PSAT REVIEW
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PSAT REVIEWMost Frequently Missed Questions
Critical ReadingO Skill Category: Determining the
Meaning of Words
Use vocabulary skills, context, roots, prefixes, and suffixes to determine the meaning of words.
The Scientists presentation was ________: they misstated, misinterpreted, and thoroughly misunderstood all aspects of the subject.
A. irresolute B. mundaneC. equivocalD. deplorableE. superficial
D.deplorable
The themes of the painter’s work were largely ______, showing little drama or imaginative flair.
A. esotericB. quixoticC. bombasticD. pedestrianE. ephemeral
D.pedestrian
Writing SkillsO Skill Category: Manage Word Choice
and Grammatical Relationships Between Words
Understand relationships between and among words including subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, and verb form and tense.
Archeologists have determined that the city was destroyed sometime in the eleventh century, resulting either from a war or a natural disaster.
A. century, resulting either fromB. century, either resulting fromC. century, which either resulted fromD. century either as a result ofE. century as the result of either
E.century as the result of either
The Caesar salad was named not for the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, as many people assume, it is named for the restaurant owner Caesar Cardini.
A. it is namedB. it was namedC. but it was namedD. it was namedE. but
E.but
The security office recommends that, when asked to provide a computer password, do not use any string of letters that can be found in a dictionary.
A. do not chooseB. not to chooseC. not choosingD. you not chooseE. your choice should be
D.you not choose
Born in London to Bengali parents and raised in Rhode Island, Jhumpa Lahiri’s fiction explored cultural conflicts that often arise for those who emigrate from India to the United States.
A. Jhumpa Lahiri’s fiction exploresB. Jhumpa Lahiri, whose fiction
exploresC. Jhumpa Lahiri explores in her fictionD. in whose fiction, Jhumpa Lahiri
exploresE. the fiction of Jhumpa Lahiri explores
C.Jhumpa Lahiri explores in her
fiction
Writing SkillsO Skill Category: Manage Grammatical
Structures Used to Modify or Compare Understand correct use of adjectives or adverbs, comparative structures (such as neither and nor), and phrases used to modify or compare.Select the one underlined part of the sentence that must be changed to make the sentence correct, or select "No error" to indicate that the sentence contains no error.
(a.) As young men, Orville Wright worked (b.) alongside his older brother Wilbur, (c.) first in a printing business and later in a bicycle shop, which (d.) soon became the site of aeronautical experiments. (e.) no error
A.As young men, Orville Wright
worked
The Pirahã people of Brazil (a) communicate almost as much by singing, whistling, (b) and humming (c) than they (d) do by pronouncing consonants and vowels. (e) No error
C.than they
(a) Since the age of eighteen, Yuan-tsung Chen left Beijing (b) for the countryside (c) to participate in land reform efforts; her novel, The Dragon’s Village , is (d) based on her experiences there. (e) No error
A.Since the age of eighteen, Yuan-tsung Chen left
Beijing
Had the sound of children playing not (a) awakened him when (b) they did , he would (c) in all probability (d) have missed his plane. (e) No error
B.they did , he would
Organs (a) located in the tail of the electric eel (b) enables the animal (c) to produce electricity, which it uses (d) in hunting prey. (e) No error
B.enables the animal
When governments intervene (a) on behalf of favored businesses, (b) give subsidies to corporations, (c) or supposedly business-friendly policies, (d) it violates the principle of free market competition. (e) No error
D.it violates the
principle of free market competition.
(a) That the thieves (b) were unable to sell the sculptures they (c) had smuggled out of Sicily suggests that the market for stolen antiquities (d) has shrunk . (e) No error
E. No error