Writing question from May 06

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>During rehearsals, the director praised the actors (which) (had) supporting roles mor often (than) those with the (most demanding) roles.</p>

<p>OBVIOUSLY, the answer is A–Which->Who… but shouldn’t D be “More demanding” instead of “most” since it’s comparing supporting roles to demanding roles?</p>

<p>Edit: another question:</p>

<p>My roommate, a drama major, (claimed that) Ibsen’s plays, (unlike Ionesco), are (totally conventional) in (their) style. </p>

<p>Again, OBVIOUSLY, the answer is B. But shouldn’t “style” be “styles” since it’s referring to Ibsen’s PLAYS?</p>

2

<p>There are more than 2 roles. “Demanding roles” is not the noun, it is simply “roles.” There can be other roles besides te support ones and the most demanding ones.</p>

3

<p>their style can be just 1 style…
like… a family ,lets said has 3 boys. they own a car. 3 boys got into their car.~~</p>

4

<p>Q1: Not necessarily, since rather than simply comparing two of them, it’s comparing more than two, so “most” is appropriate.</p>

<p>Q2: No, “style” is fine, since they all share the same single style. If the styles were different, then you’re right, it’s “styles.”</p>

<p>For Q2 and any others, keep in mind that the question is always right (or at least you should assume so for the test) and so if you find a mistake in the Q, it’s more likely a bad answer choice, and should tell you at least that the answer is not “No error.”</p>

5

<p>While the second choices seem ambiguous… the other choices are DEFINITE. Therefore, I’d go with the definite choices. And as previously shown, they are not errors anyway.</p>

6

<p>second one is unlike Ionesco’s plays
cuz it’s comparing</p>

7

<p>don’t ponder over SAT questions too long, it never turns out well…GO with obvious</p>