SAT Identifying Sentence Errors Practice Test 6
1. The presence of strong feeling, the cause of whichA is not fully understood, always has the effectB of making weC human beingsD uneasy. No errorE.
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2. The new law is tooA stringent; itB will beC neither respected orD obeyed. No errorE.
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3. I do not wish to makeA a formal complaint, but I would have been better pleasedB if you gaveC the award to the person whoD best deserved it. No errorE.
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4. After you have writtenA a definition in your vocabulary notebook, add a fewB ways to use the word orC a sentence to illustrate it'sD meaning. No errorE.
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5. The tribesmen made offerings to placateA the gods, whomB, they believed, wereC angry with themD. No errorE.
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6. Many physicists initially regardedA quantum theory asB unnatural, absurd, andC incompatible toD common sense. No errorE.
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7. From ancient timesA, sculpture had beenB considered the prerogativeC of men, and even now, in some parts of the world, women sculptors faceD hostility and suspicion. No errorE.
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8. It is an old criticism of the medical profession that theyA have consideredB the symptoms and causes ofC disease without sufficient reference toD the causes of health. No errorE.
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9. According toA Hume, it is not logic and reasoning thatB determineC our actions, butD emotion. No errorE.
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10. The ornate pillars and life-sizeA statues that the magnate has chosenB to adorn hisC swimming pool are like a Greek templeD. No errorE.
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11. Sonia Gandhi stepped asideA just as she had securedB the Prime Minister's position, andC, in the process,assertingD her moral superiority. No errorE.
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12. It will beA hard to soothe your mother now that you have so aggravatedB her by refusing to take hereminentlyC sensible adviceD. No errorE.
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13. The general reported thatA, as a result ofB financial constraints, lessC soldiers would be sent onD peace-keeping missions this year. No errorE.
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14. None of the presents I receivedA on my birthday this year wasB equallyC as memorable as the necklace you gaveD me last year. No errorE.
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15. The racing champion hadA made no mentionB in hisC speech of the mechanics on whomD his success had depended. No errorE.
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