When NO punctuation is needed (SAT)

Question 1

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The festival features music from ___ Ghana and Peru.

• A. Brazil
• B. Brazil,
• C. Brazil:
• D. Brazil;

Question 2

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The engineers tested the bridge with; heavy trucks.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 3

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The most surprising result of the survey ___ that teenagers read more than adults.

• A. was
• B. was,
• C. was;
• D. was:

Question 4

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The research team found: that the glacier was retreating faster than expected.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 5

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Scientists who study volcanoes ___ often called volcanologists.

• A. are;
• B. are
• C. are:
• D. are,

Question 6

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The species discovered in 2021 lives only on one mountain.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 7

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The sculpture is made of ___ steel.

• A. recycled;
• B. recycled:
• C. recycled,
• D. recycled

Question 8

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The most surprising result of the survey was that teenagers read more than adults.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 9

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The most surprising result of the survey ___ that teenagers read more than adults.

• A. was,
• B. was
• C. was;
• D. was:

Question 10

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The poet Gwendolyn Brooks won; the Pulitzer Prize in 1950.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 11

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The species ___ in 2021 lives only on one mountain.

• A. discovered;
• B. , discovered
• C. discovered
• D. discovered,

Question 12

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The engineers tested the bridge with heavy trucks.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 13

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? In her book ___ the author explains how cities can adapt to rising seas.

• A. Rising Water;
• B. Rising Water
• C. Rising Water,
• D. Rising Water:

Question 14

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? Scientists who study volcanoes are often called volcanologists.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 15

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The engineers tested the bridge ___ heavy trucks.

• A. with;
• B. with:
• C. with
• D. with,

Question 16

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? Among the items discovered in the tomb were; a bronze mirror and two clay lamps.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect