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Page 1: Bellwork: 1.Pick up a handout 2.Answer the warm-up question below. Once the suspension bridge replaced the cantilever, the United A States becomes the

Bellwork:1. Pick up a handout2. Answer the warm-up question below.

Once the suspension bridge replaced the cantilever, the United    AStates  becomes   the world leader  in this new   type of  long-span                    B                    C        Dbridgebuilding.   No error

    E(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  (E)  

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Warm-Up AnswerOnce the suspension bridge replaced the cantilever, the United    AStates  becomes   the world leader  in this new   type of  long-span                    B                        C                   Dbridgebuilding.   No error

          E(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  (E)  

Answer: BThe error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is an inappropriate verb form. To match the past tense established and used elsewhere in the sentence (“Once,” “replaced”), the past-tense “became” is needed.

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Wednesday, January 14th

•What am I going to do today?•Warm-Up• Introduction to Identifying Sentence Errors Strategies & Practice• Pre-fix/Suffix Intro • Create Vocab & Morpheme Flash Cards• Continue Reading Busted

•How will I show I learned it?•HW: Get SAT book, and INDEX CARDS• Start studying Vocab Flashcards

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One Final Reading Comp Trick…

If you’re running out of time and can’t read the passage…answer just the SPECIFIC questions!

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Intro to Error-Identification Questions (Writing Section)

• Total of 18 Questions• Go in order from Easy to Hard• Occur in only ONE section• Test-takers are presented with a sentence that has four underlined words or phrases, along with a “No error” option (always choice E), and must identify which part, if any, contains an error.

Example

The other   delegates and   him    immediately accepted the         A                                       B               C

resolution  drafted by  the neutral states. No error                            D                                                  E

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Steps for Identifying Errors

1. Read the sentence and try to hear the error2. Cross out Prepositional Phrases & Nonessential Clauses3. Eliminate underlined choices that you know are correct.4. Check for errors among the remaining choices.5. If all else fails, go with E.

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Subject/Verb Agreement• Must match in tense and number• Frequent questions with unusual syntax (which sounds wrong) • Often subject and verb are separated by a prepositional phrase

Correct

Changes in the balance of trade seem remote from everyday concerns, but they can drastically affect how we spend our money.

Incorrect

Changes  in the balance of trade  seems remote from everyday concerns, but they can drastically affect how we spend our money.

Try omitting the prepositional phrase.

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Prepositions—tell us when/where something is/occurred

Prepositionsaboardaboutaboveacrossafteragainstalongamidamong

antiaroundasatbeforebehindbelowbesidebeneath

besidesbetweenbeyondbutbyconcerningconsideringdespite down

duringexceptexceptingexcludingfollowingforfromin inside

intolikeminusnearofoffononto opposite

outsideoverpastperplusregardingroundsavesince

thanthroughtotowardtowardsunderunderneathunlikeuntil

upuponversusviawithwithinwithout

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Fillers: Prepositional Phrases

• SAT Makers use prepositional phrases (that tell us where or when things happened)  as fillers to separate subjects and verbs.

The bird on the ground in the midday sun eat worms.The bird (on the ground) (in the midday sun) eat worms.The bird eat worms.

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Practice

Anne Tyler’s novel The Accidental Tourist features a character          A

whose obsession with saving time and money are absurd, yet       B                                C                                           Dsomehow plausible.  No error

                                E

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Practice

Critics contend that reforms in welfare has not managed to bring  A B

the high percentage of our nation’s children living in poverty the

 economic security that they need  to thrive.   No error        C D E

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Practice

The principal’s insistence on qualified teachers and spacious              A

classrooms were intended to foster a positive outlook  and      B       C

higher grades for the students.  No error             D                     E

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Fillers: Nonessential Clauses

• SAT Makers also use non-essential clauses (that tell us extra information about the subject)  as fillers to separate subjects and verbs.

The bird, which hadn’t eaten all day and was bright orange in color, eat         worms.The bird, which hadn’t eaten all day and was bright orange in color, eat       worms.The bird eat worms.

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Practice

The professor’s insistence on high standards and rigorous 

examinations are not, despite what students think, part of a  A B

plan to withhold high grades from them.  No error    C D E

Try omitting the nonessential clause.

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Plural vs. Singular Subjects

PluralBothAll

SingularEach Every

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Singular Subjects: Each & Every

Correct Usage

Each Each of the students in Ms. Chang’s class is expected to give a presentation next week.

Every Every one of the students in Ms. Chang’s class is expected to give a presentation next week.

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Neither…nor + Verb• The verb takes the number of the noun that follows nor. • When neither and nor are used with used with two singular nouns, the verb should be singular.

Examples

Incorrect Neither the senator nor her aide are expected to speak to the press today.  

Correct Neither the senator nor her aide is expected to speak to the press today.  

X

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Singular Nouns• Subject & Verb must match in both number and tense• Plural/Singular

• Plural: The members of the committee agree with the president.

• Singular: The committee agrees with the president.

Singular Subjects

CommitteeSchoolBusinessDuo

GroupNumberEveryEach

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Singular Subjects Practice

Each of the Taino’s five chiefdoms, which inhabited the Bahamas A B C before the arrival of Europeans, were ruled by a leader known        Das a cacique. No error

E

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Practice Handout!

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Vocabulary Flashcards

(n) A thing or event that existed before

SYN: forerunner; precursor

Landlines were the antecedents for cell phones.