SAT WIMBA CLASSROOMCRITICAL READING – SENTENCE COMPLETION

FIRST – ANY QUESTIONS?

STRATEGIES FOR SENTENCE COMPLETION

COVER THE ANSWERS TRY TO PUT IN YOUR OWN WORD CIRCLE / MARK ALL PUNCTUATION AND

CONJUNCTIONS (they are SO important in sentence completion questions)

DECIDE IF POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE – “GOOD WORD” OR “BAD WORD”???

ELIMINATE, ELIMINATE, ELIMINATE

Remember that the SAT is designed for careLESS readers, so notice the details!

DON’T SKIP A QUESTION BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW ALL THE WORDS!

Use elimination Use DECODING Use good word / bad word

LET’S TRY ONE!Moths are nocturnal pollinators, visiting

scented flower during the hours of darkness, whereas the butterflies are ____ , attracted to bright flowers in the daytime. A. diurnal 

B. quotidian C. colorful D. ephemeral E. brilliant

1) Notice “whereas” ? Opposite idea2) My guess would be “daytime” 3) Eliminate colorful, brilliant – so now guess if in

first 2/3 of questions (Easy, Medium, Hard)4) Nocturnal in first one – opposite is diurnal?

The Victorian middle class woman was ____ by restraints, obligations and ____ that prevented her from achieving economic independence.

A. hampered - aspirations B. emancipated - strictures C. fettered - responsibilities D. ensnared - possibilities E. surrounded - freedoms

1) list of 3.. (restraints, obligations, __) – bad word 2) key words “that prevented” – so first blank is “bad

word” – second blank is parallel to list 3) first blank --- ELIMINATE (b) emancipated = good,

(e) surrounded=neutral 4) second blank -- ELIMINATE (a) good word, (d) good

word – GUESS WHAT – only 1 left – C!!!!!

YOU TRY ONE~!

There is great unevenness in his later plays; there are moments of the greatest ____ in the midst of great ____.

A. lucidity - enlightenment B. frivolity - triteness C. insight - banality D. obscurity - ambivalence E. profundity - wisdom

TRY THIS ONE!

The success of the business venture ____ his expectations; he never thought that the firm would prosper.

A. confirmed B. belied C. nullified D. fulfilled E. ratified