<p>I took the PSAT sophomore year and got a 65 in math and CR, but a 51 in writing skills. Recently, for my SAT English prep class we had to do a packet on correcting sentences, and I got nearly every one wrong. This, in short, is my only real weakness. What can I do to improve quickly (lets say, from now to the october PSAT)?</p>
<p>EDIT: Just the grammar rules; no spelling.</p>
<p>Books, online sites, and the like would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>Reading through a Grammar Book will improve your skills. If you want more emphasis on grammar, you should complete the grammar exercises. You ghould get the book from <a href="http://www.amazon.com%5B/url%5D">www.amazon.com</a>. Search Grammar.</p>
<p>Any other suggestions...?</p>
<p>Read. Read read read read read! It's a good way to improve grammar and vocabulary.</p>
<p>theres a great book called english workshop get the second one, its a great book, and my school uses it. memorizing lists of sub conj etc.. preps makes it easier also</p>
<p>SparkNotes.com has grammar help for the SAT especially. I found it somewhat useful. :)</p>
<p>There are numerous grammar books for homeschoolers -- and most are very rigorous and yield excellent results on the standardized tests.</p>
<p>I would highly recommend two -- </p>
<p>Analytical Grammar <a href="http://www.analyticalgrammar.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.analyticalgrammar.com/</a></p>
<p>and an older (pre-1975) copy of Harvey's Grammar.</p>
<p>you will really need to spend some time -- most students work through these books for a year. My first vote would be for the analytical grammar.</p>
<p>Neither book is religious and both are the higher level you are looking for -- plus they teach, not just review -- and that is what you need so that you retain the knowledge.</p>
<p>I read the newspaper daily--perhaps this is why I sound so dry over the Internet.</p>
<p>actually, if you talk with English professors, you will find that journalists use many conventions that violate the rules of grammar for the sake of either condensing the idea or appealing to the reader. Just because you read it in the paper does not mean that the grammar is correct.</p>
<p>take practice tests...that's what i do. after 4-5 you pretty much catch most errors because the tests have very similar questions. </p>
<p>so get a verbal or writing sat book and take the practice tests. and look closely at the answers and why you got them wrong.</p>
<p>get an sat grammer book, or any New Sat book - they usually cover the grammer section.</p>
<p>There is a book called Easy Grammar by Wanda Philips (text book- get the teacher's edition with the answers. Home schoolers use this). It starts off by teaching prepositions which seems a little odd, but it works. </p>
<p>Also there are some grammar websites that address certain issues. You might want to do a search for that.</p>