<p>I had learned all the rules before, but I always get around 8 wrong(twice already)!! </p>
<p>I am so frustrated to get around 600s in my writing section while I feel like I got every question right!!</p>
<p>If you know the rules of grammar, please list them below.</p>
<p>In general you dont really need to know the exact rules (except perhaps for one to two questions) </p>
<p>if you’re at least relatively well read, (not that you read novels or something, just that you read correct grammar often) just put what sounds right instead of thinking of rules, most of the time, it will be right</p>
<p>You don’t just need to know the rules of grammar, you need to know ETS’s rules of battle. I.e. you need to be familiar with how they’re going to try to trick you. The writing section is perhaps the one with the most <em>tricks</em> (I know some people deny that the SAT has tricks) but it also happens to be the one with the most recurrent tricks.</p>
<p>Take as many practice tests as you can.</p>
<p>I know their tricks, traps and all that, but I still can’t bring down the number I get wrong!!</p>
<p>you obviously dont know all the rules then. its that simple – you arent good enough</p>
<p>Order the Questions and Answers sheet so you can see what you did wrong.</p>
<p>Taking the SAT a third time might be a little much though…</p>
<p>Did you practice out of the blue book writing sections?</p>
<p>Here’s a tip that helped me:</p>
<p>Go through the section very quickly. I don’t quite want to say “rush”, but finish the section in half of the allotted time. Read the questions slowly and thoroughly the first time around, but don’t read them more than once before moving on. If you don’t know the answer, skip it.</p>
<p>Then, with half of your time left, go through the section again and thoroughly re-read every question.</p>
<p>Doing it this way gives your subconscious a lot of time to whack away at the difficult questions, and when you go back to them, you may find that the answer jumps right out, and you’ll be surprised that you didn’t catch it the first time around. You’re also way more likely to catch questions that you answered incorrectly the first time around.</p>