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45CHAPTER 14 / PRACTICE PSAT 4
501
Directions for “Identifying Sentence Error” Questions
The following sentences may contain errors in grammar, usage, diction (choice of words), or idiom.
Some of the sentences are correct. No sentence contains more than one error.
If the sentence contains an error, it is underlined and lettered. The parts that are not underlined are correct.
If there is an error, select the part that must be changed to correct the sentence.
If there is no error, choose (E).
EXAMPLE:
By the time they reached
the halfway point
5
A
in the race
, most of the runners
hadn’t hardly
B
C
D
begun to hit their stride. No error
E
B
B
The Jacobson family, well known for
its
During
Paul and Richard’s Thanksgiving
21
25
A
B
A
po-litical involvement in the local govern-
vacation, mowing the lawn, trimming
the
B
ment, has had a member ran
for office in
shrubs, and raking the leaves consumed
most
C
C
each of the last
ten elections. No error
of his
free time. No error
D
E
D
E
B
B
Professor Watkins has made
it clear that if
In
November 2004, President George
22
26
A
A
anyone wants to turn in
a paper after the
W. Bush was elected
to serve
a second con
B
B
C
deadline, he or she
should be certain to get a
secutive term; winning
the popular vote deci-
C
D
dean’s excuse by Monday.
No error
sively by over three million votes. No error
E
E
D
B
B
It is clear
that George was excepted
by the
During the campus tour, the guide
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A
B
admissions committee at the Medical School
asked
my brother and me
if we
had any
A
C
B
because
he is the son of a prominent physician
interest in rowing crew when
we begin
C
D
affiliated
with the Health Center. No error
college next year. No error
D
E
E
B
B
Research has
indicated that an infant’s
Given
how poorly the Orlando Magic
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A
A
environment has a crucial effect
on brain
had performed
the year before, I was
B
B
development; the more stimulation a baby
impressed by how skillful
the team played in
D
C
receives, the more
synaptic connections are
its first two games of the season. No error
E
C
formed in the brain, which
contributes to
D
greater intellectual ability later in life. No error
E
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