AP LANGUAGE
AND
COMPOSITION
“Do Now” grammar activities, set #1
From The Daily Spark’s SAT: English Test Prep
Warm Up-Activities.
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following sentence. If there is an
error, choose the one underlined part that must
be changed to make the sentence correct. If there
is no error, choose (E).
(1) Despite the home team’s best effort, the visitor’s
(A)
(B)
played hard and won by forty points. No error.
(C)
(D)
(E)
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following sentence. If there is an
error, choose the one underlined part that must
be changed to make the sentence correct. If there
is no error, choose (E).
(2) The new carpenters on the TV design show,
(A)
who are very knowledgeable in their fields, use
(B)
(C)
many different power tools. No error.
(D)
(E)
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the entire following question. Then
complete the sentence by choosing the best
answer.
(3) The singer’s _____________ lyrics, which
prompted much analysis, turned out to be nothing
more than randomly assembled phrases from
commercials the singer likes.
(a) sinister
(b) reasonable
(c) cryptic
(d) divergent
(e) divulging
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the entire following question. Then
complete the sentence by choosing the best
answer.
(4) The needle of the pressure gauge indicated that
an explosion was _____________ .
(a) formidable
(b) ostensible
(c) imminent
(d) irreconcilable
(e) diametrical
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following questions. Then complete
the sentences by choosing the best answer.
(5) The _____________ workers never held a job for
more than a few weeks.
(a) inseparable
(b) transcendent
(c) transient
(d) forthcoming
(e) indispensable
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following question. Then complete
the sentence by choosing the best answer.
(6) The poor cousin tiptoes around the house with a
meek, _____________ air.
(a) simplistic
(b) superior
(c) subliminal
(d) subservient
(e) subject
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following question. Choose the answer
that most improves the underlined portion of the
original sentence. If the original doesn’t have an
error, choose (a).
(7) The herd of zebras move across the plains.
(a) move
(b) moves
(c) moved
(d) moving
(e) was moving
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following question. Choose the answer
that most improves the underlined portion of the
original sentence. If the original doesn’t have an
error, choose (a).
(8) There once was a Roman emperor, who, did
nothing but sit around all day long and feed the
pigeons.
(a) emperor, who,
(b) emperor, whom,
(c) emperor, that,
(d) emperor, which,
(e) emperor who
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following question. Complete the
sentence by choosing the best answer.
(9) Frank couldn’t tell whether the columnist was
being ________, or whether she was serious about
her unusual opinions.
(a) arcane
(b) defunct
(c) prolific
(d) expository
(e) sarcastic
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following question. Complete the
sentence by choosing the best answers.
(10) The company brought together its best engineers
to ________ on a plan that would ________ the
performance of many of its products.
(a) collaborate…enhance
(b) perforate…improve
(c) exasperate…deviate
(d) exacerbate…confound
(e) enervate…advance
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following question. Choose the answer
that most improves the underlined portion of the
original sentences. If the original doesn’t have an
error, choose (a).
(11) Once the expiration date on the milk has passed,
it would be prudent to dispose of the old milk.
(a) would be prudent to dispose
(b) would have been prudent to have disposed
(c) would be, prudent to dispose,
(d) was prudent to dispose
(e) might would be prudent to dispose
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following questions. Choose the
answer that most improves the underlined portion of
the original sentences. If the original doesn’t have an
error, choose (a).
(12) Jenny’s piggy bank, fell from the shelf and
shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.
(a) bank, fell
(b) bank, falls
(c) bank falls
(d) bank that fell
(e) bank fell
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following sentence. If there is an error,
choose the one underlined part that must be changed
to make the sentence correct. If there is no error,
choose (E).
(13) The local veterinarian said he won’t never do any
(A)
medical work on an animal larger than a small
(B)
horse or small cow because he didn’t specialize in
(C)
that type of medicine in college. No error.
(D)
(E)
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following sentence. If there is an
error, choose the one underlined part that must
be changed to make the sentence correct. If there
is no error, choose (E).
(14) Carol bought a brand new blanket for the
(A)
(B)
(C)
baby, which was blue. No error.
(D)
(E)
DAY OF WEEK, DATE
Write down the following question. Complete the
sentence by choosing the best answer.
(15) The witness’s statement originally seemed
devastating for the defense, but things looked up
when she _____________________ on Thursday.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
recanted
recounted
reminisced
reminded
revisited