Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3
Choose the correct word: "The dog wagged ___ tail."
- it's
- its
- its'
- it is
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✓ Answer: B — its
'Its' is the possessive pronoun; 'it's' means 'it is'.
College Board · SAT · Reading and Writing
Standard English Conventions
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39 College Board SAT Reading and Writing questions on Standard English Conventions, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.
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Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- I bought apples, oranges, and pears.
- I bought apples oranges and pears.
- I bought apples, oranges and, pears.
- I bought, apples, oranges, and pears.
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✓ Answer: A — I bought apples, oranges, and pears.
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College Board SAT Reading and Writing: Standard English Conventions FAQ
How many College Board SAT Reading and Writing questions on Standard English Conventions are there on Kramizo?
Kramizo currently has 39 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Standard English Conventions for College Board SAT Reading and Writing, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real College Board paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
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Are the Standard English Conventions questions aligned to the official College Board SAT Reading and Writing syllabus?
Every question is written against the published College Board SAT Reading and Writing specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real College Board paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from College Board.
How is Standard English Conventions typically tested on College Board SAT Reading and Writing papers?
Standard English Conventions appears across multiple question types on real College Board SAT Reading and Writing papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.
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