Sentence Completion Reminders
• Memorize the SAT Hit Parade words• Predict an answer• Look for clue words• Connect unfamiliar words to similar sounding
words or find prefixes, roots or suffixes you know• Use process of elimination to guess if you need
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4. anomaly (noun)
•an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, or quality; something abnormal
•synonyms: abnormality, inconsistency, rarity
7. commend (verb)
•to mention as worthy of confidence or attention
•synonyms: applaud, endorse, compliment
8. ascertain (verb)
•to find out, as through investigation or experimentation
•synonyms: verify, determine,
Review: Sentence Error Strategies
• Check Verbs• Subject-verb agreement• Parallel structure• Tense
• Check Nouns• Number agreement
• Check Pronouns• Pronoun-noun agreement• Pronoun shifts• Ambiguity• Case (me/I, he/him, etc.)
• Check Prepositions• Correct preposition
Review: Sentence Corrections
1. When questioned, a surprising number of A
fifth-graders said that telling the truth—even if it B
meant being punished—was preferable than C D
living with a lie.
No errorE
Review: Sentence Corrections
D is correct
The correct idiom here is preferable to, not preferable than.
Review: Sentence Corrections
2. The gods of Greek mythology, who were neitherA
omniscient nor particularly ethical, amused B
themselves by taking on disguises and meddling inC D
the affairs of mortals.
No errorE
Review: Sentence Corrections
E is correct
A has a plural verb to match gods, and neither must accompany the nor later in the sentenceB is a correct use of the adverb to modify the adjectiveC and D are parallel and correct use of verb gerunds
Review: Sentence Correction
1. One reason that a growing number of people
have no family doctor may be that fewer and A B
fewer medical students are choosing to train as C
a general practitioner.D
No errorE
Review: Sentence Correction
D is correct
The sentence contains a number agreement error. Since students is a plural noun, the second part of the sentence should also be plural: as general practitioners.
Review: Sentence Correction
2. Under the proposed law, which many deem A B
too harsh, any motorist convicted of drunk C
driving would spend 30 days in prison and lose
their license for five years.D
No errorE
Review: Sentence Correction
D is the correct answer
The pronoun their is plural and does not agree in number with its singular antecedent, motorist. The sentence should read his or her license.
Review: Sentence Correction
3. The process of learning new languages A
require a commitment to memorization and B
pronunciation practice, even if progress seems C D
slow.
No errorE
Review: Sentence Correction
B is correct
Even through languages is closer to the verb require, its subject is actually the singular process; the error is in B. A and C are correct idiomatic usage. D consistently uses a present tense verb and properly uses the adjective slow to modify the noun progress.