PSAT NMSQT UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔While purring softly, the kitten nuzzled against my leg - ✔✔CORRECT
✔✔Wordiness - ✔✔Clear descriptions, remove repetitive and irrelevant wording
✔✔Parallelism - ✔✔Consistent, flowing information
✔✔The blizzard was snowy, had wind, and icy - ✔✔INCORRECT
✔✔The blizzard was snowy, windy, and icy - ✔✔
✔✔Verb use - ✔✔Make sure tense and mood are properly used
✔✔Either/or and neither/nor - ✔✔Singular
✔✔Accept vs except - ✔✔I accept most of his apology, except for his claim that he had
good intentions all along
✔✔Affect vs effect - ✔✔Affect - verb
effect - noun
✔✔I vs me - ✔✔I - subject
me - object
✔✔Its vs It's - ✔✔it's = it is
✔✔Less vs fewer - ✔✔less - cannot be easily counted
fewer- countable items
✔✔Best vs better - ✔✔best - more than two
better -comparison between two things
✔✔Lie vs lay - ✔✔lie - to recline
lay- to place
✔✔Than vs then - ✔✔than -comparisons
then - time
✔✔Who vs whom - ✔✔who - subject
whom- object
✔✔which vs that - ✔✔which - if clause is not needed
, that - if clause is needed
✔✔common prepositions - ✔✔in moderation
in collaboration
on a regular basis
on behalf
by process
for the good of
of the opinion
✔✔Commas - ✔✔*
✔✔When do you separate a phrase (dependent clause?) - ✔✔When it comes before a
complete sentence (independent clause)
✔✔Semicolon - ✔✔Separate two complete, related sentences
✔✔Colon - ✔✔After a complete sentence to set off a list
After complete sentence to set off clarification
✔✔Dashes - ✔✔Indicate interruption or change of thought
Set off parenthetical phrase
✔✔Apostrophe's - ✔✔
✔✔Before s to indicate - ✔✔a singular entity possesses something
✔✔After s to indicate - ✔✔A plural entity possesses something
✔✔12 strategies - ✔✔
✔✔Take your time - ✔✔Pace yourself to finish when time is called
✔✔Underline and circle key information as you read long questions - ✔✔Try to hear as
you read silently by mouthing things
✔✔Think about the meaning - ✔✔Consider relevant context
✔✔Maybe read the passage through once before answering questions - ✔✔Try and
create your own answer before looking at the choices
✔✔Do not hesitate to come back to a question - ✔✔Use similarities among answers to
eliminate choices
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔While purring softly, the kitten nuzzled against my leg - ✔✔CORRECT
✔✔Wordiness - ✔✔Clear descriptions, remove repetitive and irrelevant wording
✔✔Parallelism - ✔✔Consistent, flowing information
✔✔The blizzard was snowy, had wind, and icy - ✔✔INCORRECT
✔✔The blizzard was snowy, windy, and icy - ✔✔
✔✔Verb use - ✔✔Make sure tense and mood are properly used
✔✔Either/or and neither/nor - ✔✔Singular
✔✔Accept vs except - ✔✔I accept most of his apology, except for his claim that he had
good intentions all along
✔✔Affect vs effect - ✔✔Affect - verb
effect - noun
✔✔I vs me - ✔✔I - subject
me - object
✔✔Its vs It's - ✔✔it's = it is
✔✔Less vs fewer - ✔✔less - cannot be easily counted
fewer- countable items
✔✔Best vs better - ✔✔best - more than two
better -comparison between two things
✔✔Lie vs lay - ✔✔lie - to recline
lay- to place
✔✔Than vs then - ✔✔than -comparisons
then - time
✔✔Who vs whom - ✔✔who - subject
whom- object
✔✔which vs that - ✔✔which - if clause is not needed
, that - if clause is needed
✔✔common prepositions - ✔✔in moderation
in collaboration
on a regular basis
on behalf
by process
for the good of
of the opinion
✔✔Commas - ✔✔*
✔✔When do you separate a phrase (dependent clause?) - ✔✔When it comes before a
complete sentence (independent clause)
✔✔Semicolon - ✔✔Separate two complete, related sentences
✔✔Colon - ✔✔After a complete sentence to set off a list
After complete sentence to set off clarification
✔✔Dashes - ✔✔Indicate interruption or change of thought
Set off parenthetical phrase
✔✔Apostrophe's - ✔✔
✔✔Before s to indicate - ✔✔a singular entity possesses something
✔✔After s to indicate - ✔✔A plural entity possesses something
✔✔12 strategies - ✔✔
✔✔Take your time - ✔✔Pace yourself to finish when time is called
✔✔Underline and circle key information as you read long questions - ✔✔Try to hear as
you read silently by mouthing things
✔✔Think about the meaning - ✔✔Consider relevant context
✔✔Maybe read the passage through once before answering questions - ✔✔Try and
create your own answer before looking at the choices
✔✔Do not hesitate to come back to a question - ✔✔Use similarities among answers to
eliminate choices
