Private Tutor Sat Writing 2013-2014 Prep Course

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22.In the socialist society created by George Orwell in

A

Animal Farm, both Snowball and Napoleon appear

early on as the leader of the animals. No error

B C D E

Check the answers one by one to catch the Noun Agreement error.

(A) check the preposition “by.” Make your own sentence: The plan was created by her. That works.

“Created” is a past tense verb. George Orwell wrote the book in the past, so verb tense checks fine.

(B) can someone or something appear early on in a book? Absolutely.

(C) “leader” is a singular noun so check for noun agreement. Who or what does “leader” refer to?

Napoleon AND Snowball. Two pigs mean two leaders. We have a noun agreement error.

(D) check the preposition “of.” Can you be a leader of something? Sure – think of the expression

leader of the pack.

Revised sentence:

In the socialist society created by George Orwell in

A

Animal Farm, both Snowball and Napoleon appear

leaders Noun Agreement

early on as the leader of the animals. No error

B C D E

Correct Answer: (C)

23.Most of the hypotheses that Galileo developed to
A B
explain the relationship between the Earth and the

Sun were declared inconsistent to the heliocentric

C D

view. No error

E

Did you catch the Idiom error? Let’s check the answers.

(A) Should “most” be “more”? No. It is safe to assume that there are more than two hypotheses.
Make your own sentence to check the preposition “of.” Most of the dogs... It works.
(B) “hypotheses that” is idiomatically correct.
(C) “declared” is a past tense verb and Galileo is long since dead and gone, so “declared” checks
fine.
(D) Check the preposition “inconsistent to.” Make your own sentence: His actions are inconsistent
to his words? Nope. It should be: His actions are inconsistent with his words.