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1- open the link
2- answer the question
3- state the reasons. I the answer is A, state why the expression is right.</p>
<p>For 1 (question 13) …</p>
<p>“were she to take” is correct. Note the “she might” is hypothetical and hence the correct verb form is the subjunctive. It goes like </p>
<p>If I were to take …
If you were to take …
If she were to take …</p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>If this is the first time you’re seeing the subjunctive in use, search (as for example: grammar subjunctive) for an explanation and more examples.</p>
<p>For 2 (question 20), the tense is correct – past perfect. So you need the “participle” form of begin. That’s “begun”. So the answer is C – “had begun” instead of “had began”.</p>
<p>Some may argue that the simple past of begin is also acceptable in this sentence. If you were to use that then it’s “began” but without the “had”. So that also means the answer is C – “began” instead of “had begun”.</p>
<p>For (3) (question 3) the corrected sentence is:</p>
<p>In the Bay of Fundy the rising tide produces an inward surge (that is) so powerful that it actually reverses the normal flows of several rivers.</p>
<p>I purposely put the “that Is” in parenthesis because it’s optional. I can remove it and it would be implied.</p>
<p>So the answer is C.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with “so powerful an inward surge”? Well the essential conjunction tying the two clauses together is then missing.</p>
<p>Got a 800 on the writing section of the October SAT test. Grammar isn’t my speciality, but trust me, you gotta keep it simple and identity repetitive patterns.</p>
<p>Anytime you see “WERE I” or “WERE YOU” or anything resembling this as part of the answer choices for a subjunctive/conditional question, it’s usually the correct answer!!</p>
<p>Jan 11</p>
<p>(Were I to be granted) a whole month in which to do whatever I wanted, I would travel throughout Africa and see as much of that continent as I could.</p>
<p>(a) Were I to be granted
(b) If I would have been granted
(c) With me being granted
(d) Granting me
(e) By being granted</p>
<p>Assuming you’re not stupid, you should have narrowed the choices down to (a) and (b), and in this case, never put two "would"s together, especially not on the SAT!</p>
<p>The one you posted is from the May test this year.</p>
<p>(a) were she to take
(b) if she would have taken</p>
<p>once again, assuming you’re not stupid…you should have narrowed it down to (a) and (b), and it comes down to once again…don’t use two “woulds” together…because “might” is another way of saying “would.”</p>
<p>FOR (2) anytime you see a HAD +VERB…underlined as one of the choices in the grammar section, it’s usually the answer</p>
<p>FOR (3) assuming you’re not stupid , you should have narrowed it down to (c) and (d)</p>
<p>(c) an inward surge so powerful
(e) so powerful of an inward surge </p>
<p>You can see that they are both saying essentially the same thing, but you should always choose the more concise and fancy sounding answer, even though e sounds perfectly normal to most people…</p>
<p>What I do is write the sentences again using different words so that it makes sense to me.</p>
<p>Cocaine produces a high so powerful that it causes addiction.
Cocaine produces so powerful of a high that it causes addiction.</p>
<p>@donnykim. could u tell mr much about grammar cause i am really bad in writing section.v</p>
<p>Okay. What kind of help do you need? Do you know the basic grammar patterns and rules tested on the SAT?</p>
<p>The SAT website is quite helpful. I can’t find it right now, but there was a page with all the quick and dirty grammar rules to know. Plus, look at this skills insight page.
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