PSAT Grammar & Writing Skills

Question 1

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Accepted Answer

She doesn’t like the cold weather.

Answer

The sentence 'She doesn’t like the cold weather' is grammatically correct because it uses the proper subject-verb agreement for a third-person singular subject ('She'). The contraction 'doesn’t' (does not) correctly pairs with 'She,' whereas 'don’t' (do not) is used for plural subjects or 'I' and 'you'.

Question 2

Which of the following sentences contains an error in punctuation?

Accepted Answer

Answer

The sentence 'She is going to, the store tomorrow' contains an error in punctuation. A comma should not be placed between a preposition ('to') and its object ('the store') in this context. The comma disrupts the natural flow and grammatical structure of the phrase.

Question 3

Which of the following sentences is correctly capitalized?

Accepted Answer

Answer

The sentence 'The big dog ran quickly' is correctly capitalized. Standard English capitalization rules dictate that only the first word of a sentence and proper nouns should be capitalized. In this sentence, 'The' is capitalized as it begins the sentence, while 'big,' 'dog,' 'ran,' and 'quickly' are common words and remain lowercase.

Question 4

Which sentence is written in active voice?

Accepted Answer

She read the book.

Answer

A sentence is in active voice when the subject performs the action of the verb. In 'She read the book,' 'She' is the subject and she is actively performing the action of 'reading.' In contrast, passive voice sentences like 'The book was read by her' have the subject receiving the action.

Question 5

What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence?

Accepted Answer

I will finish the assignment tomorrow.

Answer

When using the auxiliary verb 'will' to form the future tense, the main verb that follows must be in its base form (infinitive without 'to'). Therefore, 'finish' is the correct form to use after 'will' in the sentence 'I will finish the assignment tomorrow.' This construction correctly expresses a future action.

PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test

PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test

PSAT Grammar & Writing Skills