SAT identification of sentence errors practice test 06

1. The presence of strong feeling, the cause of which_A is not fully understood, always has the effect_B of making we_C human beings_D uneasy. No error_E.

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2. The new law is too_A stringent; it_B will be_C neither respected or_D obeyed. No error_E.

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3. I do not wish to make_A a formal complaint, but I would have been better pleased_B if you gave_C the award to the person who_D best deserved it. No error_E.

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4. After you have written_A a definition in your vocabulary notebook, add a few_B ways to use the word or_C a sentence to illustrate it's_D meaning. No error_E.

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5. The tribesmen made offerings to placate_A the gods, whom_B, they believed, were_C angry with them_D. No error_E.

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6. Many physicists initially regarded_A quantum theory as_B unnatural, absurd, and_C incompatible to_D common sense. No error_E.

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7. From ancient times_A, sculpture had been_B considered the prerogative_C of men, and even now, in some parts of the world, women sculptors face_D hostility and suspicion. No error_E.

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8. It is an old criticism of the medical profession that they_A have considered_B the symptoms and causes of_C disease without sufficient reference to_D the causes of health. No error_E.

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9. According to_A Hume, it is not logic and reasoning that_B determine_C our actions, but_D emotion. No error_E.

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10. The ornate pillars and life-size_A statues that the magnate has chosen_B to adorn his_C swimming pool are like a Greek temple_D. No error_E.

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11. Sonia Gandhi stepped aside_A just as she had secured_B the Prime Minister's position, and_C, in the process, asserting_D her moral superiority. No error_E.

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12. It will be_A hard to soothe your mother now that you have so aggravated_B her by refusing to take her eminently_C sensible advice_D. No error_E.

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13. The general reported that_A, as a result of_B financial constraints, less_C soldiers would be sent on_D peace-keeping missions this year. No error_E.

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14. None of the presents I received_A on my birthday this year was_B equally_C as memorable as the necklace you gave_D me last year. No error_E.

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15. The racing champion had_A made no mention_B in his_C speech of the mechanics on whom_D his success had depended. No error_E.

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