SAT Prep Grammar Practice Quiz

A motorist told her to turn left (at / on / in) the second intersection.

(Its / It's) not surprising that Jack's painting won first prize.

All parents were asked to send a mat for students to (lie / lay) on.

Everyone on the committee (tries / try) to solve the problem.

A (crocodile's / crocodiles') life span is about thirteen years.

I would like to manage the theater alone rather __ depend on other people for assistance.

"Love Me Do, " "Please Please Me," and "From Me to You."

Tom is in hiding because he has accidentally killed a man in a fight.

From the minute we arrived in Iceland, the steep prices astonished Javier and (I / me).

Tom would have understood those words he would have believed them, too.

There (is / are) generally only two or three characters in an Aesop fable.

I hope that __ schooling is going better than last semester.

After hearing the evidence and the closing arguments, the jury (was / were) sequestered.

The cat meowed and yawned stretching ___ back in an arch-like motion.

Toys Aplenty (appreciates / appreciate) your business and is committed to your satisfaction.

The puppy's favorite activity was chasing (its / it's) tail.

There (is / are) many committee meetings and much discussion.

Gudrun and Thorvald made up new Icelandic names for Javier and (I / me) on the spot.

Amanda's new house has (a / an / the) oak tree in the front yard.

Some animal rights groups oppose the eating of eggs, which (comes / come) from animals.

A central motif in the field of economics (is / are) guns and butter.

The employee (who / whom) we at first suspected was in Cleveland on the night of the theft

(Who / Whom) was Martin Luther King's mentor?

Sue and Ann went to a party for a friend of (theirs / their's).

The fable "Belling the Cat" (describes / describe) the long battle between mice and cats.

I usually drop my rent payment (at / on / in) the mail on the first of the month.

Crowds of screaming teenagers surrounded the Beatles wherever they went.

Two of the students (who / whom) the dean suspended were readmitted within a week.

Fables are short stories that (conveys / convey) a moral.

Before reaching college, nearly everyone already (knows / know) several facts about fables.

Where they hung out together, played night and day, and attracted many fans.

Almost 90 percent of a patrol (officers / officer's) job is running service calls.

When the Beatles were introduced in America, everyone wanted copies of the original singles.

Also promoted them, arranged club dates for them, and badgered record companies for them.

Determined to touch one or more of these famous music makers.

In his first production of Hamlet, (who /whom) did Laurence Olivier replace?

The tutor was satisfied that Max had (wrote / written) a fairly intelligent essay.