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SAT GRAMMAR rule // tip // hint :red_flag: (SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (Sn =…
SAT GRAMMAR
rule
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tip
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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
Sn = Vn
underlined verbs :red_flag:
Find the subject
Seperators
Who/Which/That Clauses
Prep Phrases
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if N > P then N =/= S
Appositives
Comma Phrase :red_flag:
Subject is after the verb
There - [verb] :red_flag:
Identify the number
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EENOBS
Each-Either-Neither-Ones-Bodies :red_flag:
EENOBS = S
Compund Subjects
And Phrase = P
Or Phrase(x) where x = {S, P}
Collective Nouns
Collective Nouns = S
Noun Forms
PRONOUNS
Underlined Pronouns :red_flag:
Agreement
Pn=Nn
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Does the pronoun agree with the noun that it refers to?
Case
P(N) where N(S,O,P)
Does the pronoun have the correct form or case?
Distractors
Name/Noun/Pronoun + and :red_flag:
Than/Like/As/Forms of To Be
P(N) where N(S)
Prepositions
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P(N) where N(O)text
-ing Words :red_flag:
P(N) where N(P)
Pronoun Forms
Subject
Object
Possessive
Reference
P(N)
Is there a clear noun?
Other
Relative Pronouns
who - person
which & that - things
When vs. Where
When - time
where - place
We-One-You Switch-a-Roo
P=c
VERB TENSE
V(t)
Determine the tense
Basic Tenses
Present
Simple Future
Past Tenses
Simple Past
[base + ed] :red_flag:
specific time words :red_flag:
Still Going/Unknown Past
[have/have + past participle] :red_flag:
ongoing time words & unspecified time :red_flag:
Before the Past
[had + past participle] :red_flag:
past action/event & chronology/sequence time words :red_flag:
Identify the proper tense (time clues)
Tricky Past Participles
has/have/had phrase :red_flag:
"a-u" Rule
Verb Forms
Past Participle forms
IDIOMS
E(i) where i = {x|x = n) and n
E
R
Ensure that its idiomatic
"ing" words/noun form of a verb :red_flag:
Gerund-Infinitive Flip Idioms
Prepositions :red_flag:
Prepositional Idioms
Prepositions
PARALLELISM
E(e,f,g) where e,f,g = c
Is the word form consistent?
Conjunctions
"and", "or", "but" :red_flag:
Correlating Conjuctions
neither-nor, either-or, both-and, not only, but also :red_flag:
Comparisions
er- words or more/less and than :red_flag:
Comma series
ADJECTIVE & ADVERBS
Underlined adj or adv :red_flag:
ADJ(N) & ADV(V,ADJ,ADV)
Identify the part of speech
Determine if there is an error
Linking (State of Being) Verbs
taste, smell, sound, feel, grow, be , became, look :red_flag:
ADJ(state of being) ADV(action)
COMPARISONS
Illogical Comparisons
F(x) & G(y) where x and y
E
R
As the sentence is written what is being compared?
-er words or moree and than phrases :red_flag:
as phrases, differ from phrases, prefer to compared to :red_flag:
Er vs. Est Comparisons
er words/"more" or est words/'most" :red_flag:
Former if n= 2 latter if n >=3
More er and most est combinations :forbidden:
Part of a Group
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CONJUNCTIONS
MISPLACED MOFIERS
NOUN AGREEMENT
RUN-ON & COMMA SPLICES
FRAGMENTS
WORD CHOICE & DICTION
DOUBLE NEGATIVES
REDUNDANCY