Finite and non-finite verbs (SAT Form, Structure, and Sense)

Question 1

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The novel's narrator, a retired sailor, ___ his story over a single stormy night.

• A. tells
• B. to tell
• C. telling
• D. having told

Question 2

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? In 1953, the scientists Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling ___ an X-ray image that revealed the helical structure of DNA.

• A. produced
• B. to produce
• C. having produced
• D. producing

Question 3

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Migrating across the Sahara each autumn, swallows ___ thousands of kilometres.

• A. fly
• B. flying
• C. having flown
• D. to fly

Question 4

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Satellites ___ the Earth's surface can detect changes in ice cover from year to year.

• A. orbited by
• B. have orbited
• C. orbit
• D. orbiting

Question 5

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The team's goal is ___ a battery that charges in under five minutes.

• A. developed
• B. develops
• C. had developed
• D. to develop

Question 6

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Satellites ___ the Earth's surface can detect changes in ice cover from year to year.

• A. have orbited
• B. orbiting
• C. orbit
• D. orbited by

Question 7

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The novel's narrator, a retired sailor, ___ his story over a single stormy night.

• A. telling
• B. tells
• C. having told
• D. to tell

Question 8

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Satellites ___ the Earth's surface can detect changes in ice cover from year to year.

• A. orbited by
• B. orbiting
• C. orbit
• D. have orbited

Question 9

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The novel's narrator, a retired sailor, ___ his story over a single stormy night.

• A. telling
• B. tells
• C. having told
• D. to tell

Question 10

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The novel's narrator, a retired sailor, ___ his story over a single stormy night.

• A. having told
• B. telling
• C. to tell
• D. tells

Question 11

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The team's goal is ___ a battery that charges in under five minutes.

• A. to develop
• B. develops
• C. developed
• D. had developed

Question 12

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Hoping to reduce traffic, the city ___ a network of protected bike lanes last year.

• A. having built
• B. built
• C. building
• D. to build

Question 13

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Hoping to reduce traffic, the city ___ a network of protected bike lanes last year.

• A. building
• B. built
• C. to build
• D. having built

Question 14

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Satellites ___ the Earth's surface can detect changes in ice cover from year to year.

• A. orbiting
• B. have orbited
• C. orbited by
• D. orbit

Question 15

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The museum, ___ in a former power station, attracts millions of visitors a year.

• A. was housed
• B. it is housed
• C. is housed
• D. housed

Question 16

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Satellites ___ the Earth's surface can detect changes in ice cover from year to year.

• A. have orbited
• B. orbited by
• C. orbiting
• D. orbit