Sat Grammar: Common Questions Study Guide Graded A+

When they were alive, these small, soft-bodied animals ____ through the ocean strata while eating the sediment that collected there. a. burrow b. burrowed c. can burrow d. have burrowed {Ans: b. burrowed Verb tense indicates when an action occurred. Because the sentence begins "when they were alive," we can assume the "small, soft-bodied animals" are not alive anymore, so it is appropriate to say they "burrowed" (past tense). For further evidence, notice that the only other verbs in the sentence ("were" and "collected") are written in the past tense.}That's an experiment you don't want to ____ would potentially wipe Florida off the map. a. run. That's an experiment that b. run, and such an experiment c. run because it d. run. That experiment {Ans: c. run because it In general, use the fewest words possible to say the same thing, and don't split up ideas that are closely connected. That the experiment could "wipe Florida off the map" is the reason "you don't want to run" it, so "because" is appropriate. Since the "experiment" is the same in both sentences, replace "experiment" with "it" to avoid unneeded repetition.}____ meat, eggs, and dairy products became the large food