Today’s SAT question of the day is an identifying sentence errors question about the Sistine Chapel. It definitely won’t take you four years to hear the error in this sentence if you read carefully and pay attention to each word.
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SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 24, 2014 – Improving Sentences
Arthur Ashe, 1975
Today’s SAT question of the day is an improving sentences question about a stadium in New York that is named for Arthur Ashe. We have several pieces of information in this sentence that need to be organized properly:
- The main stadium of the US Open is in NY
- Arthur Ashe won the first ever US Open men’s singles title in 1968
- The main US Open stadium is named after Arthur Ashe Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 21, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s SAT question of the day about flags comes from the writing section. For this Identifying Sentence Errors question, we have to find the error (if any) that exists in the sentence.
It won’t take you long to hear what sounds wrong. Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 18, 2014 – Improving Sentences
Today’s official SAT question of the day is an Improving Sentences question about a certain painter. The first part of the sentence gives some facts about the painter, so the second half of the sentence needs to start with something like “the painter” or his name. It doesn’t currently start this way, so let’s look for an option that does.
SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 15, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s official SAT question of the day is from the Writing section, question type #2: Identifying Sentence Errors. For this type of question, you only have to find the problem, not fix it. We can find the problem by reading carefully (yes, that is a different kind of reading than regular reading), making sure to read every single word and not overlook small differences since errors in these questions often come down to single letters. Continue reading