SAT Writing Practice Questions - Question List

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21.

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

The commander in chief of Japan’s fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto believed that attacking Pearl Harbor would allow Japan to rebuild its defenses.

  1. Japan’s fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto believed
  2. Japan’s fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto believed
  3. Japan’s fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, believed
  4. Japan’s fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, believed
22.

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

Japan wanted freedom from their dependency on the United States.

  1. their
  2. they’re
  3. its
  4. it’s
23.

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
24.

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

It had invaded China and its alliance with Germany and Italy (the Axis Powers), along with its occupation of French Indochina strained diplomatic relations.

  1. its
  2. it’s
  3. its’
  4. it
25.

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

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 at 7:55 a.m.

  1. December 7, 1941
  2. December 7, 1941,
  3. December 7 1941
  4. December, 7, 1941

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