that great pianists have in common. The idiom is “preoccupation with something”, like “he developed a preoccupation with death. ” “Focus on” is fine The heat was already overwhelming and lasted a week, which duration made it seem sheer torture. “Which duration” doesn’t make sense. The answer is “overwhelming, and its lasting a week made it seem. ” The new system, which uses remote cameras in the catching of speeding motorists, may undermine the police department’s authority. in the catching of” is not the correct idiom. We use something to do something. “to catch” is better. Although the politician was initially very sensitive to be criticized by the press, he quickly became more confident about responding to reporter’s sometimes pointed questions. You have to be sensitive to something. “Be criticized” is a verb, not a noun clause. It should be “being criticized. ” The thoughtful student wonders what Patrick Henry meant when he talked about liberty because most of the members of the House of Burgesses then having been slaveholders. having been” should be “had been” No one objects to his company, even though he has made insulting remarks about almost every member of the group, when he is a remarkably witty man. “when” is simply illogical. It should be “because. ” At Versailles after the First World War, the Allies believed they had drafted a treaty that would have ensured permanent peace. (A) would have ensured permanent peace (B) would ensure permanent peace (C) had ensured permanent peace A indicates that it should have happened in the past, but didn’t C indicates that is has already happened B, which is correct, indicates that it would happen.
Jesse passed the California bar examination last year, and since then is practicing law there. “is practicing” describes an instant, and it should not be used to describe a period of time. “has been practicing” should be used here. “is [practicing]” is in the simple present tense, which describes an action in the instant: He is eating right now. “has been [practicing]” is in the present perfect progressive tense, which describes an action that began in the past, continues in the present, and may continue into the future: He has been eating since this morning.
Having fixed the tense, you can certainly say “Jesse passed the California bar examination last year, and since then has been practicing law in California. ” because “since then” and “ever since” communicate pretty much the same thing. However, “since then” and “ever since” may have some differences in a specific context: When someone says “ever since,” we expect to be given an event, and when someone says “since then,” we expect to have been given a time. He has changed ever since X happened. X… in 1999. He has changed since then. But since an event (“passed the… xamination”) and a time period (“last year”) are given, “since then” and “ever since” are interchangeable. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. You cannot say “there” because California is being used as an adjective to describe the examination. It is not being used as a place or a noun. No one is sorrier than me that you missed the awards ceremony. “No one is sorrier than I. ” Because “I” am sorry. Whether the ancient Egyptians actually sailed or did not to South America remains uncertain, but Heyerdahl’s Ra II expedition demonstrated that they could have done so. It should change “or did not” to “or not. It could also be, as the answer suggests, “That the ancient Egyptians actually sailed”. Few issues of public policy are as likely to provoke widespread interest as that involving possible danger to the health or safety of children. “that” cannot be the pronoun of “issues”. It could be change to “the issue” or “those” In the opinion of the lecturer, a background in the history of the Middle Ages is not a condition necessary in the enjoyment of medieval literature. “in the enjoyment of” should be “for the enjoyment of” After Gertrude Ederle had swam the English Channel, she was celebrated as the first woman ever to accomplish the feat. had swam” should be “swam. ” The past perfect tense of “swim” is “swum” Malaria, a disease which has been almost completely eradicated in the United States, is still a threat of travelers in some foreign countries. “a threat of” should be “a threat to” The exchange between the teacher and the student promotes learning far different from that which results as the students listens but does not participate. “as” should be “when” Today, also representing nations and other political entities, flags are used to represent youth groups, athletic competitions, and international bodies. also” should be “in addition to” For we students, concern about impending tuition hikes was even more acute than 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. apprehension about final exams. “For we” should be “For us”, because for is a preposition and therefore we should use the objective “us” instead of the subjective “we”. A lack of job opportunities for recent graduates restricts their independence, often forcing them to remain at home or else they move back home. It should be “or else moving back home”, since the previous clause is ”forcing them” Though best known as a jazz vocalist, he also njoyed gospel music, whereby he told his manager that he wanted to make a recording of his favorite gospel songs. “Whereby” means “by which,” here it should be “so. ” In 1850 Jim Beckwourth, a Black American explorer, discovered in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada a pass soon becoming an important gateway to California gold-rush country. “soon becoming” should be “which soon became. ” “Becoming” indicates that the pass was becoming an important gateway at the same time as Beckwourth discovered it, and this is surely not what the sentence wants to say. The pass became an important gateway after Beckwourth discovered it.
The warning in the plays is clear: unless we restore the integrity of the family, all traditional values will disappear. “the” can be used before a singular noun to indicate that the noun is generic, like “the wolf should be protected. ” Whereas it was factual in content, the televised biography of Queen Elizabeth 1 did not seem credible. It should be “despite its factual content. ” The original sentence has no grammatical mistake, but it is redundant and wordy. Finding a wide variety of financial services in a small city is usually not as easy as it is in metropolitan areas.
The “as as” construction is used to compare two things (in this case, “finding”), and is formulated like “thing 1 is/is not as adjective as thing 2 (is). ” The last “is” is not necessary, but it is always implied–just like “I am better than he” implies “I am better than he is. ” Here, there are two issues: the pronoun “it” and the verb “to be. ” (You know that choices d and c are incorrect because “for” is not apart of the “as as” construction). The first thing you need to do is identify the antecedent, what the pronoun refers to, which in this case is “finding. Although finding is generally a verb, this is a case in which the gerund (the -ing verb) is used as a noun–such as in “seeing is believing. ” “Finding” is singular, and so choice e is incorrect. Choice b is obviously incorrect, and choice a fits perfectly. 48. Television’s programming difficulties, already made acuter by rising costs, threaten to become even more severe as a result of lobbying by special-interest groups. First of all, there is no such thing as “acuter”, only “more acute. ” And it doesn’t make sense to say “more cute” when the following segment is “more severe”. 49.
The survey showed that most shoppers who drive prefer the mall more than downtown stores simply because finding parking is less difficult at the mall. There is no such thing as “prefer… more than…” We should actually use “prefer… to…” 50. 51. 52. 53. or “prefer… rather than…” Given her strong sense of social justice, burns vehemently protested over her party’s failure to support a tax decrease for senior citizens. It should be “protest about” or “protest against” People who wish to be a model should remember that not all modeling is glamorous and that a great deal of it is simply tiring. It makes no sense to say “people be a model. It should be “models. ” Unfortunately, the opening of the new library complex, previously scheduled for next September, would be delayed for several months because of construction difficulties. “Would” is the past tense of “will”. The sentence here is simply indicating that something will happen, so it should be “will. ” Professor Chen repeated her point that the hero, if given the chance to relive the moment, would choose to do it. “It” is a pronoun, so it must refer to a noun. The idea is that the referent should be the action of the hero’s reliving the moment, but that action, “reliving,” is not explicitly stated in the sentence.
The only nouns in the pertinent clause arechance and moment, neither of which you can “do. ” What the sentence is saying is that he would choose to relive the moment. “To relive the moment” is an action, not a noun, so we refer back to it not with a pronoun but with the word “so. ” “So” means “in the manner indicated” (it is an adverb), so the referent isn’t something concrete like a noun. In fact, it has no referent because it is an adverb. It just describes some verb by associating it with a manner previously described.
EXAMPLES (with alternative sentences with pronouns instead of the adverb soindented and corresponding ideas italicized): “I ate an apple, and tomorrow I will do so again. ” “Eating apples is a chore, and I will have to do it to be healthy. ” (“Eating apples” is a gerund/noun. ) “You think apples are better than oranges. I don’t believe so. ” “You made a statement that apples are better than oranges. I don’t believe it/you. ” (“It” refers to the statement. “You” just refers to the person the subject doesn’t believe. ) “I was not able to make it, and I told her so. ” Not being able to make it is a sad thing.
I told her about it. 54. Although the global food crisis is most obvious in the tropics, the temperate zones may have a similar problem soon. One of the choices is “had been most obvious. ” Nonetheless, “had been” implies that it is no longer the most obvious, so it essentially changes the meaning of the sentence. 55. Although born in the Midwest, Langston Hughes lived most of his adult life in Harlem, in New York City, where, like other writers in the 1930’s, he had wrote some of his finest works. The obvious problem is that “wrote” is not the correct past perfect tense; it should be “written. The most important problem, however, is that it should be simple past tense instead of past perfect, because past perfect tense inevitably indicates that “write” happened before “live”, a meaning which, of course, not what is supposed to be conveyed. 56. Although naturalists have identified six hundred different forms of the corion snail, there is actually no more than two true species within this genus. Think of “no more than” as a kind of adjective, then you will see that “two true species” is the subject of this sentence, and therefore “is” should be “are”. 7. The tribal council’s program familiarized young people with Cherokee history, taught them tribal traditions, and they had the opportunity to learn skills used by ancient artists. This is a problem of parallelism. It would be better to say “gave them the opportunity…” 58. Far away from having been a diehard conservative, Hoover was, some scholars now contend, the leading progressive of his day. “Far away from” is used to describe location, it should be “far from” 59. For the past hundred years or more, Yellowstone
National Park was a kind of sociological laboratory in which North Americans have been exploring the meaning of the national-park concept. Surely “was” should be “has been,” since YNP was, is, and will continue to be a kind of sociological laboratory. 60. In many respects, Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary are very similar characters, but Bovary has the most spirit and determination. Since it is the comparison between two people, we just use “more” instead of “the most. ” (Unsolved: is there such thing as “the more? ”) 61. One of the unforeseen consequences of the editor’s management style is that it leaves so little room for innovation.
This sentence is correct because it uses the proper pronoun “that” and “it”. The wrong choice is “to leave so little room for innovation”, which is not so idiomatic. 62. Some doctors believe that the types of injuries sustained in contact sports are no different for children than young adults. The correct answer is “are no different for children than for young adults. ” The reason is that the word “than”, which is a conjunction like “and” and “but”, actually interrupts the preposition “for”, so “for” cannot automatically continuously apply to “young adults. ” Therefore, there must be a “for” preceding “young adults. 63. Introducing new ideas and replacing old ones is always a highly controversial matter, especially when there is already tension between an older and a younger generation. Here we should treat “introducing new ideas and replacing old ones” as a singular noun, because the two actions are conceptually linked. If they are not, like “Running off the campus and reading a book”, then it should be “are”, and the predicament should also correspond with that with “matters”. 64. George Thornton Emmons was one of a handful of ethnographers who committed their life to studying the Tlingit culture of the Northwest Coast. Their life” should be “their lives” 65. Something of a phenomenon in the entertainment world, political satirists are admired 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. by conservatives and radicals alike. “Something of a phenomenon” describes “political satirists” as a whole in an abstract way. It is like saying, “Those people are a pain to deal with. ” You wouldn’t say, “Those people are pains to deal with,” because “pain” does not have discreteness to it and hence “pains” is not a word in this context. Pain is abstract, so it is not countable. That is one reason. Another reason is that the entire group of people is being called a pain.
It is not like each individual person is a pain and thus the people are pains. Similarly, the political satirists are something of a phenomenon. This means that they are to some extent a phenomenon. They are not “phenomenons” or “somethings of a phenomenon. ” The number of two nouns do not have to be consistent with each other if the statement is abstract. When Catherine the Great had a magnificent dinner service of Sevres porcelain made for her, she was scandalized by its great cost, which became the subject of prolonged controversy. The point is to understand what the heck is the “subject of prolonged controversy”.
Once you understand that the subject is the “great cost”, you would know “which” is the best choice. If you use “therefore becoming”, as another choice suggests, then Catherine the Great would become the “subject of controversy”. Though the damage caused by strip-mining was often irreparable to the natural environment, it was once used to supply half the coal produced annually in the United States. (E) says: “In spite of often irreparable damage to the natural environment, strip-mining was once used to supply half the coal produced annually in the United States. This is incorrect: 1) There is no correlation between “irreparable damage to the natural environment” and “strip-mining. ” We do not know if strip-mining caused the damage. 2) “Often” is an adverb which does not modify adjectives or nouns. It only modifies verbs, which is missing in the dependent clause. 3) Since the verb is missing, the clause relies on nouns: In spite of [strip-mining’s] [damage] to the [natural environment], it… ” Because of this, even if we did say that the damage was caused by strip-mining (as in the sentence I just gave), the sentence would be wrong because “it” would not refer to “strip-mining. ” … t has become an English settlement by 1735. Here, “has become” ought to be “had become” The supervisor cited three workers, each of which is likely to win a prize for having suggested cost-effective changes at the factory. It should be “each of whom”. Most often defenders of art have justified its existence by them pointing out a function that only art could perform. The pronoun “them” is not necessary. It should be omitted. The remains of the Apatosaurus provide evidence of that giants have existed on Earth during the late Jurassic period. “have existed” wrongly suggests that the existence of giant actually continues up to the present time.
It should be “that giants existed. ” 72. After 140 years under the sea, the remains of the Monitor, an ironclad warship that was sunk during the civil war, is being gradually brought to the surface. It should be “are being”. What makes this question inspirational is its implication that “is/are being done” is not necessarily wrong. 73. I have gone to only one football game after I graduated from high school. “after” should be “since. ” 74. The radio station received the most number of calls from listeners on the evening it aired a discussion of the music of Aretha Franklin. It should be “the largest number”. 75.
If every nation were completely self-sufficient and operated under a free-market economy, the world’s food supply will be governed solely by the economics of supply and demand. Since there is “if… were”, the following clause should be “would be”. 76. After carefully studying both of the articles, Dr. Rodriguez and Nurse Alba found that the only difference between them were their titles. It is perfectly fine to say that “the difference… was their titles. ” 77. In addition to being a talented pianist and composer, Bela Bartok was a respected musicologist who wrote several books on Hungarian, Slovakian, and Romanian folk music. In addition to” should be followed with a noun, therefore “being” here is appropriate. 78. Unlike her best friend Margie, making the varsity soccer team as a freshman, Jill did not make the team until her junior year. “Making” indicates that Margie is actually doing the action described. It should be “who made”. 79. Jean Toomer was not only the author of Cane, a novel whose publication has been viewed as marking the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, but also a respected advisor among Quakers. There is no mistake in this sentence. The point of interest is “has been viewed”, which seems inconsistent with “was”.
However, the tense of verb should only comply with the meaning. In this case, “has been viewed” correctly indicates that the action described is still going on. 80. Like his other cookbooks, in his new book Chef Louis offers lengthy explanations of what he considers to be basic cooking principles. Here is an illogical comparison: cookbooks to a person. 81. Electronic bulletin boards, combining the convenience of a telephone with the massive information storage capacity of a computer, present messages on diverse subjects as astronomy, artificial intelligence, and skydiving.
Here, it should be either “such diverse subjects as” or “subjects as diverse as”. 82. To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets. a) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment b) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. Although a) appears to be parallel, it makes no sense to say “(the suppliers) grow the fish naturally”, because if the fish are grown naturally, there should be no human intervention.
So b) is correct, and “they” refers to the fish, which were also referred by the later “their”. As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications. It makes no sense to say that “Philkill is the former chair for 18 consecutive years. ” It should simply be “Philkill is the chair for 18 consecutive years. ” Also, no one would attend more than 400 meetings as “the former chair. ” He does so as “the chair. Shrinking faster than any other nation’s, the projected decline of Japan’s population is 17 percent during the next half century. a) The population of Japan is shrinking faster than that of any other nation and is projected to decline by b) Japan’s population is shrinking faster than that of any other nation, with a projected decline at There are two problems with b: 1. First of all, “decline at 17 percent” is unidiomatic. It should be “a decline of 17 percent” or “decline by 17 percent. ” 2. Secondly, “is shrinking… with a projected decline” doesn’t make much sense.
The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures. a) that there is little that is significantly different b) that there is little of significant differences “little” should be “few”, since “differences” is plural. The current generation of high school students has more educational opportunities, job training possibilities, and career options to consider before entering the workforce than any other generation has had.
This sentence is correct, because “has had” properly indicates that “any other generation” has done the action in some point before. In 1961 Rita Moreno gained fame and won an Academy Award for her portraying Anita in the film adaptation of the groundbreaking Broadway musical West Side Story. There is no point to say “for her portraying”. You can say “for her portrayal of” or “for portraying”. Susan was unhappy when her mother asked her to babysit her younger brother because Susan found his behavior exceptionally irritating. “when” is wrong because it makes the order of the actions unclear.
Was Susan unhappy before or after her mother asked her to baby sit her younger brother? Here, “when” should be replaced by “that”. Only if enough viewers would object to what many call “the vast wasteland of television” would the quality of programming become acceptable. This is all about subjunctive mood. See knowledge points. The image of Uncle Sam, in his red and white striped pants and blue coat, is used at certain times to elucidate a feeling of patriotism in Americans. “elucidate” should be “elucidating”. The reason is that “be used to doing something” implies that the action is kind of convention.
The phrase “at certain times” indicates that it is indeed a convention. 91. No matter how many times Julie hears her favorite song, whenever it is played on the radio, she will dance around the room as if she has never heard the song before. Think “whenever” as “when”, and whenever Julie hears her favorite song, she dances, not will dance. 92. Using modern forensic techniques, the true identity, it is hypothesized buy noted mystery author Patricia Cornwell, of Jack the Ripper, a serial killer who terrorized London in the last nineteenth century, is Walter Sickert, an artist.
There are two possible choices: 1. Patricia Cornwell, a noted mystery author, has hypothesized that Jack the Ripper’s true identity 2. noted mystery author Patricia Cornwell has hypothesized that true identity of Jack the Ripper The only significant difference between 1 and 2 is that 2 places “Jack the Ripper” in the far end, therefore “a serial killer who terrorized London” can successfully modify “Jack the Ripper. ” The answer is 2. Knowledge Points: 1. ?????? ,?????????????? ,??????? a) The introduction of the chili pepper had a tremendous impact on the balance of power among the European countries that were already involved in the black pepper trade, an impact also on Asian and European cultures. (2006. 5. 6. 32) In this case, “an impact” grammatically describes “trade. ” So this sentence is wrong. 2. “The reasons why” precedes a complete sentence, like “He explained the reasons why he did it. ” “The reasons for” precedes a noun, like “He explained the reasons for his resignation. ” “The reason that” precedes a complete sentence, like “the reason that he didn’t come is that he was ill. ” 3.
Could a) We use “could” for actions now or in the future i. It is a nice day. We could go for a walk. ii. When I go to London next week, I could stay with my uncle. b) Could is less sure than can, so we use “could” when we do not really mean what we say. i. I am so hungry; I could eat an elephant. (Not: I can eat an elephant) c) We use “could do” for now and “could have” for the past. i. I am so tired. I could sleep the whole day. ii. I was so tired. I could have slept the whole day. d) We use “could” with past perfect tense for things which were possible to happen but didn’t or an event which we are not sure about. . You could have taken a different route to avoid the traffic jam. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. ii. He could have broken the glass. She couldn’t have broken the glass. Reflective pronouns like “myself, yourself” cannot be used as subjects. They should be used as objects. When the subject and the object are the same thing, the object will usually be a reflective pronoun. Reflective pronoun can also be used to emphasize the subject or the object, like “I myself study English” and “I spoke to the president himself. “long since” roughly means “it has been a long time since”, and it is always used with a past particle, like “I have long since forgotten this book. ” Preposition: http://www. myteacherpages. com/webpages/EWevodau/sat. cfm? subpage=910853 “So” can be either adverb or conjunction, both means “consequently” or “as a result. ” So the following sentence is correct: “he is very clever, and so we all like him. ” (It isn’t true that all the verbs in a sentence must match tense. Explanations here:) http://talk. collegeconfidential. com/sat-preparation/1047921-tense-sat-writing. html There are a lot of apples.
There is a lot of vice. “Alike” is actually both an adjective and an adverb. “They are alike” and “They dressed alike”. In SAT, parallelism is critical. Don’t be afraid to choose a choice that seems wordy, so long as it is in parallel with the main clause. “have done” suggests that the actions continues up to the present time. “Many an apple” functions exactly like “many apples”, only the former is more literary. “need” can be just like “must” and “can”, so “he need go to school” is a right sentence. “Last year” and “in the last year” are very different in meaning. “Last year” means the year before now,
