SAT Writing Practice Questions

Category - SAT Writing

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

The United States put a freeze on all of Japan’s assets and declared an embargo on oil and scrap metal shipments to Japan.

  1. put a freeze on all of
  2. decided to freeze
  3. froze
  4. stopped
Explanation

Answer: C - The best choice is “froze”

Excessive words can affect sentence clarity. “Froze” conveys a similar meaning as “put a freeze on all of” and fits within the context of the sentence.

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