SAT PREP: STRATEGIES
PARTS OF THE VERBAL TEST
CRITICAL READING
• Sentence
Completion
• Critical reading—
short and long
passages
WRITING
• Identifying Errors
• Improving Sentences
• Improving
Paragraphs
• Student-Written Essay
SENTENCE COMPLETION:
STRATEGIES #1 AND #2
PAGES 120-123
STRATEGY #1
FOR A SENTENCE WITH
ONE BLANK, FILL IN
THE BLANK WITH
EACH CHOICE TO FIND
THE BEST FIT
STRATEGY #2
FOR SENTENCES WITH
TWO BLANKS,
ELIMINATE INITIAL
WORDS THAT DON’T
MAKE SENSE
PRACTICE WITH SENTENCE
COMPLETION STRATEGIES #1 AND #2
• On pp 674-675, do problems #1-8
• On p 702, do problems #1-6
ANSWERS
pp 674-675 #1-8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
E
D
D
D
C
E
B
D
p 702 #1-6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
E
A
D
D
B
C
CRITICAL READING
INFORMATION
PAGES 127-133
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
• Four Question Types:
1. MAIN IDEA/ PURPOSE
2. KEY DETAILS/ SPECIFIC INFORMATION
3. IMPLIED INFORMATION
4. TONE OR MOOD
TIPS
• Get involved with the passage!
• Annotate (underline, write in margin, circle,
etc.)
• Keep in mind the four question types (see
previous slide) when reading the
passages
• Take note of the organization of the
information
• Read the question and then each
answer option. If an answer option
doesn’t feel right, move to the next one
without trying to make it fit.
MORE TIPS
• Don’t get bogged down on a
question. If none look correct, skip it
and move on (you can come back to
it later in that section if you need).
• Look at information not related to the
passage—there will probably be a
question on that material
READING COMPREHENSION:
STRATEGY 1
PAGES 135-137
STRATEGY #1 AS YOU READ
EACH QUESTION,
DETERMINE THE QUESTION
TYPE:
1)
2)
3)
4)
MAIN IDEA
DETAILS
INFERENCE
TONE/MOOD
EXERCISE #1
Go to pp 676-679
#9-24 and label
each question by its
type
**Don’t read the passages or
answer the questions yet
READING COMPREHENSION:
STRATEGY 2
PAGES 138-139
STRATEGY #2: UNDERLINE
THE KEY PARTS OF THE
READING PASSAGES
EXERCISE #2
Read the passages on
pp 676-679 #9-24 and
underline key parts
(info addressing the question
types)
READING COMPREHENSION:
STRATEGY 3
PAGE 140
STRATEGY #3: LOOK BACK
AT THE PASSAGE WHEN IN
DOUBT
EXERCISE #3
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
NOW, LOOKING BACK TO
THE UNDERLINED
PORTIONS OF THE
PASSAGES AS NEEDED
ANSWERS PP 676-679
9. E
10.C
11.B
12.E
13.D
14.B
15.A
16.C
17.B
18.E
19.D
20.E
21.C
22.E
23.E
24.B
EXTRA PRACTICE
PAGES 693-694 #10-15
ANSWERS PP 693-694
10.D
11.C
12.E
13.C
14.D
15.D
VOCABULARY LIST #1
PARTS OF SPEECH AND DEFINITIONS
1. Acquiesce:
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: Agree; consent
2. Admonish:
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: To caution; to scold; to urge to a duty
3. Aesthetic:
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Having a sense of the beautiful; concerned with
emotion/imagination and not purely intellect
4. Allude:
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: To refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion
5. Ambivalence:
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: Uncertainty, especially caused by the inability to
make a choice or by a desire to do opposite or conflicting things
6. Anecdote:
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: A short account of an event, usually of an interesting or
amusing nature
7. Antecedent:
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: A preceding circumstance, event, object, style, etc.
8. Apathy:
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: Absence of passion, emotion, or excitement; lack of
interest in or concern for things that others find moving/
exciting
9. Ardent:
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Fierce; intensely devoted
10. Articulate:
Part of Speech: Adjective/ Verb
Definition: Capable of speech, using language easily (adjective);
To utter clearly and distinctly (verb)
11.Ascertain:
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: To find out definitely; learn with certainty/ assurance
12. Assimilate:
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: To take in and incorporate as one’s own; absorb; to
bring into conformity; to cause to resemble
13. Banal:
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Devoid of freshness/ originality; trite
14. Begrudge:
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: To envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of
(someone); to be reluctant to allow
15. Belligerent:
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Warlike; given to waging war; aggressively hostile
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