<p>im having problems with the sentence corrections questions i get confused when the sentence has past perfect and all that i dunno when to correct it with a semi colon or just leave it . i think i need all rules that clarify everything about ho a sentence should be i have about 4 weeks to prep and i wanna reach my full potential so can anyone help me ?? any sites or words that can give me clues about how to answer the questions without wasting so much time on one and trying to see which one sounds right!!
i need major help i hope u guys can help me !
thanx :)</p>
<p>Any good SAT guide (Kaplan, Barrons, etc.) will cover most of the grammar you need to know. In my opinion, here are the biggest things you need to know about the SAT Writing section are as follows:</p>
<p>*The most frequently tested issue on the SAT Writing multiple choice is verb usage (subject/verb agreement, tense)</p>
<p>*The second most frequently tested issue on the SAT Writing multiple choice is pronoun usage</p>
<p>*Choices including the word "being" are wrong</p>
<p>*On the essay: length matters.</p>
<p>The first two bullet points should help you set your priorities both as you study and as you actually take the test. Many test prep books present the grammar information as a haphazard list of 13-15 potential grammar pitfalls: this method of organizing material does not help the typical student very much. (And really, who has time to run through a checklist of 13-15 possible errors on the real test?) Instead, if you have time, you should work through a good test prep book and <em>master</em> each error in the order of the frequency with which is tested on the real exam. That means verb stuff first, then pronoun stuff, then all the other stuff like prepositions and adverb/adjective use. </p>
<p>Which book to buy? Most of them present pretty good information, although I recommend PR and Barrons over Kaplan. In my opinion, the very best guide for the SAT Writing is not an SAT guide at all. It's a guide to the Sentence Correction section on the GMAT. (The GMAT is the exam to get into business school, and the Sentence Correction section covers very similar material to the Sentence Correction on the SAT. The questions are somewhat harder but not as much harder as you might expect.) </p>
<p>The reason I prefer this guide is because it gives very in-depth explanations of the grammar you need to understand for the SAT--the information is more in-depth, and more usefully broken down, than the information in any SAT book I'm aware of. It's called the Manhattan GMAT Guide to Sentence Corrections. It's what I use for my own SAT students at the moment. You can buy it on Amazon.</p>
<p>Really, though, any good SAT book will do. You should also consider buying a decent grammar guide (Diana Hacker's Rules for Writers is a good book of writing in general). Purdue University has a great grammar reference source as well, online. I don't remember the URL: google "Purdue," "OWL," and "writing center" and you will find a fantastic trove of information to answer all of your questions.</p>
<p>^^I almost forgot the most obvious, most important thing. :) Buy the College Board Blue Book and work through the Writing Section problems. All of the above advice is only supposed to help you work through the COllege Board book.</p>
<p>thanx i hope it helps
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