Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Boundaries
Conventions
ID: de55ec71
Generations of mystery and horror ______ have been influenced by the dark, gothic stories of celebrated American author
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849).
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. writers
B. writers,
C. writers—
D. writers;
,Question ID e38b3e4f
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Form, Structure, and
Conventions Sense
ID: e38b3e4f
The radiation that ______ during the decay of radioactive atomic nuclei is known as gamma radiation.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. occurs
B. have occurred
C. occur
D. are occurring
,Question ID 89fbc3eb
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Boundaries
Conventions
ID: 89fbc3eb
The Mission 66 initiative, which was approved by Congress in 1956, represented a major investment in the infrastructure
of overburdened national ______ it prioritized physical improvements to the parks’ roads, utilities, employee housing, and
visitor facilities while also establishing educational programming for the public.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. parks and
B. parks
C. parks;
D. parks,
, Question ID 960dec02
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Standard English Boundaries
Conventions
ID: 960dec02
A recent study tracked the number of bee species present in twenty-seven New York apple orchards over a ten-year
period. ______ found that when wild growth near an orchard was cleared, the number of different bee species visiting the
orchard decreased.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. Entomologist Heather Grab:
B. Entomologist, Heather Grab,
C. Entomologist Heather Grab
D. Entomologist Heather Grab,