Sentence boundaries (SAT/ACT)

Question 1

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The glacier has retreated almost two kilometres since 1950___ scientists expect the pace to increase.

• A. ,
• B. (no punctuation)
• C. ;
• D. :

Question 2

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The researchers tested two hypotheses___ the first concerned diet; the second, exercise.

• A. ,
• B. (no punctuation)
• C. ; and
• D. :

Question 3

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The researchers tested two hypotheses___ the first concerned diet; the second, exercise.

• A. (no punctuation)
• B. ; and
• C. :
• D. ,

Question 4

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The author's first novel was rejected by twelve publishers___ the thirteenth accepted it and it became a bestseller.

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

Question 5

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The painting, which hangs in the north gallery___ is one of the artist's earliest works.

• A. ,
• B. ;
• C. .
• D. (no punctuation)

Question 6

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The glacier has retreated almost two kilometres since 1950___ scientists expect the pace to increase.

• A. ;
• B. (no punctuation)
• C. :
• D. ,

Question 7

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Although the village is remote___ it attracts thousands of hikers each summer.

• A. :
• B. ;
• C. ,
• D. .

Question 8

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The painting, which hangs in the north gallery___ is one of the artist's earliest works.

• A. .
• B. ,
• C. ;
• D. (no punctuation)

Question 9

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The glacier has retreated almost two kilometres since 1950___ scientists expect the pace to increase.

• A. :
• B. ;
• C. (no punctuation)
• D. ,

Question 10

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Many species of bamboo can grow almost a metre in a single day___ making them among the fastest-growing plants on Earth.

• A. .
• B. ,
• C. ;
• D. :

Question 11

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The painting, which hangs in the north gallery___ is one of the artist's earliest works.

• A. .
• B. (no punctuation)
• C. ,
• D. ;

Question 12

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The glacier has retreated almost two kilometres since 1950___ scientists expect the pace to increase.

• A. :
• B. ,
• C. (no punctuation)
• D. ;

Question 13

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The researchers tested two hypotheses___ the first concerned diet; the second, exercise.

• A. ; and
• B. :
• C. (no punctuation)
• D. ,

Question 14

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Many species of bamboo can grow almost a metre in a single day___ making them among the fastest-growing plants on Earth.

• A. .
• B. ,
• C. ;
• D. :

Question 15

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The painting, which hangs in the north gallery___ is one of the artist's earliest works.

• A. ,
• B. .
• C. ;
• D. (no punctuation)

Question 16

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The glacier has retreated almost two kilometres since 1950___ scientists expect the pace to increase.

• A. (no punctuation)
• B. ,
• C. :
• D. ;