<p>for all the sections, when i just started studying, i never timed myself. i did all the practice exams and completed ALL the questions just to see if i knew all the info. then once i became comfortable with doing that did i start timing myself</p>
<p>ok, so I guess I could use the tests that I have with no answers as ones that I take as much time needed to complete? Would this make sense? Or should I take an untimed test that HAS answers?</p>
<p>Just do it the normal way: take a timed test with an answer key.</p>
<p>ok guys. I wrote another practice test and got 5 wrong (so -6) and got 67 scaled. with a 10 essay, i think its a 690 or soemthing. </p>
<p>So, do you guys know of some website or something where I can get non-stop practice that is VERY helpful (stuff i will see on the SAT?). I really want an 800 in W, adn i keep making 5, 3, 2, 4 and make <=5 errors on this section. I am getting close sometimes (2 errros), but then i seem to take a step backwards (myy 5 errors yesterday). Help me out guys, I am getting really close. I just need to get over that last hurdle!</p>
<p>I don’t know any website (I doubt any one website would help you achieve a 100 point jump), but perhaps you can post the 5 questions that you got wrong and I can try to help you. Also, -5 and a 10 essay equates to about 710-720 I believe.</p>
<p>^It’s like a 700.
There’s really no website that I’m aware of that can help you that much. It’s really just practice. See what kind of questions you get wrong, and work on that. Whether it be subject-verb agreement, or misplaced modifiers. Just continue doing practice questions.</p>
<p>but like i’m averaging 2-5 errors in all of W. Is that going to be really tough to overcome…i know it’s like 40-100 pts., but is that significant?</p>
<p>Here are the ones i got wrong:
2. level 1:
(The chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools during an interview with a local news reporter).
A) SAME
B) The chair of the school board announced that two new elementary schools were planned to be built during an interview with a local news reporter.
C) The chair of the school board, during an interview with a local news reporter, announced a plan building two new elementary schools
D) During an interview with a local news reporter, the chair of the school board announcing a plan to build two new elementary schools.
E) During an interview with a local news reporter, the chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools. </p>
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<li><p>(level 4)
Although numbered among the most technically demanding pieces ever created for piano, (Fred Chopin wrote compositions that emphasize) nuance and expressive depth over mere technical display.
A) SAME
B) Fred Chopin wrote compositions emphasizing
c) when Fred Chopin wrote compositions, they were emphasized
d) fred chopin’s compositions that emphasized
e) fred chopin’s compositions emphasize </p></li>
<li><p>got it right…but is ‘agreed upon’ the idiom? or is ‘agreed that’ correct?
(It is) now generally agreed (that) the rings of the planet Saturn (are composed of) (several) billion small ice particles. </p></li>
<li><p>level 5
In 1988 a Soviet icebreaking ship (helped free) three gray whales that (had become trapped) in the Arctic ice after they (had swam) into the coastal waters of Alaska (to feed).</p></li>
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<p>Last section:
level 5
14. The agency reports that by rigorously enforcing state regulations, (industrial pollution has been successfully reduced to acceptable levels).
A) same…what i answered
B) acceptable levels of industrial pollution have been successfully reduced
c) a reduction of industrial pollution to acceptable levels has succeeded
d) they have succeeded to reduce industrial pollution to acceptable levels
e) it has succeeded in reducing industrial pollution to acceptable levels.</p>
<h1>2 is E - the buildings aren’t being built during the interview.</h1>
<h1>10 is B - you need the past tense while remaining grammatically correct</h1>
<h1>17 - in this case it is ‘agreed that’.</h1>
<h1>28 - had swum</h1>
<h1>14 - E - the agency is “it”</h1>
<p>I think this is correct. ^</p>
<p>10 is actually (E); “numbered among…” refers to the compositions, not Fred Chopin.</p>
<p>can you elaborate on number 28 please?</p>
<p>I think for #28 there is either no error, or it’s ‘to feed’. Not really sure.</p>
<p>28) It is “had swum,” not “had swam.” “Swam,” and a lot of other similar-sounding words like “ran” are in the SIMPLE past. You say, “I swam,” or “I ran.” However, “had swum” is in the past perfect, so you have to use a variant of the verb “to swim.” This variant is “swum.”</p>
<p>“I swam.”
“I had swum…”</p>
<p>“I became…”
“I had become…”</p>
<p>“I ran.”
“I had run…”</p>
<p>Notice that the two past perfect forms do not conform:
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<p>How did you get this one wrong (I’m actually curious)? Perhaps you didn’t realize that “the chair(man) of the school board” was a person.</p>
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<p>The original sentence is wrong because it uses the passive voice. Instead of saying that “industrial pollution has been successfully reduced,” you have to use the active voice and say, “it has succeeded in reducing industrial pollution,” especially since the subject (the agency) is already known.</p>
<p>CORRECT: “The man likes food, so he ate a lot that day.”
INCORRECT: “The man likes food, so a lot was eaten that day.”</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with these types of sentences besides their use of the passive voice instead of the active voice. The active voice is semantically driven because it tells you the subject of an action (“HE ate a lot”) as opposed to the passive voice, which doesn’t explicitly tell you the subject of the action (“a lot was eaten”). The passive voice is considered incorrect on the SAT.</p>
<p>I’m dumb…i don’t get why the first one is wrong still…the level 1 question…</p>
<p>What did you pick and what is your reasoning behind it?</p>
<ol>
<li>level 1:
(The chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools during an interview with a local news reporter).
A) SAME
B) The chair of the school board announced that two new elementary schools were planned to be built during an interview with a local news reporter.
C) The chair of the school board, during an interview with a local news reporter, announced a plan building two new elementary schools
D) During an interview with a local news reporter, the chair of the school board announcing a plan to build two new elementary schools.
E) During an interview with a local news reporter, the chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools.</li>
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<p>^well, to me, it seemed like logical sentence structure. he chair of the school board announced that there was a plan to build the 2 schools. he said this during an interview. </p>
<p>i just don’t see the error…help me out crazybandit or anyone else.</p>
<p>(Even when) Barbara Jordan put questions (toward) a political nominee, her elegant (diction invoked) in listeners (memories of) her eloquent political speeches. (no error)</p>
<p>I put no error…but the answer is B…toward…is that because it is supposed to be “towardS”? </p>
<p>New York State has passed a law requiring that (all legal contracts be written) in simple, understandable English.
which is it:
A) SAME
C) all legal contract have to be written<br>
**i put A…which is right, but why is C) wrong?</p>
<p>14)
got this one wrong…but i just need to ask: can you not say “more well suited”? does it have to be ‘better suited’?</p>
<p>16.
Bill simultaneously listened to music and (did) his homework (at the same time) because he believed that music enabled (him) (to relax while) he studied. (no error)
answer is B). is this because it is repetitive? i mean, isn’t it still right anyways, even though it’s repetitive? and should it be ‘him’ or ‘himself’? can can you explain why it’s him and not himself?</p>
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<p>Grammatically, we do not know if the phrase “during an interview…” indicates the time of occurrence of the announcement of the plan, or the plan itself. We do not know whether the chairman ANNOUNCED the plan during the interview, or if he announced that the plan was to BUILD TWO SCHOOLS DURING AN INTERVIEW. Try to think of it in a technical sense. If it said “during the summer” instead of “during an interview,” would you assume that he announced the plan during the summer or that the plan was to occur during the summer?</p>
<p>(E) fixes this error by shifting the adverbial phrase to the beginning, where “announced a plan” is closest.</p>
<p>For illustration purposes, here are two sentences:</p>
<p>CORRECT: During the summer, he announced that there was a plan to build 2 schools.
INCORRECT: He announced that there was a plan to build 2 schools during the summer. (This is grammatically correct, but changes the meaning of the intended sentence.)</p>
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<p><a href=“Even%20when”>quote</a> Barbara Jordan put questions (toward) a political nominee, her elegant (diction invoked) in listeners (memories of) her eloquent political speeches. (no error)</p>
<p>I put no error…but the answer is B…toward…is that because it is supposed to be “towardS”?
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<p>No, “toward” and “towards” mean the same thing. It should be “to,” not “toward,” because although both have similar connotations, “toward” is more physical while “to” is more abstract.</p>
<p>Here are some definitions and examples from thefreedictionary.com:
“3. To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.
9. To bring up for consideration or judgment: put a question to the judge.
14. To apply: We must put our minds to it.”</p>
<p>It seems that #9 is the most pertinent definition here. Other relevant phrases in mind are “put it to the test,” “put to sleep,” and “put to good use.” When you think of “put toward,” you think of a physical movement as opposed to something abstract like “put the question to him,” which means “bring the question up to him.” Physically it makes sense too: “to bring the object up to him.”</p>
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<p>The law requires that something be done, which implies that it has to be done. Saying that something “requires that it has to be done” is somewhat redundant.</p>
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<p>No, you can’t say “more well-suited.” Would you say that you are “more good” than someone else? No - you would say that you are better than someone else. “Better” is the comparative of “well” (and “good”), meaning it is a different form of it, almost like “fish” is the plural form of “fish.” It just is what it is, and using any different a word or phrase is incorrect.</p>
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<p>Yes, it is repetitive and redundant. Redundancy is wrong.
You only say “himself” when the subject is the same as the object (i.e., when Bill is both the agent/doer and the recipient of the action; e.g., “Bill hurt himself.”). The subject in this case is “music,” and the object is “him.”</p>
<p>I need help too.
(Rita Dove, African American writer and teacher, as) poet laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995.
A)Same
C) African American writer and teacher Rita Dove was
D) African American writer and teacher, Rita Dove was</p>
<p>What does the comma signify?</p>
<p>I put D because the comma made</p>