Digital SAT Punctuation Practice Questions

1. During the total solar eclipse of 1919, British astronomer Arthur Eddington led an expedition to observe starlight near the Sun ____ that helped confirm a prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A) an observation

B) ; an observation

C) , an observation

D) ,

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2. Although Jane Austen completed Persuasion in 1816 ____ was published after her death, and many readers now consider it one of her most emotionally subtle works.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A) the novel

B) , the novel

C) ; the novel

D) : the novel

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3. The Giant’s Causeway, a coastal formation in Northern Ireland ____ of thousands of interlocking basalt columns created by ancient volcanic activity.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A) consists

B) , consists

C) consists,

D) ; consists

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4. In 1843, Ada Lovelace published notes on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine ____ those notes included what many historians describe as the first published computer algorithm.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A) and

B) , and

C) ; and

D) —and

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5. The ____ published her first volume, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, in 1773.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A) poet Phillis Wheatley,

B) poet, Phillis Wheatley,

C) poet Phillis Wheatley

D) poet, Phillis Wheatley

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