Unit 2, Lesson 1
Green Team
11.5.14
Vocabulary
Unit 2
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
to
1. debilitate (verb)
•to impair the strength of; to
weaken
•synonyms: cripple, disable,
weaken
2. admonish (verb)
•to caution or advise against
something
•synonyms: warn, rebuke,
berate
3. alleviate (verb)
•to ease a pain or burden
•synonyms: mitigate, lighten,
pacify
4. anomaly (noun)
•an odd, peculiar, or strange
condition, situation, or quality;
something abnormal
•synonyms: abnormality,
inconsistency, rarity
5. enigma (noun)
•a puzzle, mystery, or riddle
•synonyms: see above
6. capricious (adjective)
•impulsive and unpredictable
•synonyms: fickle, unstable,
arbitrary
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,
Writing MC:
Sentence Corrections
and Paragraph
Corrections
Unit 2
Review: Sentence Error Strategies
• Check Verbs
• Subject-verb agreement
• Parallel structure
• Tense
• Check Nouns
• Number agreement
• Check Pronouns
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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 error
E
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 neither
A
omniscient nor particularly ethical, amused
B
themselves by taking on disguises and meddling in
C
D
the affairs of mortals.
No error
E
Review: Sentence Corrections
E is correct
A has a plural verb to match gods, and neither
must accompany the nor later in the sentence
B is a correct use of the adverb to modify the
adjective
C 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 error
E
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 error
E
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 error
E
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.
Strategy: Understand Common Mistakes
• Read pages 140-141
• Complete Sentence Correction # 1-2 in Kaplan
Packet
• Run-On Sentences
• Sentence Fragments