Comprehensive Guide to Major Standardized Exams in the
U.S. for October 2024-2025, Including SAT Math, Reading, and
Writing FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Math: Topics include algebra, geometry, and data analysis.
Evidence-Based Reading: Tests reading comprehension and understanding of passages.
Writing and Language: Assesses grammar, vocabulary, and editing skills.
1.English
While I still viewed anthropology as an intellectual discipline, ____ I thought that if someone
wanted to "help" people, that individual should become a social worker.
a. yet
b. and
c. so
d. DELETE the underlined portion.
d. DELETE the underlined portion.
Coordinating conjunctions like "yet," "and," or "so" are necessary after a comma to connect
two complete sentences.
However, the "while" at the beginning of the sentence clarifies that everything before the
underline is just there to explain when the rest of the sentence occurred, so the first half is not
a complete sentence. Therefore, no conjunction is necessary.
One can only have the audacity of hope and believe that some can be led to the habit of
unmasking ideological ____ those that surround us on all sides in the U.S. today.
,a. aberrations such as
b. aberrations: such as
c. aberrations, such as
d. aberrations such as:
a. aberrations such as
When a sentence's meaning is already clear, punctuation makes it more awkward and
confusing.
Here, "such as" introduces an example at the end of the sentence, so there is nothing it needs
to be separated from by punctuation, and no punctuation is necessary.
After reading about Fortune ____ I decided to go and study this geologic treasure myself.
a. Head.
b. Head;
c. Head,
d. Head, then
c. Head, then
Introductory phrases that function as adverbs—describing WHEN, why, or how an action occurs
—must be set off by commas.
"After reading about Fortune Head" describes WHEN the writer "decided to go and study," so
the phrase must end in a comma.
,____ meat, eggs, and dairy products became the large food items composing main and side
dishes in Japanese kitchens.
a. After World War II polished rice,
b. After, World War II polished rice,
c. After World War II, polished rice,
d. After World War II polished rice,
c. After World War II, polished rice,
Extra information at the beginning of a sentence should be set off with a comma to clarify
where the extra information stops and the sentence starts.
In this case, placing the comma after "After World War II" clarifies that the phrase is extra
information stating when the sentence takes place.
The ____ the period preceding the Cambrian, was an era of soft-bodied and frond-like
creatures.
a. Ediacaran, this is
b. Ediacaran:
c. Ediacaran,
d. Ediacaran and
c. Ediacaran,
When appositives (words or phrases that rename a noun) can be removed from a sentence
without changing its meaning (as they usually can), they should be set off from the sentence by
commas.
, "The Ediacaran" occurred just before the Cambrian. Therefore, the appositive "the period
preceding the Cambrian" can be taken out without changing the sentence's meaning and
should be set off with commas.
Hopkins had no idea what was causing the phenomenon, but he grew fascinated by the daily
atmospheric displays, tracking ____ changing appearances over the course of that winter.
a. its
b. his
c. their
d. there
c. their
Pronouns must match their antecedents (the thing they stand for) in number, whether singular
(one) or plural (more than one).
In this sentence, the "changing appearances" are of the "atmospheric displays." Because the
"displays" is plural, the plural pronoun "their" is used.
The British lacked the capacity to enter the continent and intervene in ____ affairs.
a. its
b. it's
c. their
d. there
a. its
