SAT Prep | Sentence Correction Examples

Answer the following questions and try to identify the kind of error contained in each.

1. When I arrived at the stadium, which was jam-packed with spectators, the halftime show underway.

(A) the halftime show underway.
(B) the halftime show being underway.
(C) underway, the half-time show was nearly over.
(D) the halftime show was underway.
(E) was underway.

2. Leaving behind a middle-class existence in France, Paul Gaugin’s sojourn in Tahiti brought the artist much-needed inspiration.

(A) France, Paul Gaugin’s...

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