<p>I’m pretty sure the question was originally phrased in the present tense</p>
<p>@Aayaa, I remember that question -_-. I think I put down A.</p>
<p>@noloserhere i am pretty sure that the answer is DUE TO IT …blah blah blah, madagascar has animals that the main land does not have.
It is sort of like a cause and effect question where “due to it” (one can also replace it with Because) acts like the cause and the 2nd part of the sentence is the effect</p>
<p>The last question in section 10. Was it hopeful to become or hoping to become. I put the latter.</p>
<p>@etennis, i put each was hoping</p>
<p>easoccer i chose that too, but most people thing its having separated</p>
<p>@lockclock ya im pretty sure we are right :P</p>
<p>aaaanie i agree with u!!! that was my exact sentiment! i picked the answer that started with “,pluto, blah blah blah”</p>
<p>easoccer10 probably not, as having separated makes more grammatic sense. Nonetheless “due to it separating” is awkward but fits the meaning better.</p>
<p>Anyone have a compiled list?</p>
<p>Did anyone else get the essay that was like: are photographs straightforward representations of real life, or like artistic creations? </p>
<p>I thought that was pretty hard. What examples did you guys use?</p>
<p>@lockclock…Explanation on why it makes more gramatical sense because im still not convinced haha??</p>
<p>@EAsoccer10</p>
<p>Due to it doesn’t make sense because the “it” is much too vague. If anything, it would have to be “Due to it’s separation from” not “Due to it separating…”<br>
I’m pretty positive here on that note. </p>
<p>BUT my REAL question is
WAS there an answer choice that was “Having been”? Because either I’m delusional or I simply forgot to read through all of the answer choices carefully 
I really want to know whether I picked Having been</p>
<p>@loserhere (lol jk i just had to)…anyways, “it” refers to Madagascar, therefore its not vague.</p>
<p>Regarding the Madagascar question (and again, I’d like to mention that I didn’t actually take the test, so if I’m wrong don’t blame me-- I haven’t actually seen the questions in their original correctly-written context):</p>
<p>“Having been” is a perfectly acceptable version of “due to”</p>
<p>According to Using English:
“‘Having been’ is the past participle form and used to emphasize that a first action has been completed before the second action begins.</p>
<p>Examples: Having been to Paris, I wrote an article on Eifell Tower.
Having seen an accident ahead, I stopped my car."</p>
<p>[[Grammar</a>] Having been and Have been - UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum](<a href=“http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/89752-having-been-have-been.html][Grammar”>http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/89752-having-been-have-been.html)</p>
<p>EDIT: And if it was simply “Having seperated” (i.e. “Having [simple perfect particle]”) as some of you have recalled it as being, I believe the same rules of applicability apply.</p>
<p>@born2dance94</p>
<p>The sentence wouldve been something like </p>
<p>“Having been separated from Africa years ago, Madagascar has a wide array of mammals that are not found on the mainland.”</p>
<p>So would</p>
<p>“Having separated from Africa years ago…” be more correct?</p>
<p>it was something like this: having separated from mainland africa 1.6 million years ago, the island of ___ now enjoys a variety of wildlife not found on the mainland.
I agree that due to its separation would’ve worked better, but i’m not so sure having separated implies cause and effect. With that in mind, due to it separating isn’t really the correct tense 100% so idk if it would work either.</p>
<p>@borntodance I’m no linguist but having sounds awkward with present tense in the second part. And the it isn’t
ambiguous</p>
<p>@badatthesat thank you!!! jeez</p>
<p>Well we’ll find out on the SAS but
WAS having been even a choice??? 
I am begging for a response.
Was “having been separated” a choice or was it just “having separated”
ANYONE remember?</p>
<p>did anyone get answers like this:</p>
<p>…who, along with his father, …</p>
<p>fossils…show</p>