Combining sentences to clarify relationships — SHSAT practice questions

Question 1

Which edit should be made to correct the sentence?

The pilot program succeeded not because it was expensive but staff tracked problems and revised the process.

1. AChange revised to revising.
2. BInsert a comma after expensive.
3. CChange succeeded to succeed.
4. DChange but staff tracked to but because staff tracked.

Question 2

Read these sentences.

(1) The lab table labels were printed in large type.

(2) They were meant to be read from the doorway.

What is the best way to combine the sentences to clarify the relationship between the ideas?

1. AThe lab table labels were printed in large type, but they were meant to be read from the doorway.
2. BThe lab table labels were printed in large type so that they could be read from the doorway.
3. CThe lab table labels were printed in large type, they were meant to be read from the doorway.
4. DAlthough printed in large type, the labels were not meant to be read from the doorway.

Question 3

Which sentence of the paragraph should be revised to correct a vague pronoun?

(1) The school’s morning homework-help room gives early-arriving students a quiet place to review assignments and ask teachers questions before classes begin. (2) Some students arrive early because of bus schedules, while others are dropped off before their caregivers travel to work. (3) Two teachers supervise the room each morning, and the student council provides pencils, paper, and reference books. (4) When the teachers discussed the supplies with the student council members, they said the room had become essential.

1. Asentence 1
2. Bsentence 2
3. Csentence 3
4. Dsentence 4