<p>How? I consistently get 6-7 wrong on identifying the sentence, yet none wrong in improving the sentence?</p>
<p>it’s too hard to improve from being very good to being perfect, it will take time</p>
<p>Um? Thank you?</p>
<p>But I need advice…</p>
<p>well, I also get the same amount of wrong answers
I’ll study more phrasal verbs cuz I always get them wrong, and just answer more practice tests. Find your weak points or the type of questions you always get wrong and try to improve yourself in it. You might also want to read Silverturtle’s guide.</p>
<p>I have a wide vareity.</p>
<p>Like they all sound wrong, yet they aren’t.</p>
<p>I have certain “alarm bells” that I look for first. These words quite often signify errors:</p>
<p>is/are (SV Agreement)
was/were (SV Agreement)
number of/amount of/percent of/one of (SV Agreement)
each/every (SV agreement, Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
either/neither (SVA, PAA, correlating conjunction)
had (tense)
verb ending in -ing (verb form)
I/me (Pronoun choice)
they (Implied pronoun)
one (PAA)
not only (correlating conjunction)
introductory phrase followed by a comma (dangling or misplaced modifier)
more, most, less, least (comparison)
semicolon</p>
<p>If these do not reveal the error, or if they are not present in the question, then I look at each underlined word or phrase and determine which part of speech I’m dealing with. Based on that, I check the following:</p>
<ol>
<li>Verbs (agreement, tense, form, parallel structure)</li>
<li>Pronouns (choice, reference, agreement)</li>
<li>Prepositions or unidentified POS–Idiom (Is this how we use this word/phrase?)</li>
<li>Conjunctions (Does it make sense? Is it with it’s right correlating conjunction partner?)</li>
<li>Parallel structure (are the nouns/prepositional phrases parallel?)</li>
<li>Comparisons (Is the comparative degree correct? Is there a double comparison?)</li>
<li>Adjectives/Adverbs (Is the right one used? Is it in the right place?)</li>
</ol>
<p>If I’m feeling like it’s a no error, I check one last thing: diction. Is every word underlined the right word? (elicit vs illicit, etc.).</p>
<p>oh gosh! that is a lot. Let me try that method. (:</p>
<p>OMG. NOOO. I’m sucking at it. Your method isn’t working for me sadly ):</p>
<p>HELP!</p>
<p>Can you list some of the questions that you get wrong?
You have to identify what is common in those questions. I might be able to give you some advice after I see which types of problems you get wrong.</p>
<p>Before the advent of modern surgical techniques, bleeding patients with leeches were considered therapeutically effective.</p>
<p>Okay, so this was in Kaplans. And so they said that “were” should be “was” but the noun is PATIENTS, which is plural. I don’t see how BLEEDING is singular anyway. BLEEDING IS A VERB.</p>
<p>Second i D G question: Raising living cost, together with escalating taxes, have proved to be a burden for everyone… So they said that A-Raising is WRONG. But I don’t see why it’s wrong. Okay rising is also right. They use RAISING to bar, not RISING THE BAR. Okay idk…</p>
<p>Well, for raising vs. rising:</p>
<p>Raising is a verb. </p>
<p>Rising is an adjective. Use an adjective to describe the living costs.</p>
<p>oh…</p>
<p>well…</p>
<p>that changes everything.</p>
<p>ANd iceuqube, I forgot to ask, how was the SAT? (:</p>
<p>For the first question, bleeding is the noun in that sentence. The sentence is trying to say “the bleeding was considered therapeutically effective.”
The sentence might be confusing for you if you don’t know that leeches are worms that make people bleed.</p>
<p>For the second question, “raising” would imply that the action is being done by someone. That is not true in this sentence. You have to use “rising” which is the correct term to describe the living cost. The living cost is rising, not raising. This is one of the diction errors. Diction errors are extremely difficult to spot without firm vocabulary.</p>
<p>Please don’t use Kaplans. Trust me. Tests by CB are infinitely easier and accurate than others.</p>
<p>The only tip that I can give you is to truly understand your mistakes. If you can’t see where you went wrong, post up the question on CC for detailed explanation. This is going to make a difference between “doing 5 sections per day” and “effectively doing 2 sections per day.”</p>
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<p>I can’t say, since I didn’t take it (:. I wasn’t planning to take it either :o.</p>
<p>OH lol! I thought you took it since you were all prepped up xD</p>
<p>And Jeffery: Thank you for the detailed post. I really appreciated it! Also the CB books I’m saving since I’m only a sophomore…</p>
<p>I recommend getting some past PSATs and QAS(past SATs).
There are enough of them out there for you to practice your skills.
I personally think BB+some QAS/PSAT are enough if you study correctly. (Going over your mistakes thoroughly.)
Please don’t use any other prep books except CB for tests. You can use them for advices, but their tests are really inaccurate.
This is the thing: SAT is repetitive. If you practice with tests from Kaplan or PR, you are learning to attack Kaplan/PR tests effectively, and not CB tests. It is really crucial that you study with the right materials.</p>
<p>to have reached a verdict so quickly, the members of the jury would have to make up their minds before leaving the courtroom</p>
<p>error: jury would have to make up</p>
<p>Drinking carbonated beverages and eating food that contain chemical preservatives can be unhealthy when indulged in to excess.</p>
<p>ERROR: contain. Okay so Isn’t it true that “and” makes the noun plural. So shouldn’t contain be correct</p>
<p>drawn by the large crowd gathered outside the tent the small boy standing listening to the hoarse conversation of the circus barker </p>
<p>ERROR: the small boy. Yeah no clue why an adjective and a noun is incorrect…</p>
<ol>
<li><p>To have reached a verdict so quickly, the members of the jury would have to have made up their minds before leaving the courtroom.
I have never seen something this complex on the SAT.</p></li>
<li><p>I’m assuming that the sentence was supposed to mean that only “food” contains chemical preservatives. How would a reader know that? I have no clue. I think this is ambiguous. If “that” were to be “which”, it would have been clearer. Something like this would never be on the real SAT.</p></li>
<li><p>I’m not really getting this problem. Is this the exact question? The original sentence lacks a verb for sure…</p></li>
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<p>thanks ^</p>
<p>you are pro and grammar (:</p>
<p>Thanks, but I’m really not… haha
I didn’t do so well for the Oct SAT.</p>