{"id":"cb_question_bank:90543ff0-dbee-4160-af19-ea45a9741ff0","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"90543ff0-dbee-4160-af19-ea45a9741ff0","external_id":"e0a588a4-5e5a-48bf-916c-83bd97366237","ibn":null,"question_id":"898f182c","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":"FSS","skill":"Form, Structure, and Sense","difficulty":"E","score_band":2,"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":"Richard Spikes was a prolific African American inventor known for his contributions to automotive engineering. Between 1907 and 1946, he patented many inventions, ______ blank an automobile turn signal, a safety brake, and—most famously—the first automatic gearshift.","stimulus_html":"<p>Richard Spikes was a prolific African American inventor known for his contributions to automotive engineering. Between 1907 and 1946, he patented many inventions, <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> an automobile turn signal, a safety brake, and—most famously—the first automatic gearshift.</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 convention being tested is the use of nonfinite verb forms within a sentence. The nonfinite present participle \"including\" is correctly used to form a participial phrase that supplements the main clause \"he patented many inventions,\" listing several of Spikes’s patented inventions.</p><p>Choice A is incorrect because the finite past tense verb \"included\" can’t be used in this way to supplement the main clause \"he patented many inventions.\" Choice B is incorrect because the finite present tense verb \"includes\" can’t be used in this way to supplement the main clause \"he patented many inventions.\" Choice D is incorrect because the finite future tense verb \"will include\" can’t be used in this way to supplement the main clause \"he patented many inventions.\"</p>","correct_answer":["C"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.351000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.351000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>included</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>includes</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>including</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>will include</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}}