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SAT Reading and Writing · Standard English Conventions

SAT Boundaries Practice

Punctuate sentences correctly with periods, semicolons, colons, commas and dashes.

213practice questions
61easy
55medium
97hard

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There are 213 official questions for this skill in the College Board question bank: 61 easy, 55 medium and 97 hard. All of them are multiple choice. Each one has the official answer and explanation.

Tips for Standard English Conventions

  • Learn the handful of boundary rules: periods, semicolons, colons, commas and dashes.
  • Find the subject of the sentence before choosing a verb, and skip the words in between.
  • When two choices seem fine, the shorter, clearer one is usually correct.

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