Monday 28 July 2008

The Official SAT Question 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.

Most(A) of the world's sharks, living(B) in temperate and tropical regions, though(C) the Greenland shark lives in the cold Arctic waters, and the huge basking shark is at home in the seas around Antarctica(D). No error(E)


A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)

Answer is B

Here's Why:

The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where an inappropriate verb form creates a sentence fragment. To fix this problem, the phrase “sharks, living” should be changed to “sharks live.”


Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors

(Writing)

No comments: