Digital SAT: Writing

Subject-Verb

Q1: https://www.kohngallery.com/albuquerque; Q2: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211122-saudis-lineage-of-interior-stylists; Q5: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ming/hd_ming.htm; Q6: https://web.uri.edu/gso/research/fish-sounds/; https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230519-the-sound-recordings-used-to-coax-back-species; Q9: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/number-steps-day-more-important-step-intensity; Q10: https://new.nsf.gov/news/apes-may-have-evolved-upright-stature-leaves-not; Q12: https://www.moma.org/artists/451; Q14: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230522-the-dutch-solution-to-busyness-that-captivated-the-world; Q16: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210414-a-revival-of-indigenous-throat-singing; Q17: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230505-five-extraordinary-gardens-around-the-world; Q19: https://www.britannica.com/place/Madagascar/History; Q21: https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-potato-chip-saratoga; Q22: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65202437; Q23: https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event; Q29: https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider#:~:text=The%20Large%20Hadron%20Collider%20(LHC,the%20particles%20along%20the%20way; Q30: https://beta.nsf.gov/news/researchers-create-worlds-first-energy-saving

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Finite/Nonfinite Verbs

Q1: https://new.nsf.gov/news/mathematical-model-provides-bolt-understanding; Q2: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/alpaca; https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/llamas.html; Q3: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48914418; Q4: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dolphins-woo-mates-presenting-sponges-and-wearing-them-hats-180967298/; Q5: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181106-the-surprising-story-of-wallpaper; Q6: bbc.com/travel/article/20180424-did-syria-create-the-worlds-first-song; Q7: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-catches-fiery-hourglass-as-new-star-forms; Q8: https://www.britannica.com/event/Meiji-Restoration; Q9: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mothers-day; Q11: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/19/gladys-west-the-hidden-figure-who-helped-invent-gps; https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2021/02/18/gps-only-exists-because-of-two-people-albert-einstein-and-gladys-west/?sh=4f5ba1725864; Q12: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180208-the-surprising-origin-of-colombian-folk-music; Q13: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220923-the-people-resurrecting-indias-ancient-fruit-trees; Q14: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230518-foresight-the-mental-talent-that-shaped-the-world; Q15: https://new.nsf.gov/news/searching-ancient-bears-alaskan-cave-led-important; Q16: https://new.nsf.gov/news/scientists-design-solar-roofs-harvest-energy; Q17: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/spinoff/NASA_Developed_Spherical_Robots_to_the_Rescue; Q19: https://smea.uw.edu/currents/manta-rays-theyre-just-like-us/; Q20:https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/30/movies/film-review-a-legendary-train-ride-through-rock-s-fabled-past.html

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Verb Tense

Q1: https://nzpocketguide.com/tipping-new-zealand/#:~:text=If%20you%20thought%20that%20your,tip%20would%20be%20NZ%2410.; Q2: https://theconversation.com/you-shed-dna-everywhere-you-go-trace-samples-in-the-water-sand-and-air-are-enough-to-identify-who-you-are-raising-ethical-questions-about-privacy-205557; Q3: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/19/clarence-clemons-obituary; Q4: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/researchers-uncover-how-human-brain-separates-stores-retrieves-memories; Q5: https://theconversation.com/mothers-lives-in-ancient-greece-were-not-easy-but-celebrations-of-their-love-have-survived-across-the-centuries-204449; Q6: https://new.nsf.gov/news/virus-genes-help-determine-if-pea-aphids-get-wings; Q7: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Bolivar; Q8: https://theconversation.com/integrity-innovation-and-risk-taking-is-a-rare-combination-in-ceos-new-research-suggests-195885; Q9: https://new.nsf.gov/news/luna-moths-use-their-tails-solely-bat-evasion, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juliette-Rubin; Q11: https://theconversation.com/how-hip-hop-has-enhanced-american-education-over-the-past-50-years-from-rec-rooms-to-classrooms-202794; Q12: https://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide-summary/226-computer-reconstruction-temple-site-at-phimai; Q13: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/10/pollution-electric-motorbikes-benin-air-acc; Q14: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2023/3d-printed-rocket-launched-using-innovative-nasa-alloy; Q15: https://www.ceydatancdance.com/#performance, https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/may/17/kizlar-review-theatre-royal-brighton

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Pronoun Agreement

Q1: https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/could-musical-medicine-influence-healthy-aging; Q4: https://www.britannica.com/technology/scissors#ref258485; Q5: https://www.aaas.org/invention-platelets; Q6: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mali-historical-empire-Africa; Q8: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/may/physicists-take-the-temperature-of-fluid-flows-and-discover-new-.html; Q10: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/aug/24/best-board-games-about-cities; Q11: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/why-and-how-nasa-gives-a-name-to-every-spot-it-studies-on-mars; Q12: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/05/cant-get-you-out-of-my-head-australian-research-reveals-the-science-behind-earworms; Q14: From Art in Time (Phaidon), pages 20-21, https://www.amazon.com/Art-Time-History-Styles-Movements/dp/0714867373/; Q15: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/20/ancient-forest-found-bottom-huge-sinkhole-china-guangxi; Q16: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220510-why-are-there-continent-sized-blobs-in-the-deep-earth; Q17: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/mlb-moneyball-labor-unions/; Q19: https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/earthquake-southern-california-90-years-ago-changed-way-we-build

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Possessives and Nouns

Q2: https://new.nsf.gov/news/alligators-rulers-swamps-link-marine-freshwater; Q3: https://www.patagonia-argentina.com/en/maam-museum-salta/; Q4: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-moon-of-saturn-may-be-more-habitable-than-expected-180980890/; Q5: https://new.nsf.gov/news/hidden-ice-melt-himalayan-glaciers; Q6: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-historic-female-mathematicians-you-should-know-100731927/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sofya-Vasilyevna-Kovalevskaya; Q8: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28756378; Q9: https://new.nsf.gov/news/grains-rain; Q10: https://theconversation.com/what-it-takes-to-become-a-spelling-bee-champ-206046; Q11: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52115; Q13: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/03/07/1160721021/why-we-usually-cant-tell-when-a-review-is-fake; Q15: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160216-did-the-maya-create-the-first-comics

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Modifiers

Q1: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572/, https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210815-an-immense-mystery-older-than-stonehenge; Q2: https://www.marketingmag.com.au/news/yayoi-kusamas-giant-sculpture-looks-over-louis-vuittons-paris-store/; Q3: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5661; Q5: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Newgrange, https://www.newgrange.com/; Q7: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33965665/, https://www.stat.uchicago.edu/~s343/Handouts/galton-peas.html; Q8: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chien-Shiung-Wu, https://www.nps.gov/people/dr-chien-shiung-wu-the-first-lady-of-physics.htm; Q9: https://paultaylordance.org/esplanade/; Q13: https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-truth-about-open-offices; Q15: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/humor-isnt-only-trigger-human-laughter, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/1962-laughter-epidemic-tanganyika; Q18: https://www.criterion.com/films/201-fanny-and-alexander-theatrical-version; Q19: https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/philip-simmons, https://www.arts.gov/stories/magazine/2017/1/nea-jazz-mastersnea-national-heritage-fellowships-celebrating-35-years/love-it; Q20: https://geology.com/diamond/red-diamonds/

Linking Clauses

Q1: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/DeconstructionReport.pdf; Q3: https://www.pbs.org/show/eyes-on-the-prize/; Q4: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/giantmillipede; Q5: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8428566/; Q9: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/icefin-dives-below-the-antarctic-ice-shelf/; Q13: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center/news/comprehensive-review-burmese-python-science, https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-have-invasive-pythons-impacted-florida-ecosystems; Q17: https://europa.nasa.gov/, https://europa.nasa.gov/resources/181/europa-clipper-reason-vhf-radar-antenna-deployment/; Q18: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/samso-labyrinten; Q20: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00390-w

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Dependent Clauses

Q1: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/native-americans-spread-horses-through-the-west-earlier-than-thought-180981912/; Q4: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/17/superblocks-rescue-barcelona-spain-plan-give-streets-back-residents; Q5: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/26/architect-lesley-lokko-venice-biennale-ghana-africa-wakanda-david-adjaye; Q6: https://beta.nsf.gov/science-matters/do-earth-exoplanets-have-magnetic-fields-far-radio; Q7: https://www.arts.gov/stories/magazine/2021/2/showing-strength-through-creativity-equity-and-access-arts-asian-americanpacific-islander/reclaiming-culture-through-hula; Q8: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/south-korean-monk-chef-jeong-kwan/index.html; Q10: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210511-how-rafts-helped-primates-rule-the-world; Q11: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230209-how-deep-sea-creatures-are-discovered; Q13: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/31/chacoan-peccary-gran-chaco-deforestation-south-america-aoe; Q14: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20171204-the-imaginative-elegant-furniture-of-latin-america; Q15: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2020/03/24/developing-stories/; Q16: arts.gov/stories/magazine/2010/3/art-and-science-creativity/creativity-collaboration; Q17: https://new.nsf.gov/news/alien-comet-oumuamuas-weird-orbit-may-have

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Punctuating Questions and Lists

Q1: ​​https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=136822; Q2: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/17/1182778018/3d-movie-glasses; Q3: https://new.nsf.gov/news/developing-taste-carbs-wasnt-necessarily-bad-thing; Q4: https://new.nsf.gov/news/robot-arm-tastes-engineered-bacteria; Q5: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230518-the-masters-of-a-5000-year-old-craft; Q6: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-vintage-item-common-seller.html; Q7: https://www.mdedge.com/internalmedicine/article/239001/lotme/helpful-giant-rodents-and-our-old-friend-hookworm, https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140523-giant-rats-that-can-sniff-out-tb; Q9: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/new-study-reveals-nasas-roman-could-find-400-earth-mass-rogue-planets/; 

Transitions

Q1: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30736925/; Q2: https://new.nsf.gov/news/what-did-earliest-animals-look; Q3: https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/aoua-keita-0/biography; Q4: https://theconversation.com/old-man-strength-is-dad-really-stronger-62846; Q5: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worst-nfl-field-conditions-bears-giants; Q7: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/life-blueprint-in-asteroids; Q8: https://www.history.com/news/polynesian-sailors-americas-columbus; Q9: https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/redwood-tree-stumps-offer-clues-past-earthquakes; Q12: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/13508/the-letter; Q13: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230621-titanic-sub-how-do-surveillance-planes-detect-ocean-submersibles; Q14: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221017-nuraghi-sardinias-mysterious-beehive-towers; Q15: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/03/fear-smell-pheromone; Q17: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/express-train-crosses-the-nation-in-83-hours; Q18: https://new.nsf.gov/science-matters/nightlife-brain; Q19: https://www.criterion.com/films/1092-close-up; Q20: https://new.nsf.gov/news/healthy-depleted-herd-predators-decrease-prey; Q22: https://new.nsf.gov/science-matters/first-ghost-particle-image-milky-way-galaxy; Q23: https://theconversation.com/express-gratitude-not-because-you-will-benefit-from-it-but-others-might-134887; Q24: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230707153836.htm; Q25: https://phys.org/news/2019-11-sphenisciform-fossil-bauplan-extinct-giant.html, https://phys.org/news/2023-07-oldest-extinct-penguin-fossil-skull.html; Q26: ​​https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877; Q27: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-qa-people-willingness-pay-online.html; Q28: https://theconversation.com/quantum-physics-proposes-a-new-way-to-study-biology-and-the-results-could-revolutionize-our-understanding-of-how-life-works-204995; Q29: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220513-oksana-linde-and-the-forgotten-pioneers-of-electronic-music; Q30: https://www.britannica.com/place/Kuala-Lumpur; Q31: https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/artists; Q33: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a44382202/parity-symmetry-violation/; Q35: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/scientists-discover-clues-aging-healing-squishy-sea-creature; Q36: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/28/paywalls-block-scientific-progress-research-should-be-open-to-everyone; Q38: https://new.nsf.gov/news/protein-mines-sorts-rare-earths-paving-way-green; Q40: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/science/magpies-birds-nests.html, https://smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crows-and-magpies-snatch-anti-bird-spikes-to-build-their-nests-180982546/; Q41: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-women-got-vote-far-more-complex-story-history-textbooks-reveal-180971869/; Q42: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/138/, https://www.britannica.com/place/Mohenjo-daro; Q44: https://www.thecollector.com/women-of-dada-art-movement/; Q45: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/seven-facts-you-may-not-know-about-sharks-near-nasa-s-florida-spaceport

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