The Critical Reader- Complete SAT Grammar Rules

Question 1

1. Subject Verb Agreement (A)

Answer 1

Subject-Non-essential Clause-Verb

Question 2

1. Subject Verb Agreement (B)

Answer 2

Subject-Prepositional Phrase- Verb

Question 3

1. Subject Verb Agreement (C)

Answer 3

Prepositional Phrase- Verb- Subject

Question 4

1. Subject Verb Agreement (D)

Answer 4

There is/ There has= Singular Noun There are/ There have= plural noun

Question 5

1. Subject Verb Agreement (E)

Answer 5

Neither/Nor + Verb (All Singular)

Question 6

1. Subject Verb Agreement (Important)

Answer 6

“Group Nouns”- (ex. company)- singular
Each-Singular
Gerunds used as subjects= singular

Question 7

2. Verb Tense (A)

Answer 7

Tense Consistency

Question 8

2. Verb Tense (B)

Answer 8

Present-Perfect vs. Simple Past

Question 9

2. Verb Tense (C)

Answer 9

Would vs. Will (Would= past, will=present)

Question 10

2. Verb Tense (D)

Answer 10

Gerunds vs. Infinitives

Question 11

2. Verb Tense (E)

Answer 11

Past Participle vs. Simple Past

Question 12

2. Verb Tense (F)

Answer 12

Past Perfect (had+past participle) ex. had gone

Question 13

3. Pronoun Case

Answer 13

Hint: What goes for singular goes for plural. Important: Between You and Me NOT Between You and I

Question 14

4. Antecedent-Pronoun (A)

Answer 14

One and You (You…You or One…One)

Question 15

4. Antecedent-Pronoun (B)

Answer 15

Singular vs Plural

Question 16

4. Antecedent-Pronoun (C)

Answer 16

No antecedent

Question 17

4. Antecedent-Pronoun (D)

Answer 17

Ambigous Antecedent

Question 18

4. Antecedent-Pronoun (Important)

Answer 18

Do it= WRONG Do so=RIGHT It=BAD (wrong most likely ALWAYS check its antecedent)

Question 19

5. Adjective vs. Adverb

Answer 19

The SAT switches them to test you. Adverbs usually end in -ly and adverbs modify verbs.

Question 20

6. Parallelism (A)

Answer 20

Lists

Question 21

6. Parallelism (B)

Answer 21

Phrase What precedes and follows a conjunction must match in structure

Question 22

7. Prepositions

Answer 22

Idiomatic stuff bud

Question 23

8. Faulty Comparison

Answer 23

Compare things to things and people to people

Question 24

9. Comparatives vs. Superlatives

Answer 24

More/-er (2) Most/-est(3 or more)

Question 25

10. Double Negatives and Double Positives

Answer 25

ex. more happier ex. scarcely no food == BAD

Question 26

11. Word Pairs

Answer 26

``` A. Either- Or B. Neither-Nor C.Not only-but also D. Both- And E. Between- And F. As-As G. More/Less Than H. So/Such That I. From-To J. Just as-so (Rare) K. At once- and (Rare and usually correct when it appears) ```

Question 27

12. Noun Agreement

Answer 27

Hint: Look for professions

Question 28

13. Relative Pronouns

Answer 28

Who/That vs. which: which set off by commas and that is not. who vs whom not TESTED on the SAT

Question 29

14. Coordinating Conjunctions (and vs but)

Answer 29

Make sure things are being contradicted by but and things are being transitioned by and... and so forth

Question 30

15. Diction (1 per test maximum)

Answer 30

word choice

Question 31

16. Redundancy (1 per test maximum)

Answer 31

redundant word choice

Question 32

Fixing sentences tricks

Answer 32

1) shorter is better 2) -ing (esp. being) BAD 3) Passive voice is bad

Question 33

Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (A)

Answer 33

Sentence Fragments

Question 34

Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (B)

Answer 34

Commas and semicolons

Question 35

Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (C)

Answer 35

Coordinating Conjunctions

Question 36

Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (D)

Answer 36

Semicolons , the four transitions: however, therefore, moreover, consequently

Question 37

Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (E)

Answer 37

Dangling Modifiers

Question 38

Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (F)

Answer 38

Misplaced modifiers (Rare)

Question 39

Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (G)

Answer 39

Gerunds/wordiness

Question 40

Major Issues Tested on fixing sentences (H)

Answer 40

Non-Essential Clauses IMPORTANT: If an answer choice has a non-essential clause used correctly, it is likely corret

Question 41

Parallelism on fixing sentences(A)

Answer 41

Lists

Question 42

Parallelism on fixing sentences (B)

Answer 42

Binary or Two-Part Parallelism

Question 43

Stuff from finding errors that shows up on fixing sentences

Answer 43

Subject-Verb Agreement (Typically subject-prepositional-phrase verb) - Antecedent Pronoun (Watch out for It, Which, and This, which often lack antecedents) - Verb Tense (esp. Tense Consistency) - Conjunctions (and vs. but/however) - Faulty Comparisons (always fix with that of/those of) - Word Pairs (esp. between…and, so…that, just as…so, not only…but also)