Question 3 Explanation_Digital SAT Reading and Writing Practice Test 2

Mark for Review

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

whether the Egyptians or the British should control access to the tomb?

should the Egyptians or the British control access to the tomb?

the Egyptians or the British to control access to the tomb.

whether the Egyptians or the British should control access to the tomb.

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer:

Explanation

In this Rules question, periods and question marks are changing in the answer choices, so it's testing questions versus statements. The beginning of the sentence provides a statement that says The timings of the discovery and these political changes led many to wonder, so the second part of the sentence should be a statement. Eliminate answers that aren't correctly written as statements.

(A) and (B) are wrong because they are questions.
(C) is wrong because, although it is a statement, it makes the sentence incomplete.
(D) is correct because it's correctly written as a statement that makes the sentence complete.