The SAT question of the day for September 27, 2015 comes from the writing multiple choice section:
Do you hear the error? Hint: it’s about a pronoun. Continue reading
Category Archives: Identifying Sentence Errors
SAT question of the day explained – April 15, 2015 – Improving Sentences
Today’s SAT question of the day is a classic writing multiple choice question. We are comparing a dog’s sense of smell…to what?
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SAT Question of the Day Explained – December 8, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s SAT question of the day is a quick and easy writing multiple choice question about tigers. Let’s see if you can solve this identifying sentence errors question:
The tiger usually hunts by night and feeds on a variety of animals, but it prefers fairly large prey such as deer and wild pigs.
All of the verbs match…all of the conjunctions and other sentence bits seem to be in order, too. This simple sentence has no error! If you don’t hear an error when you read the sentence, check each blank systematically…and if you still don’t see an error, be confident that there’s no error!
SAT Question of the Day Explained – December 2, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Kafka in 1917
Today’s SAT question of the day is an identifying sentence errors question about pronouns and Franz Kafka.
The credit for making Franz Kafka internationally famous as a writer belongs to his friend, novelist Max Brod, which despite Kafka’s dying wishes, edited Kafka’s unpublished manuscripts and then had them published.
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SAT Question of the Day Explained – October 27, 2014 – Writing, Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s SAT question of the day is an identifying sentence error question about one of the most commonly tested subjects in the SAT writing multiple choice sections: verbs!
As you read the sentence, you get some clues about the verbs that relate to Galileo: the telescopes “were”, and we modeled on instruments “built by”…these verbs are in the past and their actions are completed.
SAT Question of the Day Explained – October 21, 2014 – Writing
Today’s SAT question of the day is a breeze if you can complete this sentence: She was encouraged ___ her teacher.
Did you say…”by”? Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – October 15, 2014 – Writing, Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s SAT Question of the Day is an identifying sentence errors question with a verb error. Let’s focus in:
Beluga whales […] are the only animals known mimicking the sounds of human speech spontaneously.
Do you hear the error in this shortened version of the sentence? Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – October 9, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Wynton Marsalis
Today’s SAT question of the day is a writing multiple choice question about Wynton Marsalis and transitions.
Let’s focus on the issue:
[He won] Grammy awards for both his jazz and even classical works.
SAT Question of the Day Explained – October 3, 2014 – Writing, Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s SAT Question of the Day is a writing multiple choice question about bicycle helmets…and verbs. Take a look and you should hear the error right away….
The law requires them to _____ helmets. Did you hear it?
SAT Question of the Day Explained – April 21, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s identifying sentence errors question has a verb problem. Verb issues (tense, number) are one of the most commonly tested topics in the SAT writing section.
The question:
Aside from Shakespeare, perhaps no writer in English have engaged the public’s imagination more thoroughly than Charles Dickens.
What is the subject of this sentence? Continue reading