{"id":"cb_question_bank:506606cc-faed-405f-bb8b-4e96c1f43135","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"506606cc-faed-405f-bb8b-4e96c1f43135","external_id":"9c5279c5-530c-4758-a44e-cb3bc941f2e0","ibn":null,"question_id":"3bceeb93","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":"FSS","skill":"Form, Structure, and Sense","difficulty":"H","score_band":7,"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":"When they were first discovered in Australia in 1798, duck-billed, beaver-tailed platypuses so defied categorization that one scientist assigned them the name Ornithorhynchus paradoxus : “paradoxical bird-snout.” The animal, which lays eggs but also nurses ______ blank young with milk, has since been classified as belonging to the monotremes group.","stimulus_html":"<p>When they were first discovered in Australia in 1798, duck-billed, beaver-tailed platypuses so defied categorization that one scientist assigned them the name <em>Ornithorhynchus</em><em> </em><em>paradoxus</em>: “paradoxical bird-snout.” The animal,<em> </em>which lays eggs but also nurses <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> young with milk, has since been classified as belonging to the monotremes group.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice C is the best answer. The singular possessive pronoun \"its\" agrees with the singular antecedent \"the animal\" and indicates that the \"young\" belong to it.</p><p>Choice A is incorrect. This choice creates a pronoun-antecedent agreement error. \"They’re\" is a contraction of \"they are,\" a plural pronoun and verb, but the antecedent \"the animal\" is singular. Also, we don’t need the extra verb \"are\" — we already have a main verb in this clause, so adding \"are\" would be confusing and ungrammatical. Choice B is incorrect. This choice creates a pronoun-antecedent agreement error. \"Their\" is a plural pronoun, but the subject of the sentence is \"the animal,\" a singular noun. Choice D is incorrect. This choice creates a confusing and ungrammatical sentence. \"It’s\" is a contraction for \"it is.\" We already have the verb \"nurses\" in this clause, so we shouldn’t add the verb \"is.\"</p>","correct_answer":["C"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.367000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.367000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>they’re</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>their</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>its</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>it’s</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}}