<p>i always have problems on improve the sentence and find the error sections. i just dont know how to improve in these two areas. i practice from the collegeboards book but then i dont know WHY the answer is the way it is. any suggestions on how i can improve.
thanks everybody!</p>
<p>I’m curious to know, too</p>
<p>Hi agnt and belly,</p>
<p>First and foremost, you’ll need a solid foundation of grammar knowledge. Study and study more the grammar rules underlying the writing section. There’s a really good list here: [SAT</a> Writing | Grammar Rules](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/w/grammar-rules]SAT”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/w/grammar-rules)</p>
<p>After that, it’s a matter of systematically approaching each question and practicing to train your mind. Check out these two methods to see if they help you: [SAT</a> Writing | Improving Sentences - The Approach](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/w/improving-sentences/approach]SAT”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/w/improving-sentences/approach) and [SAT</a> Writing | Identifying Errors - The Approach](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/w/identifying-errors/approach]SAT”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/w/identifying-errors/approach)</p>
<p>Hope this helped!</p>
<p>Richard</p>
<p>Just PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. And just do MORE PRACTICE.
Go over the common grammar rules like parallelisms, dangling modifiers, diction errors, etc. AND also always remember that the correct answer is the BEST answer, not necessarily the GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT answer.
If you do enough problems, you’ll get the gist of CB’s way of putting up trick questions.</p>
<p>To be honest, I don’t think SAT prep courses helped me at all. I got the same tips and advice from Barrons and Collegeboard SAT prep books that were basically the same as what my SAT tutor told me.
So my suggestion will be–buy all the reputable books with SAT practice questions out there (Princeton Review’s 11 practice tests is great) and just do them. Get in the rhythm of breezing through the questions, and get a feel for the type of questions that will be on there. Practice is key.</p>
<p>As you pointed out, practice tests aren’t going to help you until you know why an answer is right or wrong. You first need to build a very solid foundation of grammar rules and conventions, so you can actually reason through the questions instead of relying on gut feeling and what sounds right. Then start practicing to get used to the question types.</p>
<p>Honestly, though I’m not successful in this test, I’m confident to say that SAT preparation course will do you no help in scoring, especially in writing.
For the multiple choice section, the best thing to do is know all the common rules and as many idiom as possible. Then do a lot, a lot of problem. The more you do, the more you know the tricks.
For essay writing, read novel and science magazine, search for examples. Practice writing within time scale. First can start with 1 essay per month, then 1 a week and so on … You may want to find someone who can identify your grammar errors and mark the essay fairly, of course, based on the SAT grade scale.</p>