Entry Exam Category: College Admission Exams
Course: Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0
Exam: TSIA2 Reading and Writing Practice Test 1
Practice Question
According to scientists, the seven separate continents of the world in the far distant past, one vast land mass
Answer Choices
- A: the world, in the far distant past
- B: the world, being in the far distant past
- C: the world were, in the far distant past
- D: the world was, in the far distant past
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The correct answer is 'the world was, in the far distant past' because it completes the sentence grammatically and conveys that the continents formed a single land mass in the past. The singular 'was' agrees with 'one vast land mass.' Options A and B lack a verb, making them incomplete, and C uses 'were,' which is incorrect for a singular subject.