Practice Flashcards: SAT — Standard English Conventions, mixed set | Zestly

Question 1

Subject-verb agreement rule

Accepted Answer

The verb must agree with the head noun of the subject, ignoring any intervening prepositional phrases.

Question 2

Comma splice

Accepted Answer

A punctuation error where two independent clauses are joined by only a comma.

Question 3

Verb tense consistency

Accepted Answer

Verbs must remain consistent with the time frame established by time markers in the sentence.

Question 4

Pronoun case (object)

Question 5

Misplaced modifier

Question 6

Faulty parallelism

Question 7

Introductory element punctuation

Question 8

Apostrophe for possession

Question 9

Non-restrictive clause

Question 10

Inversion

Question 11

Subjective case pronouns