<p>What is the best way to get better scores on the critical reading, fixing sentences, identifying errors style questions on the new SATs??</p>
<p>I need help. I have taken the practice questions on the collegeboard website and understand why the right answers are the right answers, but I am having trouble identifying the correct answer efficiently. Does anyone know of a good way to improve my analyses skills grammar wise?</p>
<p>Can anyone help me?</p>
<p>With the sentences, getting a high score on that is EXTREMELY easy. I mean, just get one of those advanced grammar books and go over it over and over. Its not hard at all! You just need to remember them and its even easier to learn because you'll use it in your daily writing/languange.</p>
<p>Thanks quitejaded. Can you recommend one of these books?</p>
<p>il bandito, if you have trouble with a question, post it on this board. The grammar covers only a handful of topics and usually by solving one question you can learn how to solve many more. Just takes practice.</p>
<p>Get The</a> Elements of Style by Strunk and White. It's a convenient little book, and very useful.</p>
<p>I want to recommend "English Grammar for Dummies" ($13.59 @ amazon.com). It's a nice book, and easy to follow. You won't regret investing $13.59 + shipping.</p>
<p>Ah, my trusty Strunk&White. ^_^</p>
<p>Well, you can get that and read it if you have time, but that's not what I recommend. It focuses on how to write. Not how to simply 'imrpove sentences' so you'll be reading thing that don't matter on the SAT.</p>
<p>Look for something that talks about "passive voice".
You may want to look into CliffNote's "English Grammar". Also, if clauses and phrases are your problem (as they are for most people) I highly recommend getting "Sentence Composing for High School" by Don Killgallon. It's a purple book. I've never seen anything bad that was purple. ;D</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice, I have Strunk & White and it is a pretty nice little book. </p>
<p>What is the deal with passive voice? I know what it is, like "He kicked the ball" as opposed to "The ball was kicked by him". However, what is bad about it? What is so grammatically wrong with passive tense?</p>
<p>It's not grammatically wrong; it just looks awkward.</p>
<p>people on this board recommended me the little, brown handbook a while ago. it's very good for grammar. very comprehensive</p>
<p>Passive voice isn't bad but too much of it is. Read the first two pages of a hornbook and you'll see why.</p>
<p>Hey. Grammar is extremely easy to learn.</p>
<p>First SAT I took I got a 600 in grammar.</p>
<p>I looked over the sparknotes review for grammar and went through and saw what I was missing.</p>
<p>I started getting 750+ on practice tests.</p>
<p>Math and grammar are easy to learn / coachable, whereas verbal is more innate and depends on the individual's vocabulary / ability to infer from texts.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>Yes. Grammar is just so very easy to study for. You don't even have to get a book for it. You can find it on the internet for free, really.</p>
<p>As for Reading Comp, I need help with that too. I just found this website and I'm a bout to read it.
<a href="http://www.testmagic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12306&page=1&pp=10%5B/url%5D">http://www.testmagic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12306&page=1&pp=10</a></p>
<p>I've seen a book called "Grammar Smart" at my local bookstore. Knowing how good "WordSmart" was for my vocabulary, can anyone recommend this book as well?</p>
<p>bump-bump-bump</p>
<p>in certain cases passive voice sounds better</p>
<p>ex.</p>
<p>Machu Picchu was constructed by the Incas</p>
<p>vs.</p>
<p>The Incas constructed Machu Picchu</p>
<p>They are both correct, but it's nice to have some variation..if it weren't, there wouldn't be a passive voice.</p>
<p>Gramar Smart is THE BEST book ever</p>
<p>Grammar Smart is Princeton Review's grammar book. It's actually not bad. It's easy to understand but not overwhelmingly complete. It doesn't have enough examples and wasn't written specifically for the new SAT grammar. I used to use it with students in the past and found it helpful.</p>
<p>And yes, Jyankees, sometimes the passive voice does sound better...but I've never seen a CB grammar question that chooses a passive voice answer over another grammatically correct active voice answer. One more way that the SAT is not like real life...</p>