<p>These are taken from a Kaplan workbook, they're generally pretty useful.</p>
<p>Identifying Sentence Errors</p>
<p>I. Read the sentence.
II. When you 'hear' the error, circle it, but read the whole sentence.
III. If you find just one error, you're done. You can be more impulsive early on.
IV. If you can't 'hear' an error, read it again, more carefully.
V. If you find no error, circle (E) and move on.</p>
<p>*You might want to circle on the test booklet itself, then transfer all your answers every 5th answer. This way, you don't waste time moving between the book and the answer document. MAKE SURE that you begin to transfer every answer as soon as you hear your 2-minute warning (or whatever warning you might have) to ensure that you aren't caught with unfilled answers.</p>
<p>*It helps to know your grammar, always look for subject-verb agreement, passive voice, transitions from the subject 'one' or 'one's' to 'you' or 'your's' (as they are incorrect). These are frequently tested.</p>
<p>*Do not overcomplicate something.</p>
<p>*If you go back over an answer and begin to second-guess yourselve, 2/3 your first impulse is correct.</p>
<p>Improving Sentences</p>
<p>I. Read the sentence.
II. Predict a correction.
III. Read the choices.
IV. Eliminate (A) outright if the original sucks.
V. Watch out for gramattical (sp?) correctness of the altnernatives
VI. After reading all answers, circle the right one . . . </p>
<p>*skip any you get hung up on</p>
<p><em>follow the recommendations in asterisks (</em>) above</p>
<p>Improving Paragraphs</p>
<p>I. SKIM the paragraph.
II. Answer all questions that make line references. Try each choice in your head.
III. When a question asks 'in context', go back to the line reference and read from 1-2 sentences before it.
IV. By the time you've answreed line reference questions, you should be able to move on to the main idea questions.</p>
<p>*What seems natural in writing? That's usually what is right.</p>
<p>The Improving paragraph section is the one section where I've never missed any in the practice tests :). Using these tactics (and staying calm, swift, and accurate) I've reduced my errors from 6 (Test 1) to 3 (Test 2). Doesn't seem like much, but three extra points is a lot. A great essay also works largely to your favor, I'll post Kaplan/my methods for that tomorrow. I hope this post was helpful.</p>
<p>(These may not necessarily work for you, so make sure you try 'em out first, I don't claim to be an authority on the SAT, as I'm going to take the first real test this Saturday.)</p>