Category Archives: Sentence Completion

SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 7, 2014 – Sentence Completion

Today’s SAT question of the day is a sentence completion question that required me to choose a word I didn’t really know for its answer.  (Don’t worry, I survived.)

We know that the students had to read a whole book, including materials found at the beginning of the book. Continue reading

SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 26, 2014 – Sentence Completion, Two Blanks

David Livingstone

Today’s SAT question of the day is a two-blank question about explorer David Livingstone.

The first blank tells us that he has a certain kind of reputation – we just don’t know what it is yet, so we’ll have to keep reading.

The second blank helps us unpack the sentence: some revile him, while others…blank him.  Let’s see what revile means. Continue reading

SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 23, 2014 – Sentence Completion

Tom Whittaker (right)

Today’s SAT question of the day is a single-blank sentence completion about a certain mountaineer.  He had “unflagging determination” and “_______ physical preparation” for his successful ascent.  Let’s think of what should go in that blank. Continue reading

SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 20, 2014 – Sentence Completion

Now THAT is a lab rat!Today’s official SAT question of the day is a sentence completion about regulations on laboratory animals. We’ve got two blanks, so we have to make sure that our answer works for both blanks – but we also get twice as many chances if we need to eliminate some implausible answer choices.

For the first blank, we know that the policies used to be … something … but they are now mandatory.  For the second blank, we know that it’s something in relation to the policy that would cause labs to lose their grants. Continue reading