PSAT Writing Question of the Day

Practice PSAT Writing with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

Since Molly won first place and Meg won second, she was honored at the awards ceremony after dinner. No error

she was
won
at
after dinner
No error

Explanation: This sentence has an ambiguous pronoun. To whom does "she" refer? You could fix this either by referring to both women with "they," if it is indeed the case that both were honored at the awards ceremony after dinner, or by replacing "she" with the name of the woman being specified.

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PSAT Writing

PSAT Writing Question of the Day

Practice PSAT Writing with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

Since Molly won first place and Meg won second, she was honored at the awards ceremony after dinner. No error

she was
won
at
after dinner
No error