SAT Writing Practice Questions

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

After agreeing to another ceasefire; they returned to their former claimed areas.

  1. ceasefire; they returned
  2. ceasefire they returned
  3. ceasefire: they returned
  4. ceasefire, they returned
Explanation

Answer: D - The best choice is “ceasefire, they returned”

A semicolon can join to independent clauses - clauses that can stand alone as sentences. “After agreeing to another ceasefire” is an introductory phrase; therefore, the comma is necessary to separate it from the independent clause.

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