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GRAW-HILL’S PSAT/NMSQT
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compared with the national debt of the previous
The pronoun his is ambiguous. Is it referring
25. D
administration. Choice (B) makes this correction.
to Paul or Richard? The way the sentence is con-
(Chapter 13 Lesson 4: Comparison Errors)
structed, it is impossible to tell.
(Chapter 13 Lesson 5: Pronoun Agreement)
14. C
The original sentence construction lacks
sequential clarity. The phrase already spoke should
26. D
When using a semicolon to join two closely
instead be had been speaking.
related independent clauses, the clauses must be
(Chapter 13 Lesson 13: Irregular Verbs)
independent. In order for the second clause to be
independent, winning should be changed to he won.
(Chapter 13 Lesson 15: Coordinating Ideas)
15. D
Use between when comparing exactly two
things and among when comparing more than two
things.
27. E
The sentence is correct.
(Chapter 13 Lesson 4: Comparison Errors)
28. C
Although the team was skillful, the modifier
16. B
The participial phrase should modify Paul
in the sentence is intended to answer the question
Cezanne, not his artwork or influence.
how did they play? Since, in that case, it is modifying
(Chapter 13 Lesson 12: Other Problems with
a verb, it should take the -ly (adverb) form: skillfully.
Modifiers)
(Chapter 13 Lesson 12: Other Problems with
Modifiers)
17. B
The phrase should have neither . . . nor paral-
lel structure. Choice (B) is the most parallel.
29. A
Use who to describe a person. Who should be
(Chapter 13 Lesson 3: Parallelism)
replaced with which.
(Chapter 13 Lesson 5: Pronoun Agreement)
18. A
The sentence is correct as written.
30. D
Because Maria wrote in her diary after she
had gone to the amusement park, the verb should
19. E
This is a sentence fragment that lacks a verb.
be she had done.
Answer choice (E) best corrects the error while main-
(Chapter 13 Lesson 9: Tricky Tenses)
taining the same meaning of the original sentence
(Chapter 13 Lesson 15: Coordinating Ideas)
31. C
The phrase along with indicates that a com-
parison is being made. However, in this sentence,
20. B
Since the subject of the sentence is
Upton Sinclair is being compared with the novels of
quality, which is singular, the correct form of the
George Orwell rather than with Orwell himself. The
verb is has.
sentence should begin, Along with the works of
(Chapter 13 Lesson 1: Subject-Verb Disagreement)
Upton Sinclair.
(Chapter 13 Lesson 4: Comparison Errors)
21. D
The past participle of to run is run instead of
ran. It should be replaced by has run.
32. B
The phrase to go is redundant. If there are
(Chapter 13 Lesson 13: Irregular Verbs)
seconds remaining on the clock, it is clear that
there are seconds to go.
22. E
The sentence is correct.
(Chapter 13 Lesson 12: Other Problems with
Modifiers)
To except something is to exclude it. To
23. B
accept something means to agree to take it. This is a
33. B
When someone is ambivalent, she has con-
diction error. It should be was accepted.
flicting opinions about something. When something
(Chapter 13 Lesson 11: Diction Errors)
is ambiguous, it is unclear. This is a diction error,
and ambivalent should be replaced by ambiguous.
(Chapter 13 Lesson 11: Diction Errors)
24. E
The sentence is correct.
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