<p>I just realized that I am very poor at Verbal. I only got a 640 on my PSAT verbal but a 800 on the other two. I'm taking the January SAT 1 and am wondering what advice any1 has on the verbal section. Which book should I get to practice? What should I look for?</p>
<p>Hello, anyone? I know some people here are verbal experts....</p>
<p>You should practice out of 10 Reals.
Just study the test and see how ETS forms their questions.
Find relationships and just practice.</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.studyhall.com%5B/url%5D">www.studyhall.com</a> and register and go through the 10 Real Explanations.</p>
<p>I think verbal is mostly just how much you read and how long you've been reading. But I think some of the tricks in the review books may prove helpful...at least for analogies and fill ins. I dont know how helpful tho...good luck</p>
<p>I know how you feel. I got a 590 psat veral and 770 sat verbal. The difference is now I read for hours a day and memorize vocabulary...and then I try to use it. (usually making myself look dumb). After taking academic decathlon i have learned a lot of vocab from reading the resources.</p>
<p>I did way worse on PSAT verbal than on SAT verbal (680 vs. 800). I didn't do anything special to prep either, so I'm not sure how accurate the PSAT is in predicting scores.</p>
<p>For me it was the opposite, I studied vocab before PSATS and got 80, while i did not before SATs and got a 690... so hopefully if i just study before the SATs Ill do fine, also i probably shouldnt have taken it so early as a junior.</p>
<p>i dunno, i don't want to brag, but i made an 80 on the PSAT verbal and an 800 on the SAT, without much effort (and without missing any questions at all.)</p>
<p>i don't really have any specific tips; i think the reason i do so well on verbal is because i'm pretty well-read. other than that, i think the trick is in knowing how to form connector sentences for the analogies - those help a lot. also, on critical reading, if you're a slower reader, try to answer the questions while you're going down the passage, taking in questions on particular sentences in context, of course. </p>
<p>luck!</p>