Question ID b74f676f 2.
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: b74f676f
Classical composer Florence Price’s 1927 move to Chicago marked a turning point in her career. It was there that
Price premiered her First Symphony—a piece that was praised for blending traditional Romantic motifs with
aspects of Black folk music—and ______ supportive relationships with other Black artists.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. developing
B. developed
C. to develop
D. having developed
Question ID 684b8bd2 2.2
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: 684b8bd2
Far from being modern inventions, ______ more than 5,000 years ago.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia used drinking straws
B. drinking straws were used by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia
C. the use of drinking straws by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia happened
D. ancient Mesopotamia was home to Sumerians who used drinking straws
Question ID c52652c9 2.3
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: c52652c9
The human brain is primed to recognize faces—so much so that, due to a perceptual tendency called pareidolia,
______ will even find faces in clouds, wooden doors, pieces of fruit, and other faceless inanimate objects.
Researcher Susan Magsamen has focused her work on better understanding this everyday phenomenon.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. she
B. they
C. it
D. those
Question ID 36944347 2.4
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: 36944347
Official measurements of the Mississippi River’s length vary: according to the US Geologic Survey, the river is
2,300 miles long, whereas the Environmental Protection Agency records its length as 2,320 miles. This disparity
can be explained in part by the fact that rivers such as the Mississippi expand and contract as ______ sediment.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. they accumulate
B. one accumulates
C. it accumulates
D. we accumulate
Question ID 8d53e7a0 2.5
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: 8d53e7a0
Slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo’s debut novel The Poet X, winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Young
People’s Literature, is composed of ______ protagonist, fifteen-year-old Xiomara Batista.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. poems putatively written by the novel’s
B. poem’s putatively written by the novel’s
C. poem’s putatively written by the novels’
D. poems putatively written by the novels’
Question ID 0bcb4417 2.6
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: 0bcb4417
Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier’s star quilt poems offer an unusually open-ended reading experience. With
______ eight panels of text stitched together in the shape of a traditional eight-pointed Lakota star quilt, the
poems present viewers with a seemingly infinite number of ways to read them.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. their
B. it’s
C. they’re
D. its
Question ID c8607bdf 2.7
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: c8607bdf
“Praise Song for the Day,” Elizabeth Alexander’s 2009 inaugural poem, asserts that “We cross dirt roads and
highways…to see what’s on the other side.” Alexander’s use of “we” ______ Americans’ collective efforts and
shared desire to seek new opportunity.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. evokes
B. are evoking
C. have evoked
D. evoke
Question ID db2e480a 2.8
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: db2e480a
By the time Hawaiian king Kamehameha III ______ the throne, the number of longhorn cattle, first introduced to
the islands in 1793, had drastically increased, and so too had the need for paniolo (Hawaiian cowboys) to manage
the wild herds that then roamed throughout the volcanic terrain.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. ascended
B. will ascend
C. ascends
D. is ascending
Question ID a30567fd 2.9
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: a30567fd
Nuhād al-Ḥaddād, known as Fairuz, was one of the most beloved Lebanese singers of the twentieth century. Her
broad singing repertoire—which included traditional forms, such as the Arabic qasida and maqam, alongside
modern pop and jazz styles—lent Fairuz a timeless, cross-generational appeal, ______ her the moniker “the soul
of Lebanon.”
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. earned
B. had earned
C. earning
D. earn
Question ID cd2443c0 2.10
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: cd2443c0
A pioneer in the field of taphonomy (the study of how organic remains become fossils), ______ may be just as
prevalent in the fossil record as those of thick-shelled organisms.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. fossils of thin-shelled organisms, Anna Behrensmeyer demonstrated in a 2005 analysis,
B. Anna Behrensmeyer demonstrated in a 2005 analysis that fossils of thin-shelled organisms
C. it was demonstrated in a 2005 analysis by Anna Behrensmeyer that fossils of thin-shelled organisms
D. a 2005 analysis—by Anna Behrensmeyer—demonstrated that fossils of thin-shelled organisms
Question ID e44db0a0 2.11
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: e44db0a0
Because a cycle of lunar phases ______ 29.5 days to complete, it’s possible to observe two full moons in a single
month, one at the beginning and one at the end.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. are taking
B. have taken
C. take
D. takes
Question ID 67614549 2.12
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure,
Conventions and Sense
ID: 67614549
After winning the 1860 presidential election, Abraham Lincoln appointed Edward Bates, Salmon P. Chase, and
William H. Seward to his cabinet. Lincoln’s decision was surprising, since each of these men had run against him,
but historians have praised it, noting that Lincoln ______ his rivals’ diverse talents to strengthen his
administration.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. has leveraged
B. is leveraging
C. will leverage
D. leveraged
