SAT ? of the Day

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

The tiger	usually	hunts by night and	feeds on
	A		B

a variety of animals,	but it	prefers fairly large prey
	C

such as	deer and wild pigs.	No error
D		E

1. (A)


2. (B)


3. (C)


4. (D)


5. (E)

(E) No Error

Snowden in the News (humor)

I saw this article in the Blogosphere about Snowden:




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-- Dan

SAT ? of the Day

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Paradoxically, this successful entrepreneur is sometimes ------- and at other times reclusive.

1. autonomous


2. dispassionate


3. solitary


4. unthinking


5. gregarious

The paradox in the sentence is that the successful entrepreneur can be “reclusive” at times and “gregarious” at others. The entrepreneur alternately prefers isolation and its opposite, the company of people.

Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions
(Critical Reading)

Party at Mary's 1/2/2009

Great food, Apples to Apples, Ginger Bread Houses, and Play Station III.
Click on pictures to enlarge.

SAT ? of the Day

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Many types of dance music and jazz	call for
	A

special instruments,	which includes	the hi-hat,
	B

a pair of cymbals	operated by	a foot pedal;
	C

a cowbell struck with a wooden-tipped drumstick;

and wire brushes	used on both	drums and
	D

cymbals to produce a swishing sound.	No error
	E

1. (A)


2. (B)


3. (C)


4. (D)


5. (E)

The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is an inappropriate verb form. The singular “includes” does not agree with the plural “instruments.” This problem can be fixed by using “which include” or simply “including.”

Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors
(Writing)

SAT ? of the Day

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

If a, b, and c are numbers such that and , then is equal to which of the following?

1. 


2. 


3. 


4. 


5. 21

Answer is 1.

Here's Why:

From is implied that (1)

And from is implied that (2)

If we multiply (1) and (2) together, we have that ( b is canceled out).

• Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice
  
  (Mathematics)

SAT ? of the Day

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Contemporary novelist Alice Walker is quite the opposite of ------- ; through the ability of her heroines to rise above tragic setbacks, she expresses the belief that people can take charge of their own destinies.

1. an optimist


2. an idealist


3. a moralizer


4. a fatalist


5. a competitor

The most important phrase in this sentence is “quite the opposite.” The sentence says that Alice Walker is a person who believes people can take charge of their own destinies. A “fatalist” is one who believes that events are determined by fate and that individuals cannot take charge of their own destinies. So the term “fatalist” describes the opposite of Alice Walker and is thus the correct response.

Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions
(Critical Reading)