March SAT Writing Thread

<p>Does anybody remember the exact wording of the Indian colloquial vs. sophisticated English question? I don’t remember answering it.</p>

<p>Which one was the experimental??</p>

<p>^the one that did not have the paragraph question about octopus</p>

<p>I put looking for the one with the rocks.</p>

<p>anyone remember all of the choices for the emperor penquin question?</p>

<p>I no longer remember what I put for anything after 9 hours… lol.</p>

<p>Does anyone remember a question in Section 10, around number 6 or 7, where the answer was ‘Like’? </p>

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<h2>Consolidated March 2010 Writing Section</h2>

<p>Section (35 Qs) - not experimental:</p>

<p>Sentence Improvement:
The emperor penguin [__], the average standing at 45 inches tall. Answer was C.</p>

<p>No Errors (There were 3):
Hikers that went through the forest with the canopy (top right of first page)
Indian writer that used colloquial English (middle right of first page)
Unathletic boy who became adept at Ultimate Frisbee (bottom left of second page)</p>

<p>Idiom Errors:
succeeded in –> should be succeeded at (bottom left of second page)</p>

<p>Redundancy Errors:
return back (top right of second page)</p>

<p>Subj/Verb:
lay —> lays</p>

<p>Tense:
Had went —> went (We had planned by doing blah, blah, and blah, but nothing had went as we had expected.)
Have —> Had (romans concrete)
Helped nourishing —> Helped to nourish</p>

<p>Paragraph Improvement:
Nevertheless —> therefore
Such behavior suggests planning, insight, perhaps even use of tools
Number 35 —> sentence should be placed after sentence 14. Answer E.</p>

<p>False Comparison:
three soloists in an ensemble (as a soloist should be soloists) Answer was D.</p>

<p>Section 10:
Last 5 answers were E - D - E - E - E
Elections as a result of either … or …
but, according to (other answers had comma splices)
Even though they hate each other, Susan and Maxime are good friends and they even write children’s stories together.
In order to succeed at geology, one must study actual rock formations.(Misplaced Modifier error)
Portraits question (last one) was misplaced modifier. Portraits comes before depictions. Answer was E.</p>

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<p>number 7 of section 10 was about serving children juice only a little each to prevent them from spilling
i think the answer was B or something</p>

<p>Yeah, I chose B.</p>

<p>It was like: “The caretakes served the children, preventing spillage by giving each child only a little amount.”</p>

<p>yep I got B</p>

<p>i think i put b for the juice one. that one was one of the harder ones imo.</p>

<p>i dont think it was ‘preventing spillage’</p>

<p>Yea I got that too. Anyone remember 6? It was top left on second page. The question started with ‘Like’ blah blah blah… but I can’t remember much about it.</p>

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Yeah, I know that wasn’t the exact phrasing. Just trying to write it with the same intent.</p>

<p>did anyone remember any no errors for section 10?</p>

<p>i think number 5 and something else was no error</p>

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<h2>Consolidated March 2010 Writing Section</h2>

<p>Section (35 Qs) - not experimental:</p>

<p>Sentence Improvement:
The emperor penguin [__], the average standing at 45 inches tall. Answer was C.</p>

<p>No Errors (There were 3):
Hikers that went through the forest with the canopy (top right of first page)
Indian writer that used colloquial English (middle right of first page)
Unathletic boy who became adept at Ultimate Frisbee (bottom left of second page)</p>

<p>Idiom Errors:
succeeded in –> should be succeeded at (bottom left of second page)</p>

<p>Redundancy Errors:
return back (top right of second page)</p>

<p>Subj/Verb:
lay —> lays</p>

<p>Tense:
Had went —> went (We had planned by doing blah, blah, and blah, but nothing had went as we had expected.)
Have —> Had (romans concrete)
Helped nourishing —> Helped to nourish</p>

<p>Paragraph Improvement:
Nevertheless —> therefore
Such behavior suggests planning, insight, perhaps even use of tools
Number 35 —> sentence should be placed after sentence 14. Answer E.</p>

<p>False Comparison:
three soloists in an ensemble (as a soloist should be soloists) Answer was D.</p>

<p>Section 10:
Last 5 answers were E - D - E - E - E
The caretakes served the children, preventing spills by giving each child only a little amount. Answer was B.
Elections as a result of either … or …
but, according to (other answers had comma splices)
Even though they hate each other, Susan and Maxime are good friends and they even write children’s stories together.
In order to succeed at geology, one must study actual rock formations.(Misplaced Modifier error)
Portraits question (last one) was misplaced modifier. Portraits comes before depictions. Answer was E.</p>

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<p>For the future: If any new questions come to mind, post your Question and Answer. Once the answer is confirmed, add it to the Consolidated List. If you disagree with something on the list, post what and why you disagree.</p>

<p>@Above poster
Number of No Errors(Answer A) in last Section –> 2 (Number 5 and Number 6) ***More people Confirm this.</p>

<p>There weren’t any error IDs in section 10. I don’t remember choosing A two times, I think only once.</p>

<p>I think it was 5 and 6. I remember putting no error two in a row somewhere and cursing the stupid SAT test-makers for doing it because it made me nervous haha.</p>

<p>Does anyone remember what questions 5 and 6 were? If you do, I can probably remember if I chose no error.</p>

<p>^
I remember 6 having something to do with the answer ‘like’ in the beginning of the sentence, but nothing more than that.
And I’m saying 5 is A only from santeria’s post - I have no clue as to what the question was.</p>

<p>We can wait until more people tell their opinions…</p>

<p>i don’t think there were two As in row from the last section only 6 or something else</p>