PSAT Writing and Language Question 255: Answer and Explanation

Question: 255

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. will result
• C. resulted
• D. has resulted

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Difficulty: Easy

Category: Agreement: Verbs

Getting to the Answer: Unless the context in the passage indicates that the time frame has changed, verb tenses should be consistent. The context makes clear that everything described in this sentence happened in the past. Choice (C), which is in the simple past tense like the other verbs in the sentence ("charged" and "rewrote"), corrects the unnecessary shift in verb tense. The other answer choices are incorrect because they are in other verb tenses: (A) is in present tense, (B) is in future tense, and (D) indicates an action that occurred in the past but has present consequences.