TUTOR SAYS March 12, 2010: TODAY’S SAT QUESTION FOR THE DAY IS EASY-PEASY!! Reverse the strategy!
Here is another ‘easy’ point, but you must use your checking strategies. For this one, instead of checking by elimination of the answers, you need to check EACH UNDERLINED SECTION with visualization of what is going on in the sentence and imagination of what else would be a substitute for the underlined IF you are taking the test on Saturday, please rest and get your materials ready to go. See the checklist on the SAT site: Ticket, calculator, pencils (sharpened) No. 2, water, snack…..See list on www.collegeboard.com word.
Come back to http://www.coolrocketschool.org/ See below for more about this type of question.
If the underlined word is correct, as it is obvious that ‘their’ is the correct plural possessive to use for Beth and her sisters, move to the next underlined word and don’t eliminate it immediately. The question asked how changing an underlined portion would correct the sentence.
Notice that this type of sentence has ‘No error’ as the E choice at the end.
In some of the questions, the ‘A’ is the choice for the sentence to stay as it is.
Have you had any that ARE correct in a long, long time? Well, the second underlined word seems okay and so does ‘tended to’—I pause when I read “outperform them both” as this is the first indication that there are only two other sisters (Beth and her sisters worked…).
There’s nothing wrong with “during,” so I’m marking ‘No Error’! That is E. This is correct.
According to their high school basketball coach, although Beth and her sisters worked equally hard in practice, Beth tended to outperform them both during games. No Error
Instead of trying each answer to eliminate all except the correct one, for these sentences, eliminate all the possible substitutions. Remember that the ‘E’ will be under: No error.
Every question counts one point! Check the ones you know tightly, and MOVE ON!! This is a good one. Bring these on! Judiethcarol&rocketcatmarch2010 www.coolrocketschool.org
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