Writing Questions

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
1

<p>These are from the October 2007 Exam.</p>

<p>I just don’t understand why I missed them.</p>

<li><p>Because traffic was (unusually heavy), Jim arrived ten minutes late (for) his job interview even though he had (ran desperately) all the way (from) the bus stop. (No Error)</p></li>
<li><p>(As) adults, male golden silk spiders (live not) in webs of (their own) making but rather in webs (made by) female spiders. (No error)</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Please give explanations along with the correct answers. Thanks</p>

2

<ol>
<li>you cannot "had ran"
It's had run</li>
</ol>

3

<p>I see no error in 23.</p>

<p>Anhtimmy is right about 22, it's had run.</p>

4

<ol>
<li>(As) adults, male golden silk spiders (live not) in webs of (their own) making but rather in webs (made by) female spiders. (No error)</li>
</ol>

<p>I think it's made by. Messes up parallel structure in my opinion.</p>

5

<p>23, no mistake. </p>

<p>Example:
I would rather have an American fan than a fan made in China. (no problem)
I love Asian food more than food cooked by Italians. (no problem)</p>

6

<p>Had Run.Pay attention on the irregular verbs (run-ran-run ) (become-became-become) and so long</p>

7

<p>fiona- the first part of that sentence is passive, so shouldnt the second part be as well? Well actually, made by is passive. So maybe it is E.</p>

8

Hey, I don’t understand why live not is right. I think it must donot live. Help me @nbafan135 , @fiona

9

“Live not” is the same as “do not live.” It’s a simple subject very inversion, like the famous “Ask not what your country can do for you…” which could have been rephrased “Do not ask…”, although that would lose much of its rhetorical force.

10

Reply #3: No. “in webs” and “in webs.” Parallelism. No error, as others have said.
Reply #7: “live not” is archaic/poetic, like “seek not.” (Post 8 is correct.)

11

thank you @marvin100 , @epiphany so much!

12

You’re so welcome. And it’s a pleasure to meet a fellow grammarian in @marvin100 ! I’ll have to stay on my toes. :smiley: