Question Types:
- Finding Sentence Errors
- Improving Sentences
- Improving Paragraphs
Strategies:
- Say it ‘Out Loud’ in Your Head: A lot of grammar mistakes simply don’t sound right. The issue with this on a standardized test is that you cannot make much noise. Pretend you are listening to a friend speak each sentence to you. Or say them to yourself quietly to test what sounds right.
- Take the Simplest Route: If a sentence is awkward or bulky, chances are it isn’t the right answer. Try to find the most efficient way to convey the information.
What to Study for Grammar:
Error-Identification Categories (from The Critical Reader)
1) Subject-Verb Agreement
2) Verb Tense
3) Pronoun Case
4) Antecedent Pronoun (Pronoun Agreement)
5) Adjective vs. Adverb
6) Parallelism
7) Prepositions
8) Faulty Comparisons
9) Comparatives vs. Superlatives
10) Double negatives/Double positives
11) Word Pairs
12) Noun Agreement
13) Relative Pronouns
14) Coordinating Conjunctions
15) Usage
16) Redundancy
How to Study SAT Vocabulary:
- Learn prefixes and suffixes: chart
- Study One Word a Day
- Read Words in Context: Books like Tooth and Nail: A Novel Approach to the SAT
- Play Vocabulary Games
Practice Problems From Boot Camp:
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