PSAT Practice 2 Writing Section This section tests

PSAT Practice #2

Writing Section This section tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors.

Number 1. Kim could not decide between a A B career as an engineer or becoming C D a doctor. No error. E

Parallelism No. 1 Rule: Use parallel structure with words, phrases, or clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction: Corrected: Between a career as an engineer or a doctor. FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Number 2 Joan of Arc had a hunger to save A France, a knack for performing B miracles, and was willing to endure C great suffering rather than to deny her D faith. No Error. E

Parallelism No. 2 Rule: Use parallel structure with words, phrases, or clauses in a series: “Hunger” and “knack” are both nouns, the third item in this series should also be a noun. Substitute “a willingness” for “was willing”

Number 3. The western horned owl, which has A brown spots, a large face, and feathered toes, is named for the upright feathers B projecting above their ears. C D No Error E

Pronoun Agreement No. 1 Rule: A pronoun refers to something earlier in the text (antecedent) and must agree in number (singular/plural) to the thing it is referring to: Corrected: The western horned owl. . . its ears. Singular subject Singular pronoun

Number 4 When astronauts view Earth from space, he or she A B sees what looks like a blue marble suspended in an C D inky void. No error. E

Pronoun Agreement No. 2 Pronouns must agree with their antecedents. Subject: Astronauts (plural) Pronoun: he or she Corrected- they