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SAT Reasoning: SAT Writing & Language Test: Words in Context
SAT Writing Language Test Standard English Conventions

SAT Writing and Language Test would help you to acquire Standard English Conventions at higher rate. By practicing the following examples you would be capable to deal with such questions.

SAT Writing Language Test Standard English Conventions

2-Blank Questions

The first glance of two-blank Sentence Completion questions would might threaten you that these were more difficult than those of one-blank Sentence Completion. Indeed, there is no rocket science in it. Many students solve these gently.

Follow the steps to solve such questions:

Your first step is to define the blanks. Judge the theme of context to get the actual meaning of word.
Secondly, match your answer. Choose the one that fits in both blanks.

Elimination is easy while dealing with 2-blanks questions as you have to match the both words. In case, one is wrong confidently move to next by ignoring it.

Let’s solve examples:

Question 1

In spite of his reputation for --------------- and laziness in his academic work, John was always very --------------- when working on his own tasks.'

When we talk about the first part of sentence it demostrates that the context is about something like ‘sloppiness’ and 'carelessness.'

While the second part the second blank is opposing the first one and states the attention of John by comparing his academic and personal work, so both blanks would contain antonym of each other. So, the second blank may contain words like 'careful,' or 'precise.' Let’s look up the choices:

Negligence… Cautious
Contrition…tactful
Rush … Miserable
stubbornness …punctual
Indigence … Scrupulous

Here we have:

Negligence… Cautious have meanings like ‘lacking of concvern ‘and ‘full concern’ respectively.
Contrition and tactful reflect like ‘sorrow’ and ‘skill and sensitivity’ respectively.
Contrition and tactful reflect like ‘sorrow’ and ‘skill and sensitivity’ respectively.
Rush means act of hurry and Miserable represents pitiable condition.
Stubbornness and punctual shows ‘resolute adherence’ and ‘timely performance’ respectively.
Indigence is ‘a state of extreme poverty' and Scrupulous is ‘characterized by extreme care’.

So, only choice ‘A’ best fits in both blanks making sentence as

In spite of his reputation for Negligence and laziness in his academic work, John was always very cautious when working on his own tasks.'

Question 2

Here's the sentence for more clarity:

Due to pressing urge of ---------------, the labs had to switch its superannuated equipment and --------------- research systems with fresh, experimental version.'

Try to get the contextual meaning of words:

Apologise …implacable
Temporize… distinctive
Dramatize … Advance
Homogenize… Escort
Modernization…obsolete

Let for blank ‘A’ look up the category of words and get the nearest one according to clue of sentence, Here,

Apologise means ‘to make excuses for by reasoning’
Temporize shows the delay of some work.
Dramatize is ‘to represent something in a dramatic manner’
Homogenize represents something very similar to.
Modernization refer to a ‘modernized version’.

Now, on looking, we can definately say that the blank one would surely giving sense about something new or fresh.

So, for second blank would take word that represents somethingg old.So both blanks accept the word that cross each other and are opposite.

Due to pressing urge of ‘Modernization’, the labs had to switch its superannuated equipment and obsolete research systems with fresh, experimental version.' That is it. So, E is correct.

Lesson Summary

Here you have practiced two-blank Sentence Completion questions. You have followed steps, sensed clues and gone through the elinimation process to get your best answer. Now, it is the time for you to practice own your own in order to become expert for two-blank Sentence Completion questions.