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the questions below are examples of \u201cidentifying sentence error\u201d questions, which show up in the long writing multiple choice section of the sat. there are 18 of this sat question type<\/a>, altogether, out of a total of 49 scored writing multiple choice problems.<\/p>\n

while you do these practice questions, remember that you don\u2019t need to decide on how<\/i> to fix the error; you only need to know that it\u2019s wrong. but, still, you should think about these systematically\u2014don\u2019t just go with your gut every time. think about the ways that each underlined word could go wrong. if there\u2019s a verb in the passive voice<\/a>, is it necessary? if there\u2019s a comparison, is it between similar things? there are common mistakes for every part of a sentence.<\/p>\n

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identifying sentence errors practice<\/h2>\n

1. cottage industry, also (a) <\/i>known<\/span> as the putting-out system, was the initial phase of industrialization, (b) <\/i>although<\/span> it was soon overshadowed by other systems of production (c) <\/i>that<\/span> (d) <\/i>have become widespread<\/span> during the industrial revolution of the 19th<\/sup> century. (e) <\/i>no error<\/p>\n

2. the flower, after (a) <\/i>fertilization<\/span> (b)<\/i> with<\/span> the grains of pollen that (d) <\/i>a bee inadvertently transports<\/span>, will slowly (e) <\/i>perish and wither<\/span>. (e) <\/i>no error<\/span><\/p>\n

3. art and culture flourished (a)<\/i> briefly<\/span> during the \u201cprague spring,\u201d (b) <\/i>a short period<\/span> (c) <\/i>when<\/span> relaxed censorship and (d) <\/i>looser<\/span> soviet control. (e) <\/i>no error<\/span><\/p>\n

4. (a) <\/i>having died young,<\/span> raymond carver\u2019s career as a short-story writer was cut regrettably (b)<\/em> short<\/span>, and (c)<\/em> we<\/span> are left with only a fragment of his only (d)<\/em> attempt at<\/span> a novel. (e)<\/em> no error<\/span><\/p>\n

5. the defendant (a)<\/i> surprised<\/span> the jury not only with his candor (b) <\/i>as well as<\/span> with (c) <\/i>what<\/span> seemed to be genuine goodwill (d) <\/i>behind<\/span> his smile. (e) <\/i>no error<\/p>\n

6. exotic pet enthusiasts prize male peacocks (a) <\/i>for<\/span> their feathers (b) <\/i>because<\/span> they are the (c) <\/i>more colorful<\/span> of the two (d) <\/i>sexes; in contrast,<\/span> female peacocks are mostly for breeding purposes. (e) <\/i>no error<\/span><\/p>\n

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the answers for these problems and more practice<\/h2>\n

we\u2019ll go through the answers (and their explanations) in another post<\/a>. don\u2019t stop here\u2014not until you\u2019ve made sure that you got the answers you should on the test. follow that link.<\/p>\n

or maybe that wasn\u2019t enough (it really never is). want more practice? remember that magoosh offers hundreds of practice sat questions<\/a> and lessons that will get you a better score.<\/p>\n

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the questions below are examples of \u201cidentifying sentence error\u201d questions, which show up in the long writing multiple choice section of the sat. there are 18 of this sat question type, altogether, out of a total of 49 scored writing multiple choice problems. while you do these practice questions, remember that you don\u2019t need to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[37,24,84],"ppma_author":[24883],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nsat identifying sentence errors practice questions - magoosh blog | high school<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-identifying-sentence-errors-practice-questions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"sat identifying sentence errors practice questions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"the questions below are examples of \u201cidentifying sentence error\u201d questions, which show up in the long writing multiple choice section of the sat. there are 18 of this sat question type, altogether, out of a total of 49 scored writing multiple choice problems. while you do these practice questions, remember that you don\u2019t need to […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-identifying-sentence-errors-practice-questions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"magoosh blog | high school\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/magooshsat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-16t09:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-10-24t10:26:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lucas fink\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@magooshsat_act\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@magooshsat_act\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lucas fink\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"article\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-identifying-sentence-errors-practice-questions\/#article\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-identifying-sentence-errors-practice-questions\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lucas fink\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/#\/schema\/person\/c06e6a007d0b81117c00610ed88b6c7d\"},\"headline\":\"sat identifying sentence errors practice questions\",\"datepublished\":\"2013-04-16t09:00:48+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2018-10-24t10:26:06+00:00\",\"mainentityofpage\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-identifying-sentence-errors-practice-questions\/\"},\"wordcount\":414,\"commentcount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"sat identifying sentence errors\",\"sat practice\",\"sat writing section\"],\"articlesection\":[\"sat\"],\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"commentaction\",\"name\":\"comment\",\"target\":[\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-identifying-sentence-errors-practice-questions\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"webpage\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-identifying-sentence-errors-practice-questions\/\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-identifying-sentence-errors-practice-questions\/\",\"name\":\"sat identifying sentence errors practice questions - 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