SAT® Reading & Writing Practice Question: Standard English Conventions

Also Great Practice for ACT® English

Today’s practice is a mock SAT® Standard English Conventions Question. For proper time management on test day, you should aim to answer this question correctly in 10-15 seconds.

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SAT® Standard English Conventions Practice Question

In Randall Morton's 1957 field guide titled The Western Naturalist's Handbook, the ornithologist documented over 3,000 species, including Western Tanager (summer migrant), Tufted Puffin (sea dweller), and Varied Thrush (forest songbird). Such distinctive Western birds, recorded in remarkably sharp detail in The Western Naturalist's Handbook, ______ the regional avian diversity Morton aimed to document in his comprehensive guide.

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

A. showcase

B. has showcased

C. showcases

D. was showcasing

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