The blog is getting rather long and verbose, so I organized the most popular posts by category. Here is an organized listing of SAT study tips for overall strategy, math, critical reading, and writing SAT Study Tips
Writing
The YUNiversity of Righteous Grammar
Need to learn some grammar rules for the SAT test? (Here’s a chart of the most common grammar topics.) Want to laugh your a** off while doing so? Here are my favorite posts from The YUNiversity: Semicolons Singular pronouns Word roots Parallelism
Which Grammar Rules Should I Study for the SAT?
Since you don’t have unlimited time, money, or brain cells, which grammar rules should you study to get the biggest bang for your buck in the SAT Writing section? Here’s an analysis of all the questions in the The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition Master the 7 most-frequently-tested hot topics and you’ll ace almost […]
Grammar: Its vs It’s
[Update: This is now tested on the new SAT!] When do you use “it’s” versus “its”? One is a contraction and one is a possessive. My students have a lot of trouble remembering which is which. This is not tested directly on the SAT, but it’s a pet peeve among a lot of English teachers (the […]
SAT Grammar Comparisons: More vs. Most
More vs. Most SAT grammar comparisons can be tricky. How do you figure out when to use “more” or “most” in a sentence? You use “more” when comparing two things: I like pink ponies more than red ponies. You use “most” when comparing three or more things: Which do you like most: pink ponies, blue ponies or red […]
Pronoun Exercises
Hunt these in the wild We’ve reviewed pronoun-noun agreement, ambiguous pronouns, and pronoun case. Of course, pronoun problems are easier to find when you know what you are looking for. You’ll also want to practice finding these in the wild – when they are hidden in and among all the other question types in the […]