PSAT editing-1

Although hurricanes frequently strike the

Bahamas, usually doing little or no major

structural damage.

• (A) usually doing little or no structural

  damage

• (B) and usually doing little or no major

  structural damage

• (C) little or no structural damage usually

  done

• (D) they usually do little or no major structural

  damage

• (E) as a result, they do little or no major

  structural damage

After the security cameras were installed in

the grocery store, less robberies occurred

than in the past.

• (A) less robberies occurred than in the past

• (B) fewer robberies occurred than in the past

• (C) there was less robberies than there had

  been in the past

• (D) the robberies of the past had become

  fewer

• (E) the past robberies were fewer

As customers, the service directors of the

cable company believe that you should be

treated with honesty and respect.

• (A) As customers, the service directors of the

  cable company believe that you

• (B) The service directors of the cable

  company believe that you, as customers,

• (C) As customers, the cable company service

  directors, believe that you

• (D) The service directors as customers,

  believe that you

• (E) The service directors of the cable

  company believing that, as customers,

  you

Billy fell from the roof to the driveway

without having broke a single bone.

• (A) without having broke a single bone

• (B) having broke not a single bone

• (C) without having broken a single bone

• (D) without breaking a single bone

• (E) having not broke a single bone

If I was going to run in the marathon this

Saturday, I’d make sure to eat plenty of

carbohydrates on Friday night.

• (A) If I was going to run in the marathon this

  Saturday

• (B) Was I to run in the marathon this

  Saturday

• (C) If this Saturday I was going to run in the

  marathon

• (D) If this Saturday I were going to be

  running in the marathon

• (E) If I were going to run in the marathon

  this Saturday

Henry VIII was a powerful and ruthless ruler

who changed the relationship between the

church and the state, in order to gain more

power for his kingdom.

• (A) who changed the relationship between

  the church and the state, in order to

  gain more power for his kingdom

• (B) that changed the relationship between

  the church and the state, in order to

  gain more power for his kingdom

• (C) changing the relationship between the

  church and the state in order to gain

  more powerful kingdom

• (D) who changed the relationship between

  the church and the state in order to

  gain more power for his kingdom

• (E) that changed the relationship between

  the church and the state, in order to

  gain more power for his kingdom

Jackie Robinson is celebrated by Major

League Baseball not only as an all-time

great player, but also he broke the color

barrier, becoming the first African American

to play in the league.

• (A) he broke the color barrier

• (B) having broken the color barrier

• (C) as the man who broke the color barrier

• (D) the color barrier he broke

• (E) being the one who broke the color barrier

Many incorrectly assume that all investment

bankers are so obsessed with their work and

therefore have no interest in having a family.

• (A) are so obsessed with their work and

  therefore

• (B) are so obsessed by their work that they

• (C) are so obsessed with their work that they

• (D) obsessed with their work therefore

• (E) overly obsessed with their work to the

  point that they

Until Fermella¨ger was wiped out by the

massive avalanche, it was the oldest established

town in all of Switzerland.

• (A) Until Fermella¨ger was wiped out by

• (B) Before Fermella¨ger had been wiped out

  by

• (C) Before Fermella¨ger having been wiped

  out by

• (D) Fermella¨ger having been wiped out by

• (E) Wiping out Fermella¨ger by

The recently married young couple struggled

financially because their combined monthly

salaries were not large enough to cover all

of their mutual expenses they faced.

• (A) their combined monthly salaries were

  not large enough to cover all of their

  mutual expensese they faced

• (B) they were not making enough money to

  cover their monthly expenses

• (C) their combined monthly salaries were

  not large enough; and did not cover

  their monthly expenses

• (D) they were not making enough money

  each month in order to cover adequately

  the monthly expenses they were facing

• (E) the monthly expenses were far more than

  their combined monthly salaries, which

  were not able to cover them