{"id":"cb_question_bank:1aaf8ab9-60cf-45ad-9ff3-3599f7a33f36","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"1aaf8ab9-60cf-45ad-9ff3-3599f7a33f36","external_id":"6130db83-ad00-4590-b9b5-27ba06a70f9a","ibn":null,"question_id":"6e193b19","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":"FSS","skill":"Form, Structure, and Sense","difficulty":"M","score_band":5,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?","stimulus":"Professional American football player Fred Cox invented one of the world’s most popular toys. In the 1970s, he came up with the idea for the Nerf football, which ______ blank of the harder and heavier regulation football.","stimulus_html":"<p>Professional American football player Fred Cox invented one of the world’s most popular toys. In the 1970s, he came up with the idea for the Nerf football, which <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> of the harder and heavier regulation football.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is subject-verb agreement and agreement between nouns. The singular verb “is” and the singular noun “version” both agree in number with the relative pronoun “which.” In this context, “which” functions as a singular subject because it refers to the singular noun “the Nerf football.” </p><p>Choice A is incorrect because the plural verb “were” doesn’t agree in number with the singular noun phrase “the Nerf football” that it’s modifying. Choice B is incorrect because the plural verb “are” and the plural noun “versions” don’t agree in number with the singular noun phrase “the Nerf football” that they’re modifying. Choice C is incorrect because the plural verb “were” and the plural noun “versions” don’t agree in number with the singular noun phrase “the Nerf football” that they’re modifying. </p>","correct_answer":["D"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.347000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.347000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>were a smaller, foam version</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>are smaller, foam versions</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>were smaller, foam versions</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>is a smaller, foam version</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}