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SAT Writing

Category - Improving Sentences

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Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Four U.S. battleships was sunk, and the rest were badly damaged.

was
were
where
we’re

Explanation

Answer: B - The best choice is “were”

“Was” is inconsistent with the plural noun “battleships.” “Where” indicates location and “we’re” is the contraction of “we are.” “Were” is consistent with “battleships.”

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